BPOA General Meeting�Harbour Village Marina�Saturday 5 October 2024�9:00 to 10:00 AM Social Hour�10:00 to 11:00 AM General Meeting

Belvedere Property Owners Association�Welcome Members!

• Missions:
• Sense of Community
• Quality of Life
• Property Values
• Committees:
• Architectural & Covenants
• Beautification
• Adopt-a-Highway
• Dog Stations
• Roads
• Welcome
• Social Media

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• Initiatives:
• Web Portal
• Covenants Review
• Delinquent dues liens
• Main entrance reconstruction
• Block Captain expansion
• By-Laws update (complete)
• Cemetery access (complete)
• Dues:
• $45/year
• Lowest HOA dues in Hampstead

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Hampstead HOA Annual Dues Comparison

BPOA Dues Lowest in Hampstead at $45/year

BPOA has No HOA management contractor; not gated; no pool; no community center; no courts/golf course

VOLUNTEERS ARE THE KEY to containing costs, so please volunteer!!!

Minutes of last BPOA General Meeting

• Held 04 April 2024 at Hampstead Womens Center
• Minutes taken by BPOA Past Secretary Tina Batt
• Posted on BPOA Portal
• Read minutes
• Comments or edits?
• Motion to approve minutes? (Please ID your name and address)
• Second to motion? (Please ID your name and address)
• Vote to approve minutes

Nomination Committee: New Slate of 2025 Officers

• President: Christian P. M. Klinefelter 418 Lakeview Drive
• Vice President: John Redmond 105 Sound View Drive
• Secretary: Joe Harvey 101 Dolphin Circle
• Treasurer: Karen Redmond 105 Sound View Drive

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• Additional nominations from the floor?

Chairperson: Kent Ottaway

Members: Len Barber

Carol Barber

Katherine Klinefelter

• Treasurer’s Report: Karen Redmond
• Architectural & Covenants : Kent Ottaway
• Beautification: Cal DeMaio
• Adopt-a-Highway: Carol Barber Next Country Club Dr cleanup in Dec (TBD)
• Dog Stations: Carol Barber
• Roads: Dave Hughes
• Social Media: Michelle Nieber
• Welcome: VP John Redmond

Committee Reports

Treasurer’s Report (1)

• Past due fees owed/fees collected/remainder still owed
• As of July 2024: 56 overdue by $9,622.20
• As of 3 Oct 2024: 42 overdue by $6,784.60
• Collected from 14 for a total of $2,837.60
• Of the 22 lien letters sent:
• 7 have paid
• 15 have not responded

Treasurer’s Report (2)

• Letters sent to 22 property owners owing greater than $250 with a time limit to respond and pay.
• Non-responders will be referred to attorney for collection action and lien filing against their property
• Looking for a committee to design and manage front entrance improvements over the next two years
• Looking into Zelle payment option for BPOA dues
• 2025 Budget

2025 Budget

• Vote by line item

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• Mail: $1,260 Accountants: $ 1,000
• Software: $1,085 BPOA Meetings: $ 600
• Duke Energy: $1,200 Beautification: $13,325
• Insurance: $ 900 Roads: $ -0-
• Community Events: $1,500 Misc: $ 600
• Lawyers: $9,000

• Treasurer’s Report: Karen Redmond
• Architectural & Covenants : Kent Ottaway
• Beautification: Cal DeMaio
• Adopt-a-Highway: Carol Barber Next Country Club Dr cleanup in Dec (TBD)
• Dog Stations: Carol Barber
• Roads: Dave Hughes
• Social Media: (Michelle Nieber)
• Welcome: VP John Redmond

Committee Reports

Social Media: �Michelle Nieber

Welcome Committee Block Captains (1-6)

• Block 1: Steve Crager (Bogey Ct)
• Block 2: Steve Crager (Long Leaf-N)
• Block 3: George Meiser (Greenview & Bunker Cts)
• Block 4: George Meiser (Par Ct & Long Leaf-Mid)
• Block 5: Michelle Nieber (Divot Ln & Long Leaf-Mid)
• Block 6: Michelle Nieber (Eagle Ln)
• Block 7: Michelle Nieber (Heather Ct & Long Leaf-Mid)

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Welcome Committee Block Captains (7-11 & 43)

• Block 8: Charles Desantis (Bermuda Cir & Long Leaf-S)
• Block 9: Charles Desantis (Persimmon Ln-S)
• Block 10: Charles Desantis (Greenview & Bunker Cts)
• Block 11: Charles Desantis (Persimmon Ln-N)
• Block 43: Charles Desantis (Country Club Dr-E)

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Welcome Committee Block Captains (12-15/20-21)

• Block 12: Kent Ottaway (Country Club Dr-W & South Belvedere-N)
• Block 13: Kent Ottaway (Ransey Ct & South Belvedere-N)
• Block 14: Kent Ottaway (Middle Ct & South Belvedere-N)
• Block 15: Kent Ottaway (South Belvedere-N)
• Block 20: Terry Hamberger (Belvedere Ct & South Belvedere-Mid)
• Block 21: Terry Hamberger (South Belvedere-Mid)

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Welcome Committee Block Captains (16-19)

• Block 16: Diane Hughes (Fairway Cir & Fairway Dr-E)
• Block 17: Diane Hughes (Fairway Dr-W)
• Block 18: Joyce Owens (Dolphin Cir-S)
• Block 19: Joyce Owens (Dolphin Cir-N)

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Welcome Committee Block Captains (22-29)

• Block 22: Gary Barnes (South Belvedere Dr-S)
• Block 23: Gary Barnes (South Belvedere Dr-S)
• Block 24: Gary Barnes (South Belvedere Dr-S)
• Block 25: Gary Barnes (South Belvedere Dr-S)
• Block 26: Carol Barber (Lakeview Dr-W)
• Block 27: Carol Barber (Pine Needle Dr-W)
• Block 28: Carol Barber (Pine Needle Dr-N)
• Block 29: Carol Barber (Pine Needle Dr-E)

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Welcome Committee Block Captains (30-35)

• Block 30: Heather Mogollon (Lakeview Dr-S)
• Block 31: Heather Mogollon (Lakeview Dr-Mid)
• Block 32: Heather Mogollon (Lakeview CT & Lakeview Dr-N)
• Block 33: John Redmond (Lakeview Dr-S & Sound View Dr-N)
• Block 34: John Redmond (Sound View Dr-S)
• Block 35: John Redmond (Sound View Dr-Mid)

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Welcome Committee Block Captains (36-42)

• Block 36: Scott Kopats (Mallard bay Rd-N)
• Block 37: Scott Kopats (Mallard Bay Rd-S)
• Block 38: Cal DeMaio (Hickory Ln-N)
• Block 39: Cal DeMaio (Hickory Ln-N)
• Block 40: Margaret Medon (Queens Ct & Hickory Ln-Mid)
• Block 41: Rebecca Spaven (Hickory Ln-Mid)
• Block 42: Rebecca Spaven (Hickory Ct & Hickory Ln-S)

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Block Captain Duties

• Act on behalf of the Welcome Committee for new residents; deliver welcome packets
• Promote BPOA goals to maintain sense of community, quality of life, and property values
• Get to know your immediate neighbors and let them get to know you
• Represent the BPOA to your neighbors to keep them informed
• Promote BPOA services: community events, maintaining common areas, resident internet portal, dog bag stations, trash pick-ups, covenant enforcement 
• Advise BPOA of new and departing residents
• Advise BPOA of resident issues and complaints
• Help BPOA Secretary validate mailing addresses of owners, especially for rented houses
• Send cards upon illness, death, or other major events
• Promote semi-annual resident meetings and special community events
• Recruit volunteers for BPOA functions, events, and especially for more block captains to take over your block if you are already a BPOA officer or break down larger blocks into more manageable size blocks

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Old Business

• Restrictive Covenants
• Ad hoc committee must be reconvened to review
• Legal consultation budgeted in 2024 and will be placed on retainer
• Additional fees anticipated in 2025
• Long and difficult process
• New officers have unanimously endorsed continued effort

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• Delinquent Dues Liens
• Legal action budgeted in 2024 and will be pursued
• Can be a long and difficult process
• New officers have unanimously endorsed continued effort

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Old Business

• Web portal development
• Terry Hamberger = BPOA IT Admin
• Portal improvements mostly complete
• Additional suggestions welcome
• Front entrance reconstruction
• Initial flagpole, lights, & shrub relocation complete
• NCDoT should shorten median island this year
• NCDoT US-17 reconstruction should complete within a year
• Then BPOA will need to improve island AND both sides
• Mallard Bay & Country Club BPOA sign fence box delayed

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New Business

• Front Entrance Improvement Committee
• Terry Hamberger = BPOA IT Admin
• Portal improvements mostly complete
• Additional suggestions welcome
• Front entrance reconstruction
• Initial flagpole, lights, & shrub relocation complete
• NCDoT should shorten median island this year
• NCDoT US-17 reconstruction should complete within a year
• Then BPOA will need to improve island AND both sides

New Business

• Halloween trick-or-treat enablement (Chris Siragusa)
• Pro:
• More resident families with children
• Very safe neighborhood
• Many have golf carts to cover local distances
• Can easily devise a way to mark participating houses (see NextDoor TreatMap pinning)
• Children are now travelling to other neighborhoods or their church
• Con:
• Houses far apart
• Streets not well lit
• Many houses set far back from streets
• Many stairs on some houses
• Better options available

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New Business: Hawksbill Cove Development (1)

• Reliable information sources:
• Daniel Adams, Pender County Director of Planning & Community Development
• Frank Baird, Capital Associates, Permitting agent for owner, Dr. Dillings
• Drew Krause, Ryan Homes Land Acquisition Manager
• Tyler Benson, NCDEQ Engineer
• Gary Beecher, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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• Strategy: Cooperative, balanced, neighborly interface to:
• Keep BPOA members well informed with current factual information
• Assess consequences and options as proactively as possible
• Try to influence project evolution

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New Business: Hawksbill Cove Development (2)

• Formerly known as Saint George’s Reach
• Cary Bruton, Owner
• Country Club Road Assemblage, LLC, Developer
• Pender County Bd of Comm approved master plan 3 Sep 2008
• Now known as Hawksbill Cove
• Dr. Dillings, Owner
• Capital Associates, Developer
• Pender County Bd of Comm approved master plan revision 7 Dec 2010
• “Vetted” HBC MDP by building Transfer Station Road
• No longer requires MDP resubmission every ten years
• Now a “by rights” MDP with residential zoning
• Key documents and links on BPOA website

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New Business: Hawksbill Cove Development (3)

• Capital Associates & Owner plan to sell all 376 acres
• Late 2024 to Ryan Homes
• Need a sewer permit first, but pro forma process
• USACE wetlands determination visit scheduled for Nov 2024
• MDP approved for 195 apartments, 420 town houses, and 490 detached sgl family

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• Ryan Homes plans to buy all 376 acres
• 4^th largest home builder in U.S.
• Do not build apartments, so can only build 910 attached/detached sgl family homes
• Can look at Ryan Homes examples in our vicinity:
• Gulls Landing, adjacent to Sea Trail Golf Resort & Convention Center in Brunswick County
• Grand Dunes North Village, adjacent to Grand Dunes Resort & Spa in Myrtle Beach
• If sale on time, Ryan would like to start infrastructure Q1 & sales Q2 2025
• Assume at least a 5-year development cycle

New Business: Hawksbill Cove Development (4)

• Potential consequences for BPOA members:
• Gym and pool memberships possible
• More bike and walking trails available
• Sound View Drive connection traffic from new residents
• NE quadrant last section to be sold and built out
• Drew Krause believes that Ryan construction traffic will be directed onto CC Rd
• Transfer Station Road was built to take this traffic more directly to new bypass
• Should monitor Ryan Homes construction and influence adherence
• Wetlands storm water retention ponds
• 30 foot buffer to Belvedere
• Encourage minimal clear cutting and grubbing out soil
• Encourage keeping original forestry on assigned green spaces
• Encourage mandating all construction traffic through 3 CC Rd accesses

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BPOA BoD Monthly Meetings

• All members are always welcome
• Held at 6:00 PM on 3^rd Tuesday of every month
• Next meeting is on Tuesday 15 October
• Are held at 418 Lakeview Drive
• Are posted on BPOA Portal calendar
• Committee Chairs are encouraged to participate

Next BPOA General Meeting

• Probably Hampstead Womens Club, Inc., 14435 US-17
• Saturday
• 5 April 2025
• 9:00 to 10:00 AM Social Hour
• 10:00 to 11:00 AM General Meeting

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Adjournment

• Motion to adjourn today meeting? (Please ID your name and address)

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• Second to the motion? (Please ID your name and address)

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• Vote on the motion to adjourn

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• Thank you all for your participation today

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• PLEASE VOLUNTEER to help your BPOA maintain your community!

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