Rooney Valley News

    This recent report tells it all.  Lennar selling homes with no water.  Lennar being the developer.  Lennar being the owner and manager of the water’/sanitation district – Mt. Carbon.   The following research published in October, 2019  on “who owns what” explains in part how this happened.   You have a developer (Lennar) […]

    Continued Highlights   17.  (One of the underlying public policy problems with having Big Sky run the sewer system for Rooney Valley is that the developer is “here today and gone tomorrow”.  As the lead CDN partner writing the checks testified, the plan is to sell Big Sky as soon as they can. […]

  FIRST, whats next.   Another push for settlement.     Because counsel agreed to forfeit a jury, we don’t have a final end yet.   If the case had been tried to a jury, we’d have had a verdict and conclusion Thursday.    Since the Judge is deciding the case, not a jury, the […]

  Here is the link to attend the trial online.   Watch for updates on anticipated witnesses for the next day.   Set to go two weeks.   First Bar is “live stream”, then find Jefferson County Courtroom 420:   https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/livestream-and-virtual-courtrooms?topic=37&wrapped=true     Here are the trial briefs:   Green Mountain:   2024-09-16 18-34-10 Green […]

      Public debate proved its virtues again during the Green Mountain meeting last Tuesday, August 13.  During the meeting, Green Mountain’s counsel in the Big Sky case argued in favor of the developer’s position:  “Buyer Beware” in metro districts.   That is, the burden is on the residents to spend time and money […]

      Here is the link to the meeting Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at 6:00 pm https://greenmountainwater-org.zoom.us/j/81489465906   Here is the agenda and related documents:   https://www.greenmountainwater.org/files/3eb76e4c8/2024_0813_GMWSD_Board+Regular+Meeting+Agenda.pdf   https://www.greenmountainwater.org/big-sky-update-and-settlement-proposal   2024_07_30_Memorandum of Understanding_Green Mountain   https://www.greenmountainwater.org/files/1c86be446/Resolution+Consenting+to+Overlap-Green+Mountain+Water+and+Sanitation+District+%2801177623-2%29.pdf     Relevant text of the agenda:   “8. Director’s Matters a. Ravine Bridge Discussion of Agreement b. […]

  Here is the link to the meeting Tuesday, August 13, 2024: https://greenmountainwater-org.zoom.us/j/81489465906   Here is the agenda and related documents:   https://www.greenmountainwater.org/files/3eb76e4c8/2024_0813_GMWSD_Board+Regular+Meeting+Agenda.pdf   https://www.greenmountainwater.org/big-sky-update-and-settlement-proposal   https://www.greenmountainwater.org/files/1c86be446/Resolution+Consenting+to+Overlap-Green+Mountain+Water+and+Sanitation+District+%2801177623-2%29.pdf   Relevant text of the agenda:   “8. Director’s Matters a. Ravine Bridge Discussion of Agreement b. Ravine Crossing Plan for Lakewood Submittal c. 11907 W Alameda Pkwy […]

      A multi national $20 Billion developer from Dallas Texas has proposed a metro district at the Federal Center development.  Their counsel is one of the premier developer law firms who has led the way in creative ways to maximize developer control over resident metro districts and maximize developer profits.     Here […]

    Former counsel to the Green Mountain Water and Sanitation District alleged in a court proceeding that  false statements were made regarding her statements and actions when she was representing Green Mountain in the Big Sky Litigation.     Here is what the Court said in dismissing her claims (emphasis added):   “Plaintiff, at […]

      Speaking of emails in the Big Sky litigation, here are several emails that actually ARE relevant to whether or not the Big Sky IGA is valid, and the termination was appropriate.     The first series of emails address the pending May 8, 2018 election and approving the Big Sky IGA.   […]