ROCKPORT -- The Rockport Planning Board is to convene March 27 for a regularly scheduled meeting and will hear initial subdivison plans for a 32 acre lot in West Rockport, and the expansion of Midcoast Recreation Center, on Route 90, in West Rockport, with outdoor tennis courts, indoor pickleball courts, an additional parking lot, and a new emergency access lane at the existing MRC property located at 535 West Street.

The proposed 25-lot subdivision is sited on land currently owned by Craig and Cassandra Mitchell. Developers are Gregory Finch, of Searsport, and Jonothan Biddle, of Union.

The developers have provided a sketch with proposed layout of streets and lots, and which is included in the meeting packet.

Midcoast Recreation Center is seeking an amendment to an existing site plan that was created in 2009.

The proposed improvements are intended to alleviate congestion on their existing tennis courts by providing exterior and interior pickleball courts in a new building, wrote engineers with Gartley and Dorksy, who submitted the plan on behalf of MRC.

Minor renovations will be required in the existing facilities to allow the existing and new buildings to blend cohesively, and additional parking will be created on a grassy area that is already dedicated to overflow parking during hockey tournaments.