Weston Finance Committee unanimously backs revised MBTA 3A zoning plan

WESTON -- September 18, 2025, Weston's Finance Committee unanimously backed the town's revised MBTA Section 3A zoning plan and a companion Boston Properties development agreement at its September 18 meeting, with both votes coming in at 6-0. Select Board member John McDonald, a former Finance Committee chair, told the panel that the state attorney general has already withheld an educational grant from Weston and could begin levying daily fines if the town does not come into compliance with multifamily housing law by year's end. Town Planner Imai Iyu outlined a plan centering on the Boston Properties site near a proposed relocated Kendall Green commuter rail station, with up to approximately 480 units across three sub-zones and a 15 percent deed-restricted affordable set-aside. Chair Bharath Venkataraman estimated the moderate fiscal impact at roughly $1.1 million annually to the town's budget; member Rebecca Kantar called that figure "not really detrimental." The committee deferred action on a separate citizens' petition to release $18,570 in unspent 2022 town funds for emergency stabilization of the 55 Church Street historic train depot, with the Friends of the Weston Depot nonprofit still awaiting IRS approval of its 501c3 application.