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Southborough committee narrows near‑term tasks for proposed sewer system; parcel database and site tests prioritized
Summary
A Town of Southborough advisory committee agreed to prioritize building a shared parcel database, run perk/percolation tests at candidate sites and pursue grant and financing follow‑ups as early steps toward a phased wastewater system. Committee members flagged regional capacity and public outreach timing.
Speaker 1, the committee chair, opened the meeting by framing three near‑term gates for any sewer project: a plant site that works, a discharge site that works and a financing plan. “If we get that rolling and find one site, that would just move forward,” Speaker 1 said, summarizing the committee’s priorities.
Committee members agreed to create a shared OneDrive repository of prior studies, templates and documents and to organize a parcel database containing acreage, map numbers, ownership and development status to help rank candidate properties. “I think that’s a great database to start collecting information,” Speaker 1 said when members discussed folder structure and indexing for the shared files.
On technical feasibility, members debated whether to build a…
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