Riviera residents ask Lawrenceburg to consider incorporating private streets; council to study feasibility

Riviera residents asked the Lawrenceburg City Council on July 21 to consider incorporating the private streets that serve Riviera and Riviera II into the city's public street system, saying rising homeowners association fees and winter access problems are creating a hardship for many longtime, mostly senior, residents.

The request came during the public-comment portion of the council meeting, where more than a dozen Riviera residents spoke. Diana Ward, who identified herself as the Riviera II HOA president, said her community faces rising maintenance costs and may need a special assessment to cover a clubhouse roof and other repairs; she said Fisher, the previous manager, left a reserve of about $32,000. "Please take care of our roads," Ward said. Colleen Ogg, another Riviera resident, said, "We are all taxpayers, and we are all voters, and we would like to have the services that are provided here." Pete Sharp told the council, "All we want is some…