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AGENDA REPORT CITY OF COLTON Qffice qf the City Attorney For City Council Meeting of September 6, 1994 August 29, 1994 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FROM: Julie Hayward Biggs, City Attor4l SUBJECT: Mr. and Mrs. Anderson/Reche Canyon Soils Issues As you may recall, Mr. Stephen Anderson has appeared before the City Council on several occasions requesting support from the City in his dispute with the developer of his home in Reche Canyon. Mr. Anderson has indicated that he does not intend to sue the City over damages he has suffered as a result of significant settling of the uncompacted fill underlying his house. Although Mr. Anderson indicated that his attorney would be in touch with this office, no one has contacted me on his behalf. I have, however, been in contact with a representative of the developer, Bel Air Financial Corporation ("Bel Air") in an effort to determine what legal assistance the City may provide to Mr. and Mrs. Anderson. Attached is a copy of a letter which I sent to Bel Air. Also attached are copies of correspondence between the attorney for the Andersons and Bel Air. As you can see, the Andersons have been in touch with Bel Air in an attempt to resolve their problems with their home in Reche Canyon. It appears from these letters that Bel Air has agreed to repair the structural damage to their home that has been suffered by the Andersons. The City's interest in this matter is to assure that the structure is sound so that it poses no risk if harm to persons or property. As both experts for Bel Air and for the Andersons' insurance company concur in what needs to be done to repair the property so that it poses no such risk, and as Bel Air is willing to make the repairs at no cost to the Andersons, the City's interest has been or will be fully addressed. The Andersons are seeking additional damages specific to them for their difficulties in obtaining satisfactory resolution of this matter. Because the City has no knowledge or involvement in those matters that the Andersons have alleged, and no interest in any recovery that may be forthcoming, those matters are are personal to the Andersons and must pursued by them on their own. ,OX Vr AVZ f 4j)