Marlborough Council Approves $160.5M School Bond
Marlborough City Council approved a $160,544,091 bond for a new K-5 school and a $6.3 million stormwater bond tied to the project. Both roll-call votes passed 10-0, with Councilor Matthew Sargent absent for the entire meeting.
City Council · Meeting of July 20, 2026
Marlborough City Council approved a $160,544,091 bond for a new K-5 school and a $6.3 million stormwater bond tied to the project. Both roll-call votes passed 10-0, with Councilor Matthew Sargent absent for the entire meeting. Councilor John J.
Irish said "public safety is everything for our city" while winning unanimous approval of $306,538.69 in state grants for police dispatch and a $173,494 transfer for two new cruisers. The council also gave final approval to the Forest Street Residential Overlay District, a rezoning that allows up to 450 housing units on roughly 31 acres, and voted 9-1, with Robert Preciado dissenting, to let Target add a fourth wall sign at its Donald J. Lynch Boulevard store.
A floodplain zoning rewrite was referred to Urban Affairs and the Planning Board, with a public hearing set for August 17.
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Source: the City Council meeting of July 20, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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