Here are the posted open, public Southborough committee and board meetings for this week* along with my selected highlights from the agendas.
These days, some meetings are over zoom, some in-person, and others are hybrids that allow both participation through both options. (Most, but not all, can be participated in, watched live, and replayed from home.)**
As always, be aware that changes to the meeting schedule (and agendas) are known to happen throughout the week. (Scroll down for details on meetings that popped up after last Monday’s post.) For an updated list of meetings, visit the Town website.
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
- Southborough Housing Opportunity Partnership Committee Meeting, 7:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Updates on One stop grant application, grants, DHCD subsidized housing inventory, MBTA Communities zoning, and Housing Authority Representative; elect officers
Thursday, June 1, 2023
- Conservation Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Hearing on 65C School St new house; Certificates of Compliance for 22 Lovers Ln and 6-8 Turnpike Road; Extension request for Sudbury Reservoir Boat Rams; Presentation & training from MassWildlife on BioMap (tool to guide strategic protection and stewardship of lands and waters that are most important for conserving biological diversity in MA); Update on active sites and Willow St culvert repair
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list:
Wednesday, May 22, 2023
- Southborough Public Accessibility Committee Meeting, 9:00 am @ Town House Hearing Room (agenda) [Note: My post last week shared the original date (Tuesday), but it was rescheduled with an agenda addition.] Agenda Highlights: Discuss any 502 CMR violations; Review progress on identified issues; Smart phone apps that support handicap signage; Discuss accessibility on updated Town website
Thursday, May 25, 2023
- Historical Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: St. Mark’s Triangle historical artifacts; naming suggestions for
park; Demolition Delay Bylaw update; Updates on Peter’s School Annex cupola, Report on 21 Highland St, 42 Main St, signage, CPC, PILOT Committee, and Southborough Center Historic District; Revolutionary Veterans Committee
Friday, May 26, 2023
- Economic Development Committee Meeting, 8:15 am (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discus grants (Route 9 Business Corridor Initiative, EO EEA, and One Stop application); Update on EDC’s projects from the Master Plan
*I don’t include 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.
- Cable Access — Southborough Access Media has resumed broadcasting 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-38 and Charter-194).
- 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.)
