2013-March - Bella Vista Village Property Owners Association

March 2013
Inside: Volunteers Needed For Egg Oiling, page 2 • Three-Person Scramble, page 3 • POA Won’t Host
AJGA Tournament, page 4 • Judicial Sale/‘White Goods’ Pick Up/Golf Seminar/Sign Ordinance, page 5
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Bella Vista Village property owners will have the opportunity
in March to vote on whether to sell and transfer property to
the City of Bella Vista and elect two new members to the
Board of Directors.
The City of Bella Vista has offered to purchase three properties from the association for $1,874,600. The properties are:
• The Town Center Building, located at 101 and 103 Town
Center, which currently houses the association’s Membership
Services Department, the Bella Vista Police Department and
Bella Vista Fire Department & EMS – station No. 1. The
estimated market value is $2.8 million.
• The Trafalgar Road Building, located at 8300 Trafalgar
Road, which currently houses the Bella Vista Fire Department & EMS – station No. 2. The esti¬mated market value is
$428,000.
• The Glasgow Road Building, located at 215 Glasgow Road,
which currently houses the Bella Vista Fire Department &
EMS – station No. 3. The estimated market value is $110,000.
The purchase price represents a discount from the market
value, which was determined in a September 2010 appraisal
conducted by Rife & Co. The discount is based on the cost of
some remodels to the buildings the city believes are necessary,
as well as the shared interest the city and the Property Owners
Association have to continue to meet our members’ safety and
welfare needs. The city estimated it would cost more than $4
million to purchase land and build new police and fire stations in Bella Vista. Therefore, city officials decided that it is
in the best long-term interest of the residents of Bella Vista to
purchase these existing buildings.
“The association’s Board of Directors has evaluated this offer
and supports the sale and transfer of these properties to the
City of Bella Vista for $1,874,600. The Board believes this
sale and transfer is in the best interest of all Bella Vista Village
property owners and encourages all members to vote in favor
of this proposal,” Board Chairman Ed Morgan said in a letter
that will accompany the ballot.
See Election • Page 3
POA To Sponsor Easter Egg Hunt, Carnival
Get ready for a hopping good time.
Join the Bella Vista Village Property Owners Association for
its 9th Annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 30, at
Riordan Hall, 3 Riordan Drive.
The Easter Egg Hunt, which will begin promptly at 10 a.m.,
will be open to children 12 and younger and split into different
age groups. More than 10,000 plastic eggs – filled with candy
and prizes – will be hidden around the Kingsdale Complex.
In addition, parents will have the opportunity to take pictures
of their children visiting with the Easter Bunny from 10 to
10:45 a.m.
A carnival with children’s activities, such as bean bag tosses
and face painting, will follow the Easter Egg Hunt and conclude at noon.
Free tickets to the carnival are required. The tickets are available at Riordan Hall, beginning Monday, March 4. Tickets are
limited and will be given on a first come, first served basis.
Local businesses are being asked to donate Easter baskets
filled with goodies to be raffled off.
For more information or to donate a basket, call 855-5073.
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Volunteers are needed again this year to help reduce the number of resident Canada geese living in Bella Vista Village.
The Goose Reproduction Intervention Program (GRIP) is a
volunteer-based effort with the goal to stop reproduction in the
resident Canada goose population, so that geese are not introduced into this already over-abundant population.
However, such a large effort requires numerous volunteers.
The Property Owners Association will furnish the supplies
and training for a process call egg oiling, and Volunteer Coordinator Bob McGrath will handle all data acquisition and collect
summaries from each team.
A volunteer orientation is planned from 6 to 8 p.m.Tuesday,
March 5, with a second orientation scheduled from 9 to 11 a.m.
Thursday, March 7, for those who cannot attend the first training. Both orientations will be at Bella Vista Village’s Riordan
Hall, 3 Riordan Drive. During the orientation, Darrell Bowman, the association’s lake ecologist and fisheries manager, will
give a short PowerPoint presentation explaining the process and
giving results from the last four years.
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Village To Host Three-Person Scramble From Election Page 1
It’s not too late to register for the Property Owners AssociaIn 2006, Bella Vista residents voted in favor of incorporation.
tion’s first tournament of the 2013 golfing season.
Since that time, the City of Bella Vista has assumed responsiBella Vista Village’s No Frills Three-Person Scramble is
bility for municipal services, including police and fire services,
scheduled for Saturday, March 23, and Sunday, March 24, on
street maintenance and sanitation. Following incorporation,
the Kingswood and Berksdale golf courses. Members and their
Bella Vista Village property owners voted to transfer personal
guests may register through March 15.Typically, a member is
property and equipment – no longer needed by the association
required on each team. However, this year, a member can spon– to the city. Property owners also voted to lease real property
sor one nonmember team.
and buildings used for these services to the city. The Board and
The tournament, which will begin at 9 a.m. each day with a
property owners wanted to ensure continuity of service and alshotgun start, is a 36-hole scramble with three drives per person
low the city time to become established. Both entities are now
each day. On the first day of the tournament, half of the field will
in a position to move forward and make a decision regarding
play the Kingswood Golf Course and the other half will play
the future of these leased buildings.
the Berksdale Golf Course.The fields will switch courses on the
Additionally, property owners will be asked to accept the two
second day.
candidates running unopposed for three vacant seats on its
The entry fee is $75 per team, which does not include green
Board.
fees or cart rental. All teams will compete in both divisions. Fifty
The Board candidates were added to the property transfer
percent of the prize money goes to the gross division and 50 perballot in an effort to save the association the cost of an addicent of the prize money goes to the net division. Forty percent
tional election and ballot mailing.
of the field will share in the prize money. All prizes will be gift
Ballots will be mailed in early March and must be returned
certificates.
prior to 6 p.m. May 21.
For more information about the tournament or to register onThe results of both issues will be announced at the associaline, visit http://www.bellavistapoa.com/golf/tournament/2013/
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Village Will Not Host AJGA Tournament
Bella Vista Village will not host this year’s American Junior Golf
Association’s KPMG Stacy Lewis Junior Open, the Property
Owners Association announced last month.
This year’s tournament was moved from the first week of July
to June 17-20, which coincides with the LPGA Tour’s Walmart
NW Arkansas Championship Presented by P&G.
Bella Vista Village has a large number of property owners that
volunteer each year for the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Presented by P&G, POA General Manager Tommy Bailey
said. Many of those same property owners volunteered during last
year’s KPMG Stacy Lewis Junior Open in Bella Vista.
“We were concerned that, by hosting the event at the same time
as the LPGA, we would be forcing our volunteers to choose
between the two worthwhile tournaments and, potentially, taking
away from both events,”Bailey said.
In January, the AJGA named the 2012 KPMG Stacy Lewis
Junior Open the Newcomer of the Year Award.The tournament
took place on Bella Vista Village’s Highlands Golf Course.
Throughout the tournament, more than 250 members volunteered for various positions, enhancing the tournament experience.
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Bella Vista Village Lots Offered In Judicial Sale Spring ‘White Goods’ Pick Up Scheduled
The Benton County Circuit Clerk plans to offer 39 Bella
Vista properties at a judicial sale at 10 a.m. Friday, March 8, on
the steps of the Benton County Courthouse in Bentonville.
The owner of a lot is entitled to membership privileges and
has access to all of the amenities Bella Vista Village has to offer, including eight golf courses, seven lakes, swimming pools,
tennis, walking trails, a gun range and recreation centers.
A preliminary list of the properties is available for viewing
on the association’s website – http://www.bellavistapoa.com/
auctions/judicialsalelist/index.asp. The starting bid for each lot
is $500.
All 39 lots are unimproved and located in various areas of the
village.
The starting bids may be adjusted and the number of properties offered may be reduced prior to the date of sale. The final
list will be presented to bidders the morning of the sale.
All lots will have taxes paid through 2011. Buyers will be
responsible for the 2012 taxes and all future taxes.
Upon purchase, the buyer is subject to the Declaration and
Protective Covenants and other governing documents of the
association. Each lot is subject to property association assessments, which are $16 per month, and will begin to accrue
April 1.
Beginners Golf Seminar Resumes in April
Bella Vista Village will resume its popular beginners’ golf seminar for adult property owners in April.
The instructional seminar will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on
four consecutive Wednesdays from April 3 through April 24
at the Tanyard Creek Practice Center, 10 Nature Trail Lane.
The cost is $20 per person, and space is limited to the first 20
applicants.
The seminar will include golf skill instruction, such as driving,
iron play, chipping and putting. Participants will also be instructed on proper course etiquette. Basic rules, safety, keeping score
and ready play will be reviewed during the course. On-course
play will be offered in the last teaching session at a casual yet
structured setting using fun, skill-enhancement formats.
Seminars also will be offered:
• 10 to 11 a.m. May 4-25 on four consecutive Saturdays.
• 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. June 5-26 on four consecutive Wednesdays.
• 10 to 11 a.m. July 6-27 on four consecutive Saturdays.
• 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Aug. 7-28 on four consecutive Wednesdays.
• 10 to 11 a.m. Sept. 7-28 on four consecutive Saturdays.
Registration forms are available on the Property Owners
Association’s website – http://www.bellavistapoa.com/golf/
images/2013GolfSeminarReg.pdf - and should be submitted to
the Golf Division office, 98 Clubhouse Drive.
For more information, call 855-5079.
Bella Vista residents may call later this month to register appliances for the community’s spring “White Goods” Pick Up.
Residents should call the Property Owners Association’s
Maintenance and Construction Division between 8 a.m. and
3 p.m. Monday, March 25, through Thursday, March 28, to
request that appliances be picked up. Collections will not be
scheduled outside of the designated timeframe.
Appliances – of all colors – will be picked up by Republic
Services and the association during the week of April 1-5
on the customer’s regularly scheduled garbage collection day.
Garbage and appliances must be in separate piles and on the
street by 6 a.m. on the collection day.
Accepted appliances are washers, dryers, ranges, air conditioners, dehumidifiers, water heaters, dishwashers, refrigerators
and freezers. Appliances must be empty or they will not be
picked up.
Crews will only pick up items that have been scheduled
through the Maintenance and Construction Division. Every
resident that schedules a pick up will be given a reference
number to place on their items. Items without a visible reference number will not be collected. To register, call 855-5093.
The number will be activated to accept calls on March 25.
Bella Vista residents are reminded that Republic Services
also will collect one “bulky item,” such as household and lawn
furniture, electronics and lawn mowers, each week. However,
the waste company does not accept tires, batteries, oil or hazardous materials.
For information about disposing of hazardous materials,
contact the Benton County Solid Waste District at 795-0751
or visit http://www.bcswd.com/.
City Offers Facts About Yard Sale Signs
With spring quickly approaching, thoughts will naturally turn
to spring cleaning and yard sales.
The City of Bella Vista’s Planning and Code Enforcement
Department would like to remind residents that yard sale signs
do not require permitting. However, if placed incorrectly, signage
can be removed.The city offers a “Yard Sale Sign Fact Sheet” on
its website – www.cityofbellavista.com – below the Planning and
Code Enforcement tab.
Generally, these signs must be made of a durable, weather proof
material and contain the responsible party’s contact information.
Six signs for each yard sale are allowed – one at the site and five
directing traffic to the site. Yard sale signs cannot be attached to
anything within the right-of-way and must be securely attached
to the ground with a stake or pole. Signs must be placed at least
6 feet away from the road edge and should not be placed more
than 5 miles from the yard sale location.
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