NOTICE OF MEETING and AGENDA
June 27, 2014

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, §§ 18-25, notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. The meeting will take place:

Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at 10:30 a.m.

Bunker Hill Community College
Room A300

250 Rutherford Avenue

  Charlestown, MA 

PUBLIC MEETING – #127

1. Call to order
2. Discussion of the Request by the City of Boston for the Commission to Defer a Decision in Region A.

• On June 27, 2014 the Commission received a Motion of the City of Boston to Stay Proceedings Involving Category 1 License Applications in Region A (“Motion”) from Eugene L. O’Flaherty, Corporation Counsel for the City of Boston (“City”) relative to the Region A licensing process.  In the Motion, which is attached to this notice, Attorney O’Flaherty, on behalf of the City, requested “that the Commission order an immediate suspension of all proceedings regarding the issuance of a Category 1 license in Region A, pending the outcome of the November referendum.”
• As it has routinely done in the past, the Commission hereby requests public comment, prior to addressing this Motion at the public meeting, on whether the Commission should order an immediate suspension of all proceedings regarding the issuance of a Category 1 license in Region A, pending the outcome of the November referendum.  Comments should be sent via email to mgccomments@state.ma.us and must be received by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 1, 2014.  A commenter should include the phrase “Region A decision” in the subject line of the email.
• Further, the Commission invites a representative of the City of Boston, the City of Revere, the City of Everett, Mohegan Sun Massachusetts, LLC and Wynn MA, LLC, the entities most directly affected by the Commission’s decision on the Motion, to appear before the Commission at the public meeting to offer oral comment on the Motion.  Each entity will be allotted 15 minutes to offer their comments though the Commission may allow more time if necessary.  The Commission may ask any questions it deems necessary to help clarify any issue.  Members of the public will of course be welcome to attend the meeting, but will not be invited to offer oral comments.   Written comments from other surrounding communities, elected representatives, and other officials will also be considered by the Commission.
• At the conclusion of the meeting the Commission may either deliberate and reach a decision regarding the Motion and matters related to the Motion or schedule a further meeting to make such a determination

3. Other business – reserved for matters the Commission did not reasonably anticipate at the time of posting.

To view the Meeting Notification and Agenda as well as a motion filed by the City of Boston, click here.