KINGWOOD — A Kingwood resident asked the city for its attorney’s written opinion of ongoing road and right-of-way maintenance issues in the Rodeheaver Addition.
Justin Haymond first went to council two years ago but the matter remains unresolved, so he returned to the most recent meeting.
“We’ll just have to have the lawyer address it,” Recorder Bill Robertson said. Council agreed.
Haymond said he and his wife moved to Kingwood about six years ago and bought the remaining undeveloped property in the Rodeheaver Addition.
“My intentions were to construct one home and make this a rental unit. To date I have built and sold three homes and have intentions of building a fourth home this summer,” Haymond said. “All three homes have been sold and as a result have added three new families to Kingwood and have increased the tax base and city revenue.”
Earlier he worked with the city through the State Public Service Commission to get water and sewage services not originally completed for the development updated.
Haymond asked for permission to remove a row of trees on an undeveloped section of Maplewood Drive that borders his property. He reiterated comments by another resident who earlier told council the trees could cause property damage or personal injury.
One large walnut tree in particular appears ready to fall and would hit his home, the resident who spoke earlier said.
“I am not asking the city to remove the trees but to allow the trees to be removed at my own costs,” Haymond said.
Last year the city told him it does not own the property, which borders the city-owned Maplewood Cemetery. If not the city, then who does own it, Haymond asked.
He is willing to buy it.
Another concern is an above ground (aerial) sewer line at the end of Cord Street that crosses a stream. He wants the city to take whatever precautions need to be taken so it’s not damaged during backfilling and to make it safe, as he has seen children walking on it and hitting it with sticks.
“I’m not even sure when that line was put in,” Haymond said.
Mayor Jean Guillot said it will be an issue of the Kingwood Sewer Board.
Finally, drainage problems on Von, Cord and Frank streets that he brought up two years ago have never been addressed, Haymond said. Tax maps at the courthouse and the State Division of Highways consider them city streets. Haymond said.
Council does not.
He would like the attorney’s opinion on that as well.
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