Millis Planning Board approves NextGrid solar amendment; continues cell-tower hearing and recommends FEMA-driven zoning map changes

MILLIS, Mass. — The Town of Millis Planning Board on Oct. 7 voted to approve a modification to the special permit and site-plan approval for the NextGrid/Millis Solar installation at 1073 Main St., took public comment and continued a separate cell‑tower amendment to Oct. 21, and recommended a zoning‑map amendment to conform the town’s maps to updated 2025 FEMA flood insurance rate maps.

The NextGrid approval will allow the developer to seek lifting of a stop‑work order and to resume construction after the board’s decision is filed and the building commissioner is notified. Benjie Bora, a contractor with CSG who presented the application in lieu of NextGrid’s Michael Patterson, said a Sept. 22 letter from the town consultant (Beta) indicated the consultant’s comments were “resolved” and that the applicant planned to install a fence next week. “We would like to request to lift the work stop order and resume work as soon as possible,” Bora said. Camille (Planning Board staff) said she would prepare the decision, file it with the town clerk and email an electronic copy, and she said she would notify the building commissioner, Robert Fogarty, the next…