Clarification on Clubhouse and Kountry Kitchen closures:
The Clubhouse and Kountry Kitchen are closed to open (non-rental) use. They are available to rent at the regular rental rates for each building. This information was clarified with the Association Office Staff last week. They know that they are able to rent these buildings to property owners.

As of May 1, 2022, the River Ridge Association Office will be open Wednesday - Saturday, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM.

Here is a copy of the letter that is being mailed with ballots to Property Owners ahead of the May 28th in person vote for raising the Annual Assessment to $850. Volunteers spent several hours making sure that all ballots were mailed appropriately. Each mailing holds a copy of the letter, a ballot and a return envelope for each lot up to 3 lots. If you own more than 3 lots, you will get 2 mailings. Please make sure to mail them back in enough time to have them received in the office by the 25th if you are not able to come vote in person.

View Letter

Evidentially there is some controversy over the year that User Fee II was put into effect. The office has sent a copy of the document from May 2016 announcing the increase.

Please direct all inquiries regarding this matter to the Association Office at (434) 636-2989 or to your board members via the Discussion Forum.

Effective May 1, 2022 there will be a $2.00 fee when using a credit or debit card at the Association Office, Security Office, and Golf Course.

The Board of Directors at the April 9th, 2022 meeting has discussed and decided that if you have a water meter that is locked and not being used you WILL NOT pay the $60.00 for 2022/2023 dues.

Payment deadline updated - 04/14/2022
The annual River Ridge property auction is scheduled for Saturday, August 6, 2022 at 10:00 AM at the Clubhouse. Owners of properties on the auction list have until Friday, August 5, 2022 the day of the auction to pay in full. Click here to view the auction list.

The River Ridge Finance (Budget) Committee has provided the following documents to the website in hopes that this will help you have a better understanding of our Expenses and Income.

• Budget


• Expenses Worksheet


• Income Worksheet

If you have any questions, please reach out to the committee through the Forum and they will be happy to help!

Terry Milligan, President of the River Ridge Board of Directors has resigned and Kevin Jetter has moved into the position of president. Paul Harvey has moved into the Vice President position left by Kevin. Pamela Raymond from Groundhog Village has been appointed to the Board and has taken over the responsibilities of Boating and Fishing.

I received a notice of our annual fees due May 1, 2022. As you are aware, the increase was voted down so we will be operating on a bare-bones budget. The amount due this year will be $310.00 per lot.

Assessments	$250.00
User Fee I	$60.00
Total	$310.00

Earlier today my phone and internet service stopped working for no apparent reason. I reported the problem to the phone company then changed my plans for the day since I now had to wait for the repair person. It turns out that a neighbor was digging and cut through my phone cable. I was lucky the repairman was able to find the problem since the person responsible did not bother to report the damage.

It is your responsibility to call VA811 (formerly Miss Utility) prior to ANY digging and also to report any damage. You could cause serious damage to not only your underground utility lines, but also those of the neighborhood you live in. You also risk being fined, electrocuting yourself or even worse, ticking off your neighbors.

There have been a few updates to the website:

1. River Ridge Building Codes have been updated. Page 2, regarding storage sheds, has been changed from 266 square feet to 256 square feet.
   
   
   • Shed: storage sheds no more than 256 sq feet do not need a permit from Mecklenburg building department but will require one from RR and the Mecklenburg zoning department and must be 7 1/2, feet from all property lines


2. The Bass Tournament page has been taken down so the button has been removed from the webstie. If another page is set up, please contact me with the details so I can add this back to the website.


3. Last but not least, our propane prices have changed.

The results are in:

Yes	247
No	658
Total	905

Thanks to the below listed people that volunteered to assist with the vote and count the ballots. These are your neighbors volunteering for the community.

• Darlene Sloan
• Jennifer Kearns
• Anthony Buisset
• Jennifer Proctor
• Diane Gardner
• Debbie Linke
• Faith Heston
• Sharon Crumbley
• Darlene Quesenberry
• Colleen Groller
• Charlie Walker
• Jim Wilcox
• George Powell
• Kim Philpott.

Again, thanks for “stepping up” to help the community.

The latest budget report has been posted. Click here to view.

We are looking for volunteers to serve on the election committee as well as a Chairperson for the August 2022 Board Member elections. The elections historically take 20 volunteers to accomplish. Please contact the office at (434) 636-2989 to be a part of this very important process.

There have been some revisions to the Blue Rules and the updated version has been posted to the Documents page.

The volunteers have completed counting the Covenants votes:

352 YES. 249 NO

As you can see this is a total of 601 votes out of 1516 lots! It takes 2/3 Yes votes to change the Covenants and we attained no where enough total votes to change anything. Thanks to all that voted and took an interest in our community.

I was asked to post the budget report for 2021-2022. Click here to view report. Prior budget reports are available in the library archives.

At the January 2022 executive meeting, the Board approved to raise the fee for faxes and copies to $1.00 per sheet when done at the River Ridge office.

River Ridge Board of Directors 2021 Election Results.

Paul Harvey	307
Anne Singleton	267
Donald Derrico	119
Grayson Martin	105