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The Official Unofficial Minutes of the WL BOA
January 18 

Aldermen's Comments

Continuing a tradition of seeking free legal assistance (a la Stevenson) Alderman Richmond brought up a potential issue in West Ridge, where he lives.  His concern is getting information about the West Ridge developer and the requirement (or not) of the retention pond maintenance.  Some discussion ensued with the request the City Attorney look into it.

Odd because the City really has no standing on the issue.  As you may or may not know, West Ridge has its own Home Owners Association (HOA).  Until the development is complete (which looks to be soon) the developer is the defacto responsible party for the HOA.  After that the residents in the HOA become responsible.  All this is spelled out in the HOA covenant which each homeowner has or should have.

(Background...the original developer, at that time it was called Sonoma Ridge, was sued by a group of residents on West Side Drive, during the efforts to replat and develop the property.  The City of WL was also sued as part of the litigation.  In the end there was an out of court settlement, the developer got to proceed, with some stipulations, the citizen group was paid their legal fees by the developer and the City (you and me) was left with legal bills of around $20,000...funny how that works)