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Bald Head Association
Thursday, September 30, 2021
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2021 Village Council
Candidate Forum

BHA will hold a Village Council Candidate Forum on Monday, October 11, 2021, from 3:00-5:00pm in Generator Society Hall at its Association Center (111 Lighthouse Wynd, Bald Head Island). The event will be livestreamed and recorded. It is also intended to be open to the public, following current COVID safety protocols mandated by North Carolina’s Department of Health and the CDC. The decision on whether to allow an in-person audience will be made by October 6, based on positive COVID rates in Brunswick County and on Bald Head Island (if possible). If safety protocols prohibit allowing a live audience, the event will be livestreamed and recorded only.

The forum will be broken into two sessions — the first for council candidates and the second for mayoral candidates — with a 5-minute break in-between.

The League of Women Voters (LWV) of the Lower Cape Fear will manage the forum, as well as collect and organize questions for the candidates prior to the event, using unique and private email addresses. The event will be moderated by Dr. Raymonde Kleinberg, Chair of the Public and International Affairs Department at UNC-Wilmington. 

Thank you to property owners who submitted their "Top 5 Topics" to BHA. The main topics included:
  1. Transportation/Ferry System
  2. Infrastructure (road conditions, sustainability, water and sewer systems, improve medians, large number of ICE vehicles and their impacts, etc.)
  3. Inclusion of property owners who do not vote here
  4. Future (balance increased development with preserving BHI's natural habitat features, 20-year vision, plans for making the vision a reality, etc.)
  5. Other (rental schedules, addressing renter bad behavior, day-trippers, taxes, promoting an active approach to preserving the culture and environment of BHI with rental agencies and property managers, etc.)

Though the deadline to submit questions for council candidates was yesterday, questions can still be emailed through today. Send questions for council candidates to bhi2021council@gmail.com and questions for mayoral candidates to bhi2021mayor@gmail.com. Please do not send any candidate questions to BHA.

For general election questions and information, visit the Brunswick County Board of Elections HERE.
BHA News
BHA's 3rd Annual "Operation Re-Forest — We Forest"
BHA's 3rd annual “Operation Re-Forest — We Forest” is coming soon! BHA began this operation in 2019 to help mitigate Bald Head Island’s tree losses from previous storms, such as Hurricane Florence in 2018.

BHA will order trees the first of November and bring them to BHI for planting on BHA Common Area in early December. BHA encourages property owners to participate in “Operation Re-Forest — We Forest” in one of four ways:
•    Take advantage of BHA’s bulk order cost and Island delivery to plant trees on your own lot.
•    Plant trees as part of your tree mitigation with the Architectural Review Committee (ARC).
•    Plant a tree on your own lot to honor a loved one.
•    Purchase a live oak tree in honor of a loved one to be planted on BHA Common Area.

Plant a Tree!
Live oak trees (6-8’ tall) cost $100 each, if you pick up and plant a tree on your own lot.
If you pick up and plant a live oak tree on your own lot but also want to include it as an Honor Tree, the cost is $115. If you simply want to purchase a live oak honor tree and have BHA plant it on BHA Common Area, the cost is $135.

If you want to take advantage of BHA's bulk rate to purchase trees and plant them on your own lot, ARC fees are waived for this operation only, but you must fill out the tree survey to order so that ARC has a record of landscape changes (click HERE).

Want to sign up?
Simply fill out the survey (click HERE) by the deadline — Monday, October 25, 2021.

Sub-association Neighborhoods
In some BHI neighborhoods, property owners do not own the land around their home. If you live in a neighborhood with a sub-association, contact your president or representative about your interest to plant a tree. They can fill out the tree survey.

Thank You!
BHA is grateful for the support of the many volunteers to make this operation a success. And we thank BHI Limited for its continued support, again waiving the barge fees for
tree delivery.
News
BHI Transportation System
For all of the latest updates on the BHI Transportation System, including the BHA Board of Directors' letter to Mayor Sayre, check BHA's News Page. Click the button below and bookmark this page for easy access.
BHI Transportation Mask Requirement
Bald Head Island Transportation has implemented new US Coast Guard COVID operating guidelines and restrictions that require all passengers (except children under the age of 2) wear a mask:
1.      While waiting to board the ferry inside the terminal gate area
2.      While boarding the ferry
3.      While inside the ferry cabin
4.      While disembarking the ferry
5.      While riding in trams

Additionally, all passengers are encouraged to practice social distancing whenever possible. Bald Head Island Transportation thanks everyone for their cooperation in ensuring that employees and customers remain healthy and safe. Visit HERE for ferry schedules and information.
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Monthly BHA Board Meetings
BHA's Board of Directors invites property owners and others to view its monthly public meetings remotely via Zoom Webinar. Board meetings are typically held the second Friday of each month beginning at 11:00am EDT. Agendas, approved minutes of previous meetings and a link to the current monthly Zoom webinar can be found on the meeting information web page. Click on the link below to learn more.

The next BHA Board meeting will be on Friday, October 8, 2021, at 11:00am.
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Bald Head Association
111 Lighthouse Wynd
PO Box 3030
Bald Head Island, NC 28461
910-457-4676
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