On July 27, 2022, at 10:00am, Bald Head Association will hold an Informational Meeting at BHA's Association Center (111 Lighthouse Wynd). You can attend in person (there is space for about 75 members in person) or online. If attending in person, masks are not required but strongly encouraged due to anticipated high attendance. The meeting will also be recorded and posted on BHA's website within 24 hours after the meeting. The purpose of the meeting will be to provide all BHA members with the information they need to know regarding the future of the BHI Ferry and Transportation System.

Click HERE for the agenda. Specifically, Chad Paul, CEO of Bald Head Island Limited; Lee Roberts, the Managing Partner of SharpVue Capital; Peter Quinn, Mayor of the Village of Bald Head Island; and Susan Rabon, Chair of the Bald Head Island Transportation Authority (BHITA) will each be present. Each will give a presentation, and each will be available for questions and answers from the Board and BHA members.

Following presentations and questions from Board members, in-person attendees can step up to the podium to ask questions. For those who have questions but cannot attend in person, email your questions to be asked at the meeting to Carrie Moffett at carrie@baldheadassociation.com by 11:00am on Wednesday, July 27th. Note that duplicate questions may be grouped by topic, and questions will be asked as time allows.

This will be your opportunity to learn all the facts you need to understand about this very important issue and get your questions answered. The meeting link is posted on BHA's website HERE, or you can go directly to BHA's YouTube channel. This Informational Meeting will be broadcast live on BHA's YouTube channel. Note: when the event is live (beginning at 10:00am on July 27), select "Live" from the top menu.

For the two cases before the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) regarding the BHI Ferry/Transportation System, the public can submit comments to the NCUC on their website (click HERE to submit comments). The public can view filed documents and comments for each docket on the NCUC website. (NOTE: Use the docket numbers as written below.)

BHA has filed motions with the NCUC to intervene in both cases listed above and will continue to keep its members up-to-date with any additional information as it becomes available.

Click HERE for the redlined draft of Design Guidelines changes. Click HERE for the updated plant list draft in the Design Guidelines. Click HERE for the current, 25th edition Design Guidelines. For a list of current review fees, click HERE.

Members can review and comment on proposed changes through Monday, August 1, 2022. BHA encourages member feedback. Send comments to ARC Coordinator Fran Pagliaro at fran@baldheadassociation.com or call 910-457-4676, ext. 22.

A Special Meeting of the BHA Board of Directors is scheduled for Thursday, July 28, 2022, at 11:00am. The meeting will be held at the circle on Sandpiper Trail, just off West Bald Head Wynd. We will gather at that location initially.

The purpose for this meeting will be to consider an alternate proposal which has been submitted to the BHA Board to provide long-term access to 32 and 34 Sandpiper Trail from West Bald Head Wynd in the form of a driveway, across BHA Common Area. This issue was presented to the BHA membership in February 2022, and the Board approved the request. However, the Village and the property owner(s) have since presented an alternative plan. Because this would cross Common Area, BHA is required to approve this in order for it to proceed forward.

The alternative draft site plan was prepared by Shawn Wilkerson of Wetlands Engineering, who also owns 34 Sandpiper Trail. The previously approved plan for cart access skirted around the boundaries of the wetlands that are on BHA Common Area, which were defined by Land Management Group, contracted by the Village. The new, alternative site plan shows the driveway is a straight access to the homes and will presumably disturb less of the Common Area.

At this meeting Village Manager Chris McCall will provide us information about this proposed alternative access. BHA members are invited to attend.

Immediately after this information session, we will go to the BHA Association Center (111 Lighthouse Wynd) and consider whether or not to approve the application of the Village. Village officials and interested members of the BHA will be invited to join the Special Meeting of the BHA Board of Directors, and anyone interested in speaking to whether or not the Village's alternative plan should be approved will be given the opportunity to address the Board.

Maps of the previously approved (image 1) and the alternative (image 2) driveway access site plans can be viewed HERE.

BHA members are invited to attend and participate. The meeting will be held in person and online via Zoom, with a recording of the meeting posted on BHA's website within 24 hours following the meeting. Click HERE for the meeting link. Here are call-in instructions:

Meeting ID: 837 7816 5663

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Comments for the discussion can be sent to carolc@baldheadassociation.com

by 12:00pm on Monday, July 25, 2022.

BHA encourages any and all who are interested to apply for the Board. This year we have one specific need we want you to consider.

One of the most important responsibilities the BHA has is to manage responsibly the millions of dollars of money we collect from our members. We must have a Board member overseeing the finances who is formally educated in either finance and/or accounting and has had meaningful work experience in these areas in order to perform these duties.

The Board believes it would be particularly helpful to the BHA to have one of the two directors elected in January 2023 to be someone qualified to serve as a Treasurer during Robert Drumheller’s final year. This will permit this newly elected director to serve as an Assistant Treasurer for a year, learn the duties of the Treasurer and be in a position to assume those duties in January 2024 when Robert’s second term expires. Accordingly, we encourage any member who is so qualified and would be willing to serve to let the Nominations Committee know. Anyone interested in getting involved with BHA at its Board level can submit his/her resume to Nominating Committee Chair John Kinney at kinney.aj@gmail.com by July 31, 2022, for consideration for the 2023 Board of Directors.

Click HERE to view this article in its entirety, published in the July 2022 Island Report on page 1.

The Architectural Review Committee (ARC) still needs several volunteers, due to a larger-than-normal number of volunteers rotating off the ARC in January 2022 because of an overlap of committee terms beginning in the same year of the merger with the former Stage II. In order to stagger future term lengths, BHA is seeking 1-, 2- or 3-year commitments. Please consider helping Bald Head Island with your time, skills and knowledge.

Eighteen ARC members are allowed per BHA Covenants, and we still need several volunteers for both Sections A and B. Members with a background in art, design, landscaping, architecture, engineering, conservancy and/or human resources are encouraged to volunteer. To learn more about ARC and all BHA committees, click HERE. To volunteer, select the volunteer application at the top of this committee web page, complete the online form, save it and send it to Executive Director Carrie Moffett at carrie@baldheadassociation.com. Thank you!

BHA is a non-profit corporation which is audited by a certified public accountant. BHA's 2021 audited financial statement has just been completed and has been added to the website HERE.

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