WESTBOROUGH – The next step on what to do with the Westborough Golf Club building on West Main Street will be Article 18 on the Annual Town Meeting warrant.
During the Advisory Finance Committee meeting on Feb. 29, the Municipal Building Committee requested $100,000 to complete a feasibility study.
“I think people are anxious to get this going,” said committee member Rod Shaffert.
He added that the study should include the feasibility of the present golf club building, even though it’s “not part of the charge.”
“It’s so the town can understand all of the options,” he said.
The funds would come from “available funds,” a combination of free cash and retained earnings that has yet to be finalized.
The committee decided to hold off on voting on the article until the funding source is determined.
Should the article be approved at Town Meeting, the study would be conducted over the summer, with a goal of making a presentation at fall Town Meeting.
Last summer, the town’s Golf Club Building Use Committee recommended that the building – parts of which date back to the 1870s – be torn down and rebuilt. The Select Board endorsed that decision.
The Historical Commission is trying to determine whether the building is considered historically or culturally significant. It recently commissioned a document detailing the building’s history; this will be sent to the Massachusetts Historical Commission to include in its registry.
The commission is also accepting comments and opinions about the building; these may be emailed to [email protected].
Town Meeting will convene on Saturday, March 23, at 9 a.m. at the high school auditorium.
View the entire warrant at www.westboroughma.gov.
