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.)**
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
- Golf Course Committee Meeting, 9:00 am @ Public Safety Building Training Room and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Course improvement (irrigation and minimizing wayward balls)
- Board of Health Meeting, 12:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Vote on Health Director Contract
- Board of Registrars of Voters Meeting, 5:00 pm @ Town House Front Foyer (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Review and count any Uniformed Services Overseas/Specially Qualified primary ballots; Election FAQs
- Select Board Meeting, 6:00 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Close Special Town Meeting warrant and review Articles; Review ARPA funding and requests; Proposed Health Agent IMA with Northborough
- Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting, 6:45 pm @ Public Safety Facility Training Room and zoom (agenda, 120 Turnpike Rd hearing materials) Agenda Highlights: 241-245 Turnpike Road Permit Extension Request; Public Hearings on Park Central 40B (Land Court case status update) and 120 Turnpike Rd 40B and Special Permit for shared focus on “Civil/Site/Stormwater”)
Thursday, September 5, 2024
- Community Preservation Committee Meeting, 6;30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: 2024 Application Deadlines; Draft of Special Town Meeting Warrant and Article 11 on CPA funding sources
- Southborough Housing Opportunity Partnership Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss MBTA Communities Act, future approach to Chapter 61A Parcels, reducing zoning barriers to Affordable Housing, particularly Senior Housing; Update on Affordable Housing Consolidation Working Group efforts; Potential use of AHTF funds to buy down affordable rental rates
Friday, September 6, 2024
- Affordable Housing Consolidation Working Group Meeting, 8:30 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Draft Special Town Meeting Article(s) to Consolidate the Affordable Housing Trust Fund
Committee and the Southborough Housing Opportunity Partnership Committee
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list:
August 29, 2024
- Southborough Housing Opportunity Partnership Committee Meeting, 8:00 am (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Discussion of Potential Support for Affordable Housing Trust Fund Committee’s Request to Transfer CPA Housing Funds to AHTFC
*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).
