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, August 1, 2023
- Southborough Public Accessibility Committee Meeting, 9:00 am @ Town House Hearing Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Review progress in addressing Town’s ADA issues and prioritize remaining projects
- Open Space Preservation Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Public Safety Building Training Room, 32 Cordaville Rd (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Comment on 120 Turnpike Road 40b; Review South Union School Report and Recommendation; Invasive program; Town House Restoration Landscaping; Site Plan Reviews of St. Marks Road Park, St. Marks School Parking Lot, and Fayville Village Hall; Pollinator garden projects; CPA applications for Library garden (phase 2) and Town House
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
- PILOT Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Status report from members and next steps
Thursday, August 3 , 2023
- Conservation Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Hearings on 20 Sears Rd wetland boundaries, 10 Overlook Dr septic replacement, and 250 Turnpike Rd construction of contractor’s yard building; Request for comments on 40bs at 120 & 250 Turnpike Rd; Discuss 84 Main St Restrictive Covenant; Updates on 38 Presidential Drive violation, open projects, and Breakneck Hill farm dump
- Trails Committee Meeting, 7:30 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: DCR trails work plan; Peninsula Trail update and next steps; Events; Committee business related to maintenance, trail abutters, website, policies
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list:
Thursday, July 27, 2023
- Capital Improvement and Planning Committee Meeting, 8:00 am (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Updates on Neary Building Committee, Community Center Exploration committee, and Paving Contract; Town House Change Order Request re: Roof
- Historical Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm (agenda, video) [Editor’s Note: According to the video, the commission missed recording the first 1 hour and 20 minutes] Agenda Highlights: Demolition application for 36 East Main St (determine historical and/or architectural significance); Adaptive Reuse Bylaw inquiry; Town Common initiative; Update on Historic House Signs program; Elect officers]
- Trails Committee Meeting, 7:30 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: DCR trails work plan; Peninsula Trail update and next steps; Events; Committee business related to maintenance, trail abutters, website, policies
Friday, July 28, 2023
- Select Board Meeting, 8:15 am (agenda and packet, video) Agenda Highlights: Approve change order for Town House renovation slate roof; Award contract for paving Newton Street; Liberty/Stockwell sidewalks; Approve amended Neary School Building Committee Charge (adding Woodward Principal as ex-officio member and reducing at-large voting members from 5 to 3)
*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.
- 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-38 and Charter-194).
Updated (7/31/23 10:43 am): I added a note that the Historical Commission’s video missed a big chunk of the meeting.
Updated (7/31/23 11:26 am): Since readers can’t learn from their video, I reached out to Historical’s Chair about their determination on 36 East Main St. The commission voted that the property is “historically and architecturally significant”, triggering a public hearing to be held on whether or not to impose a Demolition Delay. That hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, August 30th at 7 pm.
