BPOA General Meeting�NINETEEN Restaurant�Saturday 4 October 2025�9:00 to 10:00 AM Social Hour�10:00 to 11:00 AM General Meeting

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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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• Ongoing Initiatives:
• Web Portal
• Covenants update balloting
• Delinquent dues liens
• Block Parties
• Main entrance reconstruction
• Block Captain expansion
• Natural Gas installation surveys
• Hawksbill Cove information sharing
• CWS Effluent Pond decommissioning
• Dues:
• $45/year
• Lowest HOA dues in Hampstead

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Quorum determination: 34 votes from owners in good standing required

Hampstead HOA Annual Dues Comparison

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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 05 April 2024 at NINETEEN Restaurant
• Minutes and Recording taken by BPOA President Christian Klinefelter
• Minutes will be posted on BPOA Portal after approval by membership
• Read minutes on papers handed out at sign-in desk
• 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

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New Slate of 2026 Officers

• President: Christian P. M. Klinefelter 418 Lakeview Drive

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• Vice President: Karen Redmond 105 Sound View Drive

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• Treasurer: Leigh Everhart 103 Queens Court

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• Secretary: Cynthia Manion 108 Hickory Circle

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• Appeal for additional nominations from the floor

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Nomination Committee Chairperson: Kent Ottaway

Nomination Committee Members: Len Barber

Carol Barber

Katherine Klinefelter

• Nominating Committee Kent Ottaway
• Treasurer’s Report: Leigh Everhart
• Bylaws & Covenants: VP John Redmond (excused)
• Architectural Review: Kent Ottaway
• Beautification: Cal DeMaio
• Adopt-a-Highway: Len Barber Next Country Club Dr cleanup on Sat 13 Dec
• Dog Bag Stations: Len Barber
• Roads: Dave Hughes (excused)
• Social Media: Michelle Nieber (excused)
• Welcome: Georgine Kruedelbach (excused)

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Committee Reports

Treasurer’s Report (1)

Past due fees owed/fees collected/remainder still owed

• As of September 2025: 28 overdue
• 10 members are late for $90 or less each
• BPOA Letters were sent in 2024 to 22 property owners owing greater than $250 with a time limit to respond and pay
• 6 paid in full, 2 partial payments (just from BPOA letters)
• Non-responders owing over $250 were referred to our attorney for collection action and filing a lien against their property
• Of the 10 collection letters sent by atty so far:
• 3 liens levied then cleared by full payments including fees
• 3 are ready for liens
• 1 is in dispute
• 3 are still in process or have not responded

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Treasurer’s Report (2)

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• Account Balances:

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• Zelle payment option for BPOA dues should be functioning in a week
• No longer accepting PayPal as have been stuck for too many fees
• Will accept payments by:
• Check mailed to PO Box
• Bank bill pay sent to PO Box
• Zelle (this will go through their online banking or banking app)
• Costs have increased, BUT NO BPOA DUES INCREASE IN 2026!
• Starting Mar 2026: $20 Late Fee charged EVERY MONTH per NCG47F
• Expenses covered; can pull from existing balances if over income

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2026 Budget

• Vote by line item

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• Mail: $2,110 Lawyers: $2,500
• Software: $1,365 BPOA Meetings $ 400
• Duke Energy: $1,400 Beautification: $7,000
• Insurance: $ 900 Welcome Comm: $ 400
• Community Events: $1,850 Misc: $ 600

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Total Projected Expenses: $18,525 against Projected Income $19,000

Restrictive Covenants

• Thanks to committee: Kent, Laz, Georgine, Rebecca, John, and Christian
• Seeking to update paragraphs 3, 4, 7, 9, 13, 15, 19, 22, and 24
• Review today with members present
• ALL 447 property owner’s votes eligible to vote
• 67% (300 votes) required to pass any individual amendment
• $280/year SimplyVoting.com contract
• BPOA administers site
• 290 emails sent personal voting link for valid e-signature online vote
• 157 paper ballots mailed or handed to other owners
• Paper ballot results manually entered onto site by BPOA
• Balloting can run until 1 Nov 2027 or sooner if passing votes achieved
• Attorneys assist registering any successful amendments with county

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Social Media: �Michelle Nieber�(excused)���� Increased by 18�from 194 members in Oct 2024

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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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Welcome Committee Block Captains (1-7)

• 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: Joshua Lippe? (Divot Ln & Long Leaf-Mid)
• Block 6: Joshua Lippe? (Eagle Ln)
• Block 7: Joshua Lippe? (Heather Ct & Long Leaf-Mid)

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Welcome Committee Block Captains (8-11 & 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: VACANT (Belvedere Ct & South Belvedere-Mid)
• Block 21: VACANT (South Belvedere-Mid)

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Welcome Committee Block Captains (16-19)

• Block 16: Dave Hughes (Fairway Cir & Fairway Dr-E)
• Block 17: Dave Hughes (Fairway Dr-W)
• Block 18: Joe Harvey (Dolphin Cir-S)
• Block 19: Joe Harvey (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: Dan Prevatte (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: Tyler Sugden (Lakeview Dr-S & Sound View Dr-N)
• Block 34: Tyler Sugden (Sound View Dr-S)
• Block 35: Tyler Sugden (Sound View Dr-Mid)

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Welcome Committee Block Captains (36-42)

• Block 36: VACANT (Mallard bay Rd-N)
• Block 37: VACANT (Mallard Bay Rd-S)
• Block 38: Cynthia Manion? (Hickory Ln-N)
• Block 39: Cynthia Manion? (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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Old Business

• Web portal development
• Scott Everhart took over as BPOA IT Admin
• Goal to improve membership ability to access all minutes and financial reports
• Minutes and agenda for past several years loaded to public side
• Members only access function not operational
• Additional suggestions welcome
• Front entrance reconstruction/BPOA Sign Improvements
• Karen Redmond is leading our efforts to rework our BPOA signs and front entrance
• NCDoT did shorten median island this year
• Short-term median island landscaping complete
• NCDoT US-17 reconstruction completion not expected until 2 years from now
• Then BPOA will need to improve island AND both sides
• Our landscaper has quoted reasonably for initial improvements to our BPOA signage and improving our front entrance island
• Mallard Bay & Country Club BPOA sign fence box delayed into 2026

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Total Project Summary :

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• 1,105 Single Family Residential Units
• 615 Single Family Attached
• 490 Single Family Detached
• 23,200 Square Feet of Commercial Space

South Village (209)

East Village (485)

North Village (411)

East A

East B

East C

Central

Amenity

East

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Future

Commercial

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Hawksbill Cove Update

Hawksbill Cove Update

• Final permits and sale closing scheduled for mid-Oct
• South Village
• Engineering completed
• Clear woods by 15 Dec
• Selling lot construction contracts Jun 2027
• East Village
• 95% engineering completed; submit to county 3 Oct
• Start construction of East A and Central Amenity mid-2027
• Selling lot construction contracts mid-2029 to mid-2032
• North Village
• 30% engineering completed
• Selling lot construction contracts 2032 to 2035

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Central Amenity $7M

East Amenity $9M

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Main entrance $750K

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Future commercial space:

Internal access only

No storage, gas, convenience stores

Only food, drink, apparel, etc

New Business

• Block Parties
• Christmas Golf Cart Parade (& toy/food pantry donations)
• Was 1^st Sat in Dec
• Starts at Ironclad Golf and ends at Harbour Village Marina
• Combined with Toys for Tots and food bank donations
• Coordinated by a non-BPOA member Wendy Queen
• Margaret Medon will coordinate

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• Another summer pool and food truck party anticipated

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• Additional suggestions welcome

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• Have 290/447 emails to lower costs of mailing dues invoices and newsletters

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CWS Decommissioning of Ironclad Effluent Pond

• 3-24 October
• Eight 20-Ton dump trucks (3-axle) of soil
• 7:00AM to 4:00PM Monday to Friday
• CWS plant road, Fairway, S. Belvedere
• Signage on Country Club
• Rush hour road guide on Country Club
• Street sweeper Fri PM or Sat AM each week
• Local CWS Project Mgr Ryan Miller
• Ryan.miller@nexuswg.com
• (980) 467-3647
• Ironclad PoC Dave Ballard, Golf Crs Supt
• CWS Comm Mgr; VoiceReach text/VM
• Jessica.Dey@nexuswg.com
• (980) 451-8445

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CWS Rate Increases Pending (1)

• Sewer rate increases should not affect BPOA
• Average NC water rates kept cheap by economies of scale in large metropolitan systems serving a majority of the population
• CWS and Aqua only serve independent “problem” systems
• CWS has only 44,000 connections in 120 communities
• NCUC counts on them to service the most challenging markets
• CWS and Aqua are for profit companies; DO NOT QUALIFY for full state funding assistance
• CWS customers pay over 2 times NC median rates; will become over 3 times after these increases

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*https://efc.sog.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1172/2025/07/North-Carolina_2025_rate_report.pdf

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CWS Rate Increases Pending (2)

• NC Utilities Commission: https://starw1.ncuc.gov/NCUC/page/Dockets/portal.aspx
• Using Docket Number: W-354 sub 450 you can sign up for alerts
• Public hearings: Nov 3^rd Avery County Nov 3^rd Charlotte

Dec 10^th Jacksonville Jan 6^th Webex (limit 1^st 20 in)

• Carolina Trace Assn seeking to hire atty to challenge for $30-100K
• Probably the most effective rebuttal available
• Interveners must realistically file by mid-Dec
• Petitions for discovery due to NCUC by 6 Jan 2026
• BPOA share would be $3,300 across 5 HOAs with 3,700 connections now
• Should decrease to $1,000 as more HOAs commit to contribute soon
• Are we willing to contribute up to $1,000 next month?
• Can also try voluminous online petition which CTA might organize (Free?)

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BPOA BoD Monthly Meetings

• All members are always welcome
• Held on 3^rd Tuesday of every month
• 5:30 PM Social and 6:30 PM meeting ending by 7:30 PM
• Next meeting is on Tuesday 21 October
• Are held at 418 Lakeview Drive
• Are posted on BPOA Portal calendar
• Committee Chairs are encouraged to participate

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Next BPOA General Meeting

• NINETEEN Restaurant, 513 Country Club Road
• Saturday
• 4 April 2026
• 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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