Monday December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Meeting Agenda

1^st Floor Meeting Room

 

1. Call to Order - 5:00 p.m.

1. Members present and guests. Groton Garden Club
2. Public Comment

1. Approval of Minutes –

 Deferred from last meeting: October 6 & November 10;

 New minutes for approval: October 27 & November 24, 2025.

1.  Reports
1. Chair
2. CPC Rep
3. DPW Director 
4. Financials: Budget and Invoices

1.  OLD BUSINESS

1. Discussion   GOAL #3   Needs Assessments:   Setting Priorities for Park Properties

1.Report on Commission members’ ranking of NEEDS priorities

2. Next Steps:
   • FY26, FY27 Budgets (see next agenda item)
   • Proposal: User Group Meeting (Rob)
3. Report:   GOAL #2    Permitting Policies and Procedures:

• Setting Fields and Property Values

1. NEW BUSINESS -
   1. Co-Sponsorship vote for 2027 CPA applications: Softball and Cow Pond 
   2. Alternate Baseball Fields for 2026

• Dunstable
• Other Locations

**5:05 p.m. C.  Approval of Park Bench:   Garden Club

1. Next Meetings:

 December 17, 10:30 a.m.   Land Use Committee

 January 12, 5:00 p.m. PUBLIC HEARING

VII. Action Items:  Adjourn by 6:50 p.m.

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.