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Open Space Committee approves joint outreach with SVT, discusses Indian Meadow golf course prospects
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Summary
The committee approved joint landowner outreach letters with Sudbury Valley Trustees (SVT), agreed wording tweaks (use 'conserve' rather than 'protect') and discussed a possible future sale of the Indian Meadow golf course that could create a conservation opportunity.
Vinny (the committee’s outreach coordinator) and Sudbury Valley Trustees (SVT) materials were reviewed for a planned landowner outreach campaign. The packet included personalized letters for a set of targeted properties and a general one-page conservation-options insert for other owners.
Members suggested edits to tone and personalization: committee members favored the term “conserve” instead of the broader “protect,” and recommended the letters note prior contact where appropriate to avoid the impression of a generic mailing. Vinny explained that the list comprises two batches (personalized letters to 12 owners and generalized letters to five additional owners) and that Sudbury Valley Trustees would execute the mailing and provide supporting materials.
The committee voted unanimously to proceed with joint outreach with SVT for the identified list, removing one parcel from this round at the chair’s request. The committee also discussed an update about the Indian Meadow golf course (referred to by its parcel and Westborough/Turnpike Road context): the chair reported a phone conversation with a representative of the property owner who indicated that, if a separate acquisition in Westborough occurs, the owner may market the golf-course parcel. Members agreed to hold that property off the general mailing list and consider a tailored, Town of Northborough letter acknowledging prior contact and interest in future discussions.
Next steps: SVT will proceed with the mailing for the approved parcels and Vinny will circulate details about which property owners have prior contact history; the committee will review responses and follow up in January.
