Town of Groton
Meeting Notice

Town Clerk
173 Main Street
Groton, MA 01450
(978) 448-1100

Park Commission Meeting

Monday, September 8 2025 at 5:00 PM
Town Hall: First Floor Meeting Room, 173 Main Street Groton, MA


This meeting was posted Thursday, September 4 2025 at 9:03 AM

Agenda

Monday September 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Meeting Agenda

1st Floor Meeting Room

 

 

  1.  Call to Order
    1. Members present and guests 
    2. Public Comment

 

  1.  Approval of Minutes

 

  1.    Reports
    1. Chair:   
    2. CPC Rep
    3. DPW Director 

 

  1.  OLD BUSINESS
  1. Commission Annual Goals
    1. Subcommittee Work: Posting of Meetings
    2. Goal Strategy Development: Reports from Sub-Committees on Step 2:  Strategy Responsibilities Timelines
  2. Commission Liaisons
    1. Assignment to User Groups/Fields
    2. Responsibilities of Liaisons
  3. By-Laws Review  

 

  1.  NEW BUSINESS
  2. Memorandum of Understanding:   Parks and DPW
  3. User Group Survey Questions

 

  1. APPROVALS
  2. Soccer Field Seeding Request
  3. Permits
  4. Invoices financial

                       

  1. NEXT MEETING

            September 22

            Discussion of October 13 Meeting date (Columbus Day)

 

VII.   ADJOURN by 6:50pm

 

PARKS COMMISSION GOALS:  FY26

  1. Create a plan for the Cow Pond Improvement Project that involves the Commission and the public
  2. Create a Permitting Process for use of Parks properties t
  3. Complete a Needs Assessment of all park and common areas for 2025-26

 

 

 

+Public Comments will be allowed for a limited time set by the chair with comments not exceeding 3 min per speaker if possible.   Discussions and actions will not be taken as part of the Public Comment Period   The public may be allowed to participate on agenda topics as allowed by the Chair.

 

* Start times are estimated unless indicated as scheduled at a Set Time **

 

Votes may be taken at any time during the meeting.   The listing of topics that the Chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the meeting is not intended as a guarantee of the topics that will be discussed.   Not all topics listed may in fact be discussed and other topics not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law. 

 

Topic start times are estimated

The listing of topics that the Chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the meeting is not intended as a guarantee of the topics that will have been discussed. Not all topics listed may in fact be discussed, and other topics not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.