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Residents press council on Mountain Gate streetlights; council directs staff after executive session
Summary
Residents told the council they found no deeds or agreements showing Mountain Gate streetlights belonged to the HOA or developer and urged the town to resume responsibility. After executive session the council directed staff to proceed as previously instructed.
Two residents spoke to the council about ownership and billing for the Mountain Gate neighborhood streetlights, saying documentary records show the lights are on town property or town easements and that the town has paid the utility costs since 2017.
Carly Erickson said she reviewed the town’s developer agreement and recorder’s documents and found no language assigning ownership of the Mountain Gate lights to the developer or the HOA. “All documentation reviewed indicates the lights are either on town-owned property or within town easements,” Erickson told the council and asked the town to provide any documentation to the contrary.
Mary Lou Rose, speaking on behalf of the Mountain Gate HOA, said the town’s long-standing payment of the lights created an expectation the streetlights were town infrastructure and asked for transparency and a fair resolution if the town intends to shift costs to residents.
Council member Babbitt Pierce moved to have town staff proceed as directed in executive session on the issue; the motion was seconded and carried. The public session did not disclose specific executive-session instructions; the council recorded its direction and asked staff to follow up.
Next steps: staff will act per the executive-session direction and return with findings or recommended actions in a future public meeting.
