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Developer Markovich offers to help organize homeowners for pond maintenance, requests town letter
Summary
Developer Markovich said he paid to construct a retention pond for his subdivision but not to maintain it, offered to gather homeowner agreement for a POA and requested a town letter to encourage participation; the board discussed special assessments and legal options.
Developer Markovich told the board he constructed a retention pond to serve nearby lots and that, in hindsight, he would have arranged for an HOA or POA agreement to ensure long-term maintenance. He said he is willing to work with the town attorney and the homeowners to form an HOA or arrange a special assessment if necessary.
"Do an if or, I would think. Just say we would prefer the board would prefer you to join a POA and agree to this in perpetuity. Otherwise, the town's gonna be forced to do a special exception and send it to the tax bill," Markovich said as an example of wording he could include. He offered to solicit signatures from lot owners and suggested a modest fee (he floated $100 a year) to cover mowing and maintenance.
Board members discussed the legal route of a special assessment for drainage in a defined area and asked staff and the town attorney to draft a letter the developer could distribute to homeowners.
