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Westlake HOA asks Lake County board to press special districts to repair water transmission line leak
Summary
A Westlake subdivision homeowners association director told the Lake County board during public comment that a 1–2 gallon-per-minute leak near Lakeshore Boulevard was left with temporary plating and cones and that Special Districts says it is not responsible for repairs; she asked the board to request maintenance of transmission lines.
Nancy Rizika, a member of the Westlake subdivision homeowners association board of directors, told the Lake County board during public comment that an email from Alan Miller of Special Districts said the agency is not responsible for repairing a 1- to 2-gallon-per-minute water leak on Lakeshore Boulevard opposite her home.
Rizika said the excavation site has been covered with a large metal plate and four orange cones and that the temporary work is partially blocking the westbound bicycle lane and a school bus stop. "What I'm asking, please ask special districts to maintain their transmission lines to each meter. When you buy something, you maintain it," she said.
The request matters to Westlake residents because the subdivision — described by Rizika as a 54-lot development established in the 1980s that was originally marketed as a senior community — relies on a combination of private and public water arrangements. Rizika told the board that Starland Development Company created Starview Mutual Water Company when the subdivision was built and that, later, the County created a new North Lakeport water district so the area could qualify for funding, including an FHA loan. She said two wells serving the area were capped and that each home now has an individual water meter and is billed monthly.
Rizika said there have been only three water transmission-line leaks in the subdivision over the past 40 years and one sewer blockage that she could recall. She asked the board to ask Special Districts to maintain transmission lines to each meter rather than require the homeowners association to undertake repairs.
The board did not make a formal decision on the request during the public-comment period; no motion or staff direction to Special Districts appears in the meeting record excerpt.
Background and clarifying details provided to the board by Rizika included that Westlake has lakefront access at the Marina Clubhouse and that homebuyers originally received one share of Starview Mutual Water Company stock; later the County purchased stock to create the North Lakeport District, Rizika said. She identified Alan Miller as the Special Districts contact who responded to her inquiry that the agency would not perform the repair. Rizika also said the temporary excavation covering has partially blocked the bicycle lane and a school bus stop across from her home on Lakeshore Boulevard.
Rizika's remarks were delivered during the meeting's public-input segment; no vote or other formal action on the leak or transfer of maintenance responsibility is recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.
