Boxborough Planning Board Votes to Pursue Litigation Over 984 Mass. Ave. Site

BOXBOROUGH — March 18, 2024 — Boxborough Planning Board votes to pursue litigation against 984 Massachusetts Avenue property owner after engineer misses deadlines. The board voted 4-0 Monday to schedule an executive session for March 21 with special land-use attorney Adam Costa of Mead, Tallerman and Costa to discuss civil, non-criminal, and criminal options after the property's civil engineer missed at least three consecutive weekly check-ins and failed to deliver a promised existing-conditions plan; a formal demand letter sent via certified mail had received no response as of the meeting. Acting Chair Rebecca Werner — standing in for absent Chair Mark White — also hosted Corinne Tobias of Green International Affiliates, who agreed to revise the firm's comprehensive Route 111 traffic study proposal to include a third future-conditions model, a brief trip-generation review of applicant studies, and coordination with the town's Complete Streets effort; a revised fee schedule is due March 25 ahead of the April 1 board meeting. The board also approved $405 in legal invoices from its consulting budget, redirecting a $90 ADU bylaw review fee to the town-wide legal budget after Finance Committee member Maria clarified that legal fees belong in the $130,000 legal line item, not the planning consulting fund.