Town of Groton
Meeting Notice

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

Park Commission Meeting

Monday, January 12 2026 at 4:15 PM
Town Hall: First Floor Meeting Room, 173 Main Street Groton, MA


This meeting was posted Thursday, January 8 2026 at 1:32 PM

Agenda

AGENDA, PARKS COMMISSION

January 12, 2026  

First Floor Meeting Room

Groton Town Hall

 

Parks Meeting:   4:15 pm

Open Hearing on Cow Pond proposal   5:00

 

 I         Call to Order

    1. Members present and guests 
    2. Public Comment

 

  1.  Approval of Minutes:  December 8, 2025

 

  1.    Reports
    1. Chair:   Mary Jennings
    2. CPC Rep:   Rob Foley
    3. DPW Director   Brian Callahan
    4. Adm Asst:  Laura Fisher
      1. Finance:   Budget and Vouchers
      2. Permits:   Lacrosse

 

  1.  OLD BUSINESS

** 4:15 PM       A.   Goal #2 Permitting Policies and Procedures:  Recommendations and VOTE

(see attached Memorandum from Sub-Committee)

 

  1.  NEW BUSINESS
  1.  Preparation of Bid Documents: 
  2. Meeting with User Groups in the future PUBLIC HEARING:    Cow Pond CPA Application and Proposal

 

**5:00 PM   PUBLIC HEARING:   COW POND CPA APPLICATION AND PROPOSAL

                   Megan Buczynski, ACTIVITAS

 

  1. NEXT MEETINGS

  January 26, Feb 9

 

VII.   ACTION ITEMS:    ADJOURN

 

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

 

**indicates TIME CERTAIN

 

+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.