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City Manager George J. Proakis is seeking Watertown residents interested in serving on the Commission on Disability, Watertown Environment and Energy Efficiency Committee (WE3C), Historic District Commission, and Watertown Public Arts and Culture Committee. Interested applicants should complete and submit a Universal Application.

The Commission on Disability researches local concerns experienced by people with disabilities and their families; advices and assists municipal officials and employees in ensuring compliance with state and federal laws affecting people with disabilities; coordinates or carries out programs designed to meet the needs of people with disabilities and their families; assists with the development of policies, procedures, and services affecting people with disabilities and their families; provides Closed Captioning for City Council Meetings; provides information, referrals, guidance, and technical assistance in all matters pertaining to disability; helps coordinate activities of other local groups organized for similar purposes.

The Watertown Environment and Energy Efficiency Committee (WE3C) has the following responsibilities: research energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in Watertown; advise and assist municipal officials and employees in ensuring compliance with relevant national, regional, and state laws, regulations, and programs that aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; review and make recommendations about policies, procedures, activities, and facilities of departments, boards, or agencies of the City as they relate to energy conservation and emissions reduction; provide information, referrals, guidance, and technical assistance to individuals, public agencies, businesses, and organizations in matters relating to energy conservation and emissions reduction; and coordinate activities of other local groups organized for similar purposes. Members should have a commitment to energy conservation.

The Historic District Commission administers the Mount Auburn Street Historic District. In this role, the Commission seeks to preserve and protect the distinctive characteristics of buildings and places significant in the history of the Commonwealth and its cities and towns; to maintain and improve the settings of those buildings and places; and to encourage new designs compatible with existing buildings in the district. The Historic District Commission reviews exterior architectural features from a public way, and can prevent demolitions and inappropriate alternations within the district.

The Watertown Public Arts and Culture Committee’s advises the City and makes recommendations on art in public places and cultural and community life, especially programming that enhances the public realm, engages Watertown's community life and cultural diversity, and fosters social cohesion. Art in public places may include permanent, semi-permanent, temporary, and ephemeral artworks and activations that create a vibrant, welcoming, inclusive, and connected public realm. Members should have experience in the visual arts, performing arts, arts education, curation, architecture, design or landscape architecture, representing broad diversity. At least two members should be working artists, arts administrators, or cultural historians; and at least one member should be familiar with public art installation and maintenance.