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. 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, August 19, 2024
- Board of Trustees Southborough Library Meeting, 11:00 am @ zoom only (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: ARIS & Financial Report; 5 yr Strategic Plan; Volunteer Policy; Library Director Contract
- Planning Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House and zoom (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Public Hearings on MBTA Communities Zoning and 250 Turnpike (Contractor’s Yard Building) site plan; MPIC Member Appointment; Discuss Citizen Petition Article to correct appointment authority, 218 Turnpike Rd site changes, and 40Bs (120 Turnpike Rd, 250 Turnpike Rd, and Park Central)
- Southborough Housing Opportunity Partnership Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Planning Board Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: May attend MBTA Community Zoning hearing
- Neary Building Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Communication plan next steps; Review and provide comments on draft preferred schematic report
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
- Board of Registrars of Voters Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Public Safety Facility Training Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Delegate authorities to Town Clerk; Discuss extending in-person Early Voting hours for state election beyond state requirement
- Municipal Technology Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Town website prioritization; wifi revamp; updates on dept outreach; Town Meeting room tech; Assessor software update; 5 yr plan; Prep for fall Town Meeting
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
- Open Space Preservation Commission Meeting, 1:00 pm @ Public Safety Facility Training Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Reviews of 325 Turnpike Rd potential 40B and 120 Turnpike Rd 40B; Chestnut Hill Farm Management Plan
- Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda and packet, 120 Turnpike materials, 250 Turnpike Materials) Agenda Highlights: Discuss 250 Turnpike Rd proposed 40b and 120 Turnpike Rd proposed 40b and modifying special permit — Note, the agenda doesn’t refer to these as public hearings
- Planning Board Meeting, 7:00 pm @ ZBA Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Attend ZBA Meeting to discuss 40bs proposed at 250 Turnpike Rd and 120 Turnpike Rd
Thursday, August 22, 2024
- Conservation Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Public Hearings on 27 Pine Hill Rd pool and pavilion, 34 Central St house addition, 25 Park Street boundaries, 170 Woodland pool and shed, 20 & 22 Turnpike Rd buffer zone activities, and 120 Turnpike Rd construction of 60 unit apartment building; 2 E Main expired Order of Conditions & storage of millings; Breakneck Hill Farm Dump progress
- Recreation Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Agenda Highlights: Updates on Trails, Capital, Neary School Building, 21 Highland St committee, and Dog Park; Cross Country Coach; CPC Rep and Projects; Field use for refugee families; Fayville parking
*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.)
- Regular Regional School Committee meetings (or Combined meetings based at Algonquin) are live broadcast by Northborough Cable Access here and on Southborough’s Education Channel (Verizon-29 and Charter-194). The meetings are also eventually rebroadcast and available through NCAT’s VideoOnDemand player and YouTube channel (though that can take several days).
- Other:
- Southborough does participate in some regional collaboratives hosted in other towns. Those committees follow their own rules and may not offer a way to re-watch zoom meetings.
