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Richmond subdivision residents ask Nixa to share cost of retention-pond maintenance

5737269 · August 27, 2025
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Summary

Residents of Richmond subdivision told the council they were left responsible for maintenance of a water-retention area and riprap pad after surrounding parcels were sold off, asking the city or the other new subdivisions to share costs or assume maintenance.

Residents of the Richmond subdivision urged the Nixa City Council on Aug. 26 to require other nearby developers or the city to contribute to maintaining a water-retention area and its riprap pad that serve multiple neighborhoods.

At the council meeting, resident Dave Combs said the original development agreement between First Venture LLC and the city anticipated about 350 homes sharing the cost of maintenance for the retention area on Lots 87 and 88. “My request today is simply to have all homes that drain water and debris into the water retention area be responsible for the maintenance of the water retention area and rip rap pad,” Combs said. He told the council that, after First Venture…

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