Marion County Commissioner Jeff Gold appeared before a large crowd of Stonecrest residents Thursday afternoon to detail the terms of an agreement between Duke Energy and Marion County regarding the golf cart path which crosses over ground owned by the company.
The path leaves the Aldi’s parking lot and heads west until it makes a hard right turn going north to the Wal-Mart.
Villagers and Stonecresters have used the path for several years. The path had deteriorated and in March 2016 several Stonecresters repaired it. The company became concerned regarding possible liability for that portion of the path which crossed their property and erected no trespassing signs in August 2016.
In September 2016, Duke Energy sent a letter to residents explaining that they were seeking to transfer part of the property to another entity to transfer liability by way of an encroachment agreement or an outright transfer of the property to another owner.
At that time Marion County Commissioner Jeff Gold got involved and with the help of the other county officials was able to negotiate a transfer of the property to the county and alleviate Duke’s liability concerns.
Gold downplayed his role in securing the agreement.
“The work done here by the citizens really made the difference,” he said.
