The week in government

Conservation Commission and more

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. For an updated list of meetings, visit the Town website.

Monday, August 21, 2023

  • Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds Meeting, 8:00 am @ Town House Hearing Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discussion of findings of Trust Fund purposes, wills, & intentions of givers
  • Neary Building Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Dissolve OPM Subcommittee; Elect Vice Chair; Owner’s Project Manager update on next steps and timeline; form new subcommittees on Designer selection, Finance, and Communications
    • Neary Building Committee-OPM Subcommittee Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Neary Building Committee Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Approve minutes and dissolve

Tuesday, August 22, 2023

  • Recreation Commission Meeting, 6:15 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Letter to Select Board re: position on South
    Union Building (21 Highland St)
  • Community Preservation Committee Meeting, 7:00  pm @ Cordaville Hall, Room B, 9 Cordaville Road (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Update on Town House Slate Roof; Application review process; Pre-application review discussion of 21 Boston Road; South Union School Review; Reports to Dept of Revenue
  • Youth Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Dept Highlights, Friends update on refugee families fundraising

Thursday, August 24, 2023

  • Board of Assessors Meeting, 9:00 am @ DPW Meeting Room, 147 Cordaville Rd (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Sign excise tax commitments & abatements
  • Conservation Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda, packet) Agenda Highlights: Hearings on 19 Parkerville (replacing failed septic), 5 Cordaville (demolition and new home), 10 Overlook (replacing failed septic), and 250 Turnpike (contractor yard building, driveway access, and maintenance of detention basins); Violation mitigation updates for 38 Presidential; Restrictive Covenant for 84 Main St; Review of Standard Conditions for OOC & SMPs; Breakneck Hill Farm Dump progress; Update on 40B proposals & submissions

*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).

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