Sudbury creates Liberty Ledge advisory committee on 3-1 vote

SUDBURY -- February 24, 2026, Sudbury creates Liberty Ledge advisory committee on a split vote. The Select Board voted 3-1 on Feb. 24 to establish a seven-member citizen panel that will recommend long-term uses of the 44-acre Liberty Ledge/Sewataro property by Oct. 31, with Member Daniel Carty dissenting and Member Charles Russo absent. Chair Lisa Kouchakdjian successfully nominated Member Radha Gargeya as the Select Board's representative; an initial motion making Gargeya chair was withdrawn after Carty noted the handbook language just edited says committees choose their own chairs. The board also voted 4-0 to release a Town Counsel opinion from Lee Smith of KP Law concluding that a proposed solar canopy at Haskell Field would likely require Article 97 conversion, a process Town Manager Andrew Sheehan said includes a two-thirds Town Meeting vote, both legislative chambers, the governor's signature and MEPA review, "typically about two years." Carty pushed back: "A solar canopy over a parking lot doesn't change the fundamental purpose of the parking lot." The board separately approved a fourth amendment to the Camp Sewataro management agreement setting 2026 resident swim weekends of July 3-5 and Aug. 15-16.