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, July 29, 2024
- Council on Aging Meeting, 10:30 am @ Cordaville Hall/Senior Center (agenda) Agenda Highlights: New Room update and 9/18 dedication event; plans for Heritage Day; Volunteer Coordinator update; programs update; prioritize survey results
- Municipal Technology Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Prioritize recent feedback on Town website; Wifi revamp for Town properties; employee training; Dept outreach updates; Tech for Emergency dispatch and Town Meeting; Assessor software update
Tuesday, July 30 , 2024
- Tricentennial Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Public Safety Facility Training Room and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Recreation Director; Updated survey results; Future subcommittees; Preparation for Heritage Day
- Southborough Cultural Arts Council Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Cordaville Hall, Room A (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Review grant funding distribution for FY24 and needs for MassCulture report; community survey results
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
- Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Hearings on 120 Turnpike Rd (40B Revised Project Plans and permit for shared driveway) and Park Central 40B (court status)
- Planning Board Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss 120 Turnpike Rd and Park Central
Thursday, August 1, 2024
- Golf Course Committee Meeting, 9:00 am @ Public Safety Facility Training Room and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Planning for irrigation project and continued effort to minimize wayward balls
- Conservation Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Hearings on 46 Flagg Rd shed, 34 Central St addition, 20 utility poles (on Main St, Ware Rd, Brigham St, Johnson Rd, and Northboro Rd), 25 Park St boundaries, 170 Woodland Rd pool and shed, 20 & 22 Turnpike Rd buffer zone activities, and 120 Turnpike Rd 40B; Discuss 12 Walnut Dr chicken coop, Enforcement orders on 34 Sears Rd and 200 Southville Rd, and 2 East Main st expired order of conditions & storage of millings, Bylaw fee structure, land use rules, and Chestnut Hill Farm management plan; Farm dump progress
- Stewardship Committee Meeting, 8:00 pm @ Conservation Commission Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Attend Conservation’s meeting
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list:
Thursday, July 25, 2024
- Capital Improvement and Planning Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Requests from Fire Dept (for Station Alert System) and DPW (for Pine Hill Rd design, Oak Hill Rd sidewalks, water projects, sink hole projects, and maintenance projects); Vote on Capital-ready projects to recommend Select Board use ARPA funds for; planning process for Community Center if a school is repurposed
- Community Preservation Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Review CPC bylaw; Town House restoration overview and Warrant Article for bond payment; Update on closing out projects
Friday, July 26, 2024
- Neary School Building Committee – Communications Subcommittee Meeting, 9:00 am (agenda, look here for future video) Agenda Highlights: Communication plan; Surveying on 2 vs 4 grade school cost; FAQs on transition plan
*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).
