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Crane Meadows owner wins board approval to draft settlement over 2024 flooding
Summary
Crane Meadows Golf Course owner asked the village for reimbursement after runoff from a new retention pond flooded the course in 2024; the board voted to ask the village attorney to prepare an agreement to pay roughly $24,000 from TIF 1 after insurance denied the claim.
Dan, the owner of Crane Meadows Golf Course, told the Village of Weston trustees that unusually heavy rainfall in 2024, combined with road construction and new retention ponds on West Avenue, sent water onto the course and caused prolonged flooding and large business losses.
Dan described steps he took to remove water — renting pumps, running 120 hours on a large pump and buying other equipment — and said the flooding forced the course to close for weeks and created around $50,000 in total impacts. He asked the board to reconsider a denial from the village’s insurer and seek an alternative village…
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