Boxborough Conservation Commission Continues Two Active Hearings to December 18

BOXBOROUGH — November 20, 2024 — Boxborough's Conservation Commission continued two open hearings to December 18 while closing two old permits at its November 20 meeting. The board unanimously issued certificates of compliance for a 2016 order at 79 Meadow Lane, where no work was performed, and for a Depot Street parcel where the applicant had conveyed land to the town. A school playground renovation hearing was pushed to December after peer reviewer Places Associates had not yet seen a stormwater report submitted the day before the meeting; the project is funded through the Community Preservation Committee with a spring or summer 2025 spending deadline. A commercial storage facility hearing was also continued after consultants reported they were still responding to Places Associates' peer-review comments on stormwater and a proposed turtle nesting area; the 5,500-square-foot nesting plan, featuring pit-and-mound topography and predator sight-line breaks, was presented in detail. A member also reported on a Littleton meeting focused on Native American stone structures and said a corner marker of the historic Nashoba Praying Village boundary is believed to be on a Middle Road property in Boxborough, with no formal commission action taken.