Stormwater board approves homeowners association sk to end detention-pond partnership

The Greenwood Stormwater Board voted to approve a mutual termination of a public-private partnership agreement at the request of a homeowners association that said it cannot afford required repairs.

Jesse Angel, who identified himself as working with the Barton Lakes Homeowners Association management company, told the board the HOA had applied for a CPP grant to install aeration to address stagnant water but later learned accepting funds would bring long-term inspections and repair obligations the neighborhood cannot meet. "They'll never get it," Angel said of securing the vote required for special assessments and described up to 10 to 15 feet of erosion on pond banks.

John Cho recommended a motion to approve a mutual termination of the partnership agreement for the detention-pond improvement project previously authorized by the board; the motion passed on a voice vote. The chair noted that termination "does not relieve the homeowner association from maintaining their detention ponds." Board members urged the HOA to return with a repair plan or explore partnerships before undertaking costly bank repairs.

The record contains a transcription inconsistency: Angel identified the group as Barton Lakes Homeowners Association, while the motion text in the record refers to "Barclays HOA." The board approved the termination as requested by the HOA representative on the record.

Next steps: board members encouraged the HOA management company to meet with neighborhoods to explore special assessments or pooled funding and to return with cost estimates and a repair plan. The board did not authorize direct city-funded construction to extend storm sewers into private lots.