Rehoboth Planning Board releases Trinity Estates bond, eyes July 21 solar decision

REHOBOTH -- July 1, 2026, Rehoboth Planning Board releases a $5,000 subdivision bond and flags missing documents in a stalled solar review. The board voted unanimously at its July 1 meeting to release a two-year performance bond on the Trinity Estates subdivision off Pine Street, finding no Highway Department concerns and receiving Town Counsel's written confirmation that a separate easement dispute involving a property owner has no legal bearing on the bond. The board also unanimously approved a Form A plan whose fourth lot was shaped around an endangered species habitat in coordination with a conservation body. A proposed solar array at 233 Winter Street remained continued to July 21, with a board member warning the applicant bluntly: "Unless they put on a full court press, I don't see us approving the thing this month." Outstanding items include an emergency response report, operator references from comparable Massachusetts facilities, and a secondary containment analysis the board said it has requested repeatedly. Technical consultant Fuston O'Neill is expected to deliver a memo by July 21 addressing NFPA 855 and Massachusetts fire code compliance, a threshold one member called the key to clearing "all this technical stuff."