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Planning board endorses lot reconfiguration, releases surety, and approves support letter; planners report grants and infrastructure updates
Summary
The Westport Planning Board endorsed an ANR lot reconfiguration at 119 Meadow Brook Lane, approved the release of Inheritance Lane surety, authorized a support letter for a school energy grant, and heard multiple planning updates including a MassTrails grant and Hicksbridge permitting.
The Westport Planning Board handled several routine land‑use actions and heard a series of planning updates at its meeting.
The board endorsed an Approval Not Required (ANR) plan for 119 Meadow Brook Lane to reconfigure three lots, finding the change did not require subdivision approval under M.G.L. c.41 §81. Planners noted Lot 1 fronts on an historic/recorded ancient way and previously secured a Zoning Board of Appeals variance for buildability.
The board voted to grant a full release of remaining surety funds for the Inheritance Lane project after staff reported required site improvements — clearing of debris and signage — had been completed and verified. Assistant staff said consultant review fees will be held briefly to finalize invoices before full closeout.
The board also authorized the chair to sign a support letter for a Green School Works grant application led by Kathleen Stanley, the town’s energy manager, to convert elementary‑school HVAC to more efficient air‑source heat pumps.
In the planners report, staff announced Westport received an $18,200 MassTrails grant for the Wata connector boardwalk design, described steps for the Hicksbridge restoration and boat‑ramp replacement project (salt marsh and beach restoration, stormwater improvements), and said a notice of intent for the town’s Barrier Beach Plan will be filed and heard by the conservation commission on July 7. Staff summarized several grant closeouts and noted online permitting is now integrated with the assessor’s database to streamline applications.
Construction updates included an as‑built review of a solar array on Division Road (site connected and producing electricity; some signage and vegetative growth items remain), routine monitoring of Francis Estates construction (silt controls, rough grading, and pending drainage installations), and ongoing work to resolve a visibility triangle condition at the end of Marott. The board approved the June 16 meeting minutes and then adjourned.
Board members asked staff to continue follow up on outstanding as‑built items, final planting installations, and any necessary coordination with utilities on residential service issues flagged during public hearings.
