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Planning commission member Harris: city "taking action" to prevent dissolved-HOA private streets from being sold
Summary
Miss Harris told the Trenton Planning Commission she spoke with City Manager Nichols after prior concerns about private streets tied to dissolved HOAs and said the city is making plans to prevent those streets from becoming purchasable at sheriff sales.
Miss Harris, a member of the Trenton Planning Commission, reported that she followed up with City Manager Nichols after the commission discussed private streets at a prior meeting.
"But I've since then, I've spoken with city manager Nichols, and, we discussed how the city is taking action and making plans now so that an HOA, if it were to whatever reason become dissolved, that street would not just become public to be able to purchase like in a sheriff sale like the other 1 did," Miss Harris said during the Aug. 10 meeting. She said her outreach was prompted by concerns about a dissolved homeowners association that led to a private street being sold.
The remarks were presented as an informational report rather than a formal agenda item; no vote or ordinance was introduced on Aug. 10. Commission members acknowledged the update but did not direct a formal staff report or draft an ordinance during the session. The commission's discussion clarified that city staff and the city manager are working on preventive steps to address the specific gap Miss Harris described.
The exchange underscores a procedural follow-up rather than an immediate policy change: Miss Harris said the city "is taking action and making plans" but did not provide a timetable or specific ordinance language. The commission did not take a formal vote on the issue during the meeting; members recorded the report and proceeded with routine business.
