CPC advances affordable‑housing transfer to Town Meeting and approves recording‑clerk contract

At its Dec. 18 meeting the Southborough Community Preservation Committee took three formal actions the committee recorded on the public roll call.

Affordable‑housing trust transfer: The CPC voted to advance a proposed transfer to the Affordable Housing Trust to the April Town Meeting "with conditions" and to circulate the prior year's warrant language and conditions to the committee. The motion was moved and seconded and passed on a roll‑call vote with the following recorded responses: Katie — Aye; Grant — Aye; Ellen — Aye; Kristen — Aye; Claire — Aye; Lisa — Aye. Members said they would circulate the prior conditions for review and finalize the warrant language in January.

Recording clerk contract: The committee voted, by roll call, to engage Susan Pigney as the CPC recording clerk under the town’s standard minute‑taker contract amended to reference CPC and updated meeting schedule (draft minutes due within 5 days for upcoming meetings). The roll call returned unanimous "Yes" votes.

Scheduling and placeholders: The CPC agreed by consensus to prepare placeholder warrant articles for the Trails Phase 2 project (one to move Phase‑1 contingency and one to allow a Phase‑2 warrant if needed) and to delay final votes on the Fayetteville Park and cemetery items until January after the proponents provide additional materials and numbers.

Next procedural steps: Committee staff will add the two original phase warrants and Kat’s overview to the shared Dropbox for members, circulate previous conditions for the affordable‑housing trust transfer and return with the requested materials at the Jan. 22 CPC meeting. The meeting adjourned after a unanimous roll‑call vote.

Ending: The CPC set its next meeting for Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. and adjourned for the holidays.