AGENDA,  PARKS COMMISSION

August 10,   2026,  5:00 p.m.

First Floor Meeting Room

Groton Town Hall

 

 I         Call to Order   (5:00pm)

1. Members present and guests
2. Public Comment

 

1.  Approval of Minutes:  June 22,  July 27

 

1.    Reports 
   1. Status of Lost Lake Porta Potty funding
   2. Signage for Baseball Access Road when closed.
   3. Town Field Opening
   4. Designees for Publicity with Working Group for Town Meeting. 
   1. Financials
   2. Permits 
1. Chair:
2. CPA Rep
3. DPW:  Cutler Field Well
4.   Adm Asst:

 

1. OLD BUSINESS 

 

                             A      Status of Access Road:  

1.   Turtle Monitoring.
2. Key Security: Vendors.:   Emergency Personnel
3. Parking Lot Safety,   September.  
4. DPW:   Pedestrian Signage:  Parking Lot Availability:  1) Field 3 Pedestrian Walk          2)  Liaison work with User Groups
5. Review of Conservation Commission Motion:   Access road closed permanently after Nov. 1,  2026 Order

 

1. NEW BUSINESS:

 

1. Review of Fall Permits. For Cow Pond Field,   Town Field,  Cutler   (possible VOTE to adjust permits given CC restrictions on Cow Pond,   Cutler Field water,  and opening of Town Field  
2. Discussion and possible VOTE on the General Operations and the Adherence to Votes Policies,   reviewed 5/12/2025)  
3. Discussion and possible VOTE to rescind or amend the Commission’s July 13, 2026 submission of the  Cow Pond Field Project to the Community Preservation Committee. 

1. NEXT MEETINGS :  August 24 (relocate–Jennings, Fisher absent).    September 14,  September 28,             October 3 Town Meeting

 

VII.       ADJOURN  6:45

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.