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 any meetings that popped up after last Monday’s post.) For an updated list of meetings, visit the Town website.
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
- Southborough Public Access Committee Meeting, 9:00 am @ Town House Hearing Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: 120 and 250 Turnpike Rd developments; SPAC budget; Sidewalk review; Available grants; progress addressing issues; applications for smart phones that support handicap signage; Town Web Site accessibility
- Board of Health Meeting, 10:00 am @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Back-Up Septic Inspector; Collins Center Data Request Status; Request Opioid Settlement Warrant Article for Fall Town Meeting; Food Protection Program; Adoption of 2017 Food Code; Substance Use Prevention Coalition and DFC Grant; Officer election
- Select Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda and packet, tree hearing packet) Agenda Highlights: Update from state legislators Rep. Kate Donaghue and Senator James Eldridge; Scholarship Committee Awards; Appoint EDC Coordinator; Tree Hearing for National Grid removal of 24 trees; Final Report on 21 Highland Street from SHOPC Subcommittee; Update on private school donations for FY24; Vote on Flag policy for Town properties; Transfer of Affordable Housing article funds from CPC to the AHTF; Approve 2023-24 Transfer Station Regs and Sticker Fees; ARPA funding request of $31,250 to migrate all meeting minutes & agendas from previous Town website; Review of Board’s FY24 planning meeting; Approve Purchase & Sale Agreement with St. Mark’s School
- Southborough Housing Opportunity Partnership Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Select Board Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Attend the Select Board meeting to discuss affordable housing with State Representative Kate Donohue and Senator Jamie Eldridge
- Planning Board Meeting, 7:30 pm @ Select Board Meeting (agenda, tree hearing packet) Agenda Highlights: Joint Meeting with Select Board for Scenic Road Tree Hearing on National Grid/Massachusetts Electric – Hazardous mitigation plan with proposed removal of 24 trees on Sears Road (and intersections), Deerfoot Road, and Clifford Street; Final Report on 21 Highland Street from SHOPC Subcommittee
Wednesday, June 21st, 2023
- Regional School Committee Student Advisory Committee Meeting, 6:15 pm @ Algonquin Regional High School Library, 79 Bartlett St, Northborough (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Planning for 2023-2024
- Regional School Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Algonquin Regional High School Library, 79 Bartlett St, Northborough (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Robotics Team Presentation; Subcommittee and Liaison Assignments; Subcommittee and Liaison Assignments; Approve GonkPlex Designer Selection Procedures
- Open Space Preservation Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Cordaville Hall, Room B
9 Cordaville Road @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Master Plan and OSRP Review – Tree Specialist and Native Plant Recommendations; Site Plan Reviews of St. Marks Road Park, St. Marks School Parking Lot and Fayville Village Hall; June 24th Garden Tour; Pollination Preservation Gardens at Finn School; Review South Union School plans; Management of Library and Beals Preserve pollinator gardens; Chestnut Hill Farm Update - Trails Committee Meeting, 7:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: DCR MOA trails agreement status; Peninsula Trail update and next steps; Potential SPAC contribution to enhance trail accessibility; Committee business related to maintenance, trail abutters, website, policies
Thursday, June 22, 2023
- Golf Course Committee Meeting, 9:00 am @ Southborough Golf Clubhouse, 32 Cordaville Rd (agenda) Agenda Highlights: In-progress course project status; Course marketing; Irrigation
- Conservation Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Hearings on Proposed Stormwater Management Permit Regulations, 65C School Street notice of intent for house construction; Fuss & O’Neill Contract and Revised Fee Schedule
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list:
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
- Greater Boroughs Partnership for Health Advisory Meeting, 2:00 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Covid Tracking budget; MetroWest Health Foundation Community Health Assessment; CPR/AED Classes; Software for tracking referrals for home wellness checks; Food Insecurity Project; Opioid Settlement Fund updates
*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 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-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.)
- 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 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).
