[Mo] [HOA Lawyer ]

After coming off of years of an inactive HOA, we now have several issues that have to be fixed in our subdivision. Currently, it is several pieces of hazardous sidewalks. Our indentures state that: repave and reconstruct paved streets or roads, lanes and pedestrian ways , etc. We are reading this as the sidewalk being the pedestrian way. Most of the sidewalks that need the most repair are ones that have a tree and massive root system that has raised the sidewalk. This is where my question comes in: If it is a homeowner's tree that is causing the safety hazard, is that really our responsibility- or theirs? Thank you for any input.