Town of Groton
Meeting Notice

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

Park Commission Meeting

Monday, October 6 2025 at 4:30 PM
Town Hall: First Floor Meeting Room, 173 Main Street Groton, MA


This meeting was posted Thursday, October 2 2025 at 9:07 AM

Agenda

Monday October 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM

Meeting Agenda

1st Floor Meeting Room

 

 

 

  1. Call to Order – 4:30 p.m.
    1. Members present and guests
    2. Public Comment

 

  1. Approval of Minutes:   September 8, September 22 2025

 

  1.  Reports
    1. Chair
    2. CPC Rep
    3. DPW Director 
    4. Financials (see attachment)

 

  1.  OLD BUSINESS
  1. Goal Reports: Annual Goal Subcommittee Cow Pond Brook Working Group - Project Update: Mark Haddad and Megan Buczynski
  2. User Group Survey Questions: Reports by Soccer and GDRSD liaisons (see attached)
  3. Memorandum of Understanding: DPW Director/Parks 3rd reading

 

  1. NEW BUSINESS (15 minutes)
  2. CPA Application Update: Softball  
  3. Needs Assessment of Properties (Goal #3) 
    1. Reports on properties by liaisons
    2. Synthesis of property reports and setting priorities

 

  1. Approvals:
  1. Permits
  2. Invoices

 

VII.  Next Meetings:  Monday October 27

 

VIII.   Adjourn by 6:20pm

 

 

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.