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, April 28, 2025
- Regional School Committee Meeting, 5:30 pm @ Algonquin Regional High School Career Resource Center (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Prep for tonight’s Northborough Annual Town Meeting
- Planning Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda with packet) Agenda Highlights: Public Hearings on permits/site plans for 10 Turnpike Rd (storage facility), 2 Park Central Dr (change of suite use), 48 Main St (Fay School addition), 250 Turnpike Rd (Contractor’s Yard building), 2 East Main St (multi-family building), 200 Turnpike Rd (Contactor’s facility), and 26 Meadow Ln (Flexible Development); Discussion on Neary School; Applications for 154 Turnpike Rd (wall sign) and 361 Turnpike Rd (Valvoline Minor Site Plan)
- Neary Building Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Planning Board Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Proposed project presentation to Planning Board
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
- Neary Building Committee Meeting, 8:00 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Update on Tax Impact Calculator and Financial Projections; Letter to community on project; Public outreach and Town Meeting presentation status
- Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda with packet) Agenda Highlights: Capital Improvement & Planning Committee appointment; Fiscal Year 2024 & OPEB Audit; Proposed debt management policy; Financial impact of proposed Neary project; Use of Finn School if Neary Building Project is approved; Interim report from 21 Highland Future Use Committee; Updates on Hopkinton water connection and Housing Production Plan; PERC test for Pinecone Lane parcel; Date for Heritage Day 2027
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
- Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda with packet) Agenda Highlights: Public Hearing on 6 Lorenzo Dr (extra garage bays); 120 Turnpike Rd Review of Easement & Subdivision Plan
Thursday, May 1, 2025
- Affordable Housing Trust Meeting, 9:00 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Select Consultant Proposal for updating Housing Production Plan
- Golf Course Committee Meeting, 9:00 am @ Public Safety Building and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Irrigation project; minimizing wayward balls (3rd green & 4th tee; 3rd green fencing quotes; 7th fairway); 1st hole cart path; Tee refurbishment; Audubon certification
- Conservation Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Public Hearings on 36 Cordaville Rd (extension of asphalt path), 45 Southville Rd (addition and septic), 48 Main St (Fay School addition), 26 Meadow Ln (Flexible Development), 120 Turnpike Rd (60 unit 40B); Discuss potential wastewater facility with Waste Water Study Committee; Updates on Chestnut Hill Farm and Breakneck Hill Farm Dump
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list:
Thursday, April 24, 2025
- Community Preservation Committee Meeting, 6:00 pm (agenda, look for video to be posted here) Agenda Highlights: Approve minutes and Chair Report
- Affordable Housing Trust Meeting, 6:30 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Expiring Housing Production Plan and Review of Proposals Received; Discuss potential strategies for affordable housing, parcels to acquire, and joint meeting with Open Space Preservation Commission; 66 Breakneck Hill Rd parcel
- Trails Committee Meeting, 7:30 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Peninsula Trail projects status; Fay student volunteers to help assemble benches; recruitment for vacancy; DCR work 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).
- 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.
