Here are the posted open, public Southborough committee and board meetings for this week* along with my selected highlights from the agendas.
As always, be aware that changes to the meeting schedule (and agendas) are known to happen throughout the week. (Scroll down for details on any meetings that popped up after last Monday’s post.) For an updated list of meetings, visit the Town website.
These days, most (but not all) meetings, can be participated in, watched live, and replayed from home.)**
Monday, May 6, 2024
- Planning Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Discuss request by 241-245 Turnpike Rd owners for extension on site plan approval for car condos; Discuss MBTA zoning
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
- Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Audit presentations for FY23 & OPEB; Q3 financial update; Update on Public Safety staffing study; Appointments to 21 Highland Future Use Committee; Police Dispatcher job description; Approve Useful Life for Town equipment; Approve request to use Town Counsel for violation enforcement; Atwood Road lead testing and next steps; Regional Dispatch Survey Results; Potential CPA Application for Town Common rail replacement; Potential Fall Town Meeting Warrant Article on reorganization of affordable housing committees (AHFTC, SHOPC) and use of CPC funds for community housing; Vote on ARPA funding for Senior Tax Relief, Atwood parcel testing, and sidewalk improvements to sections of Woodland, Richards, and Parkerville roads
- Affordable Housing Trust Fund Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Select Board Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: text
- Neary School Building Committee Meeting, 7:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Virtual public forum (status update and to respond to questions)
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
- Southborough School Committee Meeting, am @ Trottier Middle School Library, 49 Parkerville Road (agenda with materials) Agenda Highlights: Neary Principal’s Report; Parent Communication Regarding Incidents; World Language Presentation; Preschool Tuition Increase; Revote Washington DC Trip Dates
- Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Hearings on 120 Turnpike Rd Special Permit and modification, and 40B permit
Thursday, May 9, 2024
- Conservation Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Hearings on Jericho Hill Road utility pole, 28 Edgewood Rd house construction, 20 Sears Rd house construction, 20 & 22 Turnpike Rd for self-storage and golf range facilities, and 120 Turnpike Rd construction of a 60-unit apartment building; 200 Southville Road potential violation; Breakneck Hill Farm Dump progress; Leaf Dumping at Wentworth & Edgewood Road; Chestnut Hill Farm request to SVT
- Neary School Building Committee Meeting, 7:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Debrief on forum; Subcommittee reports; Owner’s Project Manager & Designer updates
Friday, May 10, 2024
- Council on Aging Meeting, 11:30 am @ Cordaville Hall, 9 Cordaville Rd (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Survey update & next steps; furniture purchase; budgeting for FY25; Senior Center Director review; Assessment update; rebranding update; Addition update and soft opening; Tax Work off update; Continuing issues with fuel assistance and Springwell
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list:
Friday, May 3, 2024
- Open Space Preservation Commission Meeting, 2:00 pm (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Chapter 61 Johnson Land: Right of First Refusal; 118/120 Turnpike Road 40b Review; South Union School Update – New Committee; Outreach New Members; Representative on CPC; CPC projects (Audubon International Management Plan and Invasive Project); Chestnut Hill Farm Management Plan; Master Plan and OSRP Review; Program updates
*I don’t list meetings that are only 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.
- 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.)
- Cable Access — Southborough Access Media broadcasts 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-37 and Charter-194).
- School Committee Meetings:
- Subcommittee meetings and some special meetings are only available to attend/view live (in person or by “webinar”) with no later rebroadcast.
- Regular Southborough School Committee meetings are generally broadcast live by Southborough Access Media here and on Verizon-37 and Charter-192. (Video replays are also usually made available through their YouTube channel within a couple of days.)
