Here are the posted open, public Southborough committee and board meetings for this week* along with my selected highlights from the agendas.
These days, some meetings are over zoom, some in-person, and others are hybrids that allow both participation through both options. (Most, but not all, can be participated in, watched live, and replayed from home.)**
As always, be aware that changes to the meeting schedule (and agendas) are known to happen throughout the week. For an updated list of meetings, visit the Town website.
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
- Neary Building – OPM Subcommittee Meeting, 9:00 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Approval of OPM (Owner’s Project Manager) Request for Services for release with MSBA comments incorporated
- Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Presentation on proposed 40B (scroll down for note on this topic)***; Hearing on utility pole at Hammond Street; Update on municipal facilities projects; Grant opportunities for capital plan projects; Capital Studies funds use for Community Center Exploratory Committee; FY24 Board and Committee Appointments; Charge for Old Burial Ground Study Committee; FY24 Transfer Station Rules and Regs; discuss downtown National Grid parcel
- Planning Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Select Board Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Ferris Development Presentation for proposed 40B projects at 250
Turnpike Rd. & 120 Turnpike Rd (scroll down for note on this topic)***
- Planning Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Select Board Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Ferris Development Presentation for proposed 40B projects at 250
- Scholarship Advisory Committee Meeting, pm @ Senior Center, 9 Cordaville Rd (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Review applications and determine awards
Thursday, June 8, 2023
- Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds Meeting, 8:00 am @ Town House Hearing Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Elect officers; Taxation Aid for 2nd half of funding; discuss initiatives
- Master Plan Implementation Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Standard Communication to all Boards/Committees/Departments; Prioritize goals
Friday, June 9, 2023
- Library Board of Trustees Meeting, 11:00 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Library Façade Restoration Project/Preservation Restriction; Mass Public Library Construction Program; Community Center Exploration Committee Update; Library Director Evaluation
*I don’t include closed Executive Sessions unless the agenda indicates the possibility of some action in an open public session at the opening or closing of the meeting.
**Details on watching meetings remotely:
- Town Committee/Board Meetings:
- If in-person meetings don’t also advertise a zoom option, assume that it won’t be broadcast or captured on video.
- To remotely participate in meetings that allow zoom, click here.
- Cable Access — Southborough Access Media has resumed broadcasting the regular evening meetings for the Select Board, Planning Board, and Zoning Board of Appeals that take place in the Town House Hearing Room. (Those meetings will still allow zoom participation.) View SAM’s live and replayed broadcasts via their Government cable access channel (Verizon-38 and Charter-194).
- To live stream (or view later) remote or hybrid meetings (even those covered by Southborough Access Media) over the internet, use the Town’s YouTube Channel for Remote Meetings. (The meetings covered by SAM can also be streamed on their website here, and eventually on SAM’s YouTube Channel.)
***Note: No documents for the proposed 40B is posted in the packet or on the Town website. I reached out to the Town to find out if there was an official filed application. Select Board Chair Andrew Dennington clarified that nothing has been officially filed yet. The developer is making an informational presentation to the Select Board and Planning Board about potential proposals. (A printed presentation may be posted to the Select Board’s agenda packet as a supplement later today.)
