Author: snowg1

Barefoot Resort 1% tax on Residential Property sales

The Barefoot Resort 1% Sales Tax is applied only to properties within Barefoot Resort Residential Association, Inc (BRRA). Other properties outside the BRRA Service Area are not taxed in this manner.

I have summarized the Land Records from Horry County to obtain a reasonable estimate of the 1% tax revenue. Disclaimer: this is only an estimate as not all transfers qualify for the tax. It is sometimes difficult to determine if a transfer qualifies, but I have made a diligent effort to do so. These numbers are in no way official, but they should be close.

It is at least a goo indicator of resale activity in Barefoot.

Sum of SalesTax

Column Labels

Row Labels

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Grand Total

Multi Family

$199,330

$158,028

$187,712

$247,492

$258,645

$230,314

$272,634

$403,116

$197,796

$2,155,067

Edgewater

$50,369

$17,964

$39,008

$38,462

$18,148

$46,919

$41,969

$93,196

$27,230

$373,263

The Havens

$41,120

$27,039

$25,532

$33,402

$30,702

$18,214

$41,867

$46,813

$33,608

$298,295

Ironwood

$22,962

$16,403

$16,638

$21,649

$19,310

$23,255

$14,362

$34,724

$15,781

$185,083

Willow Bend

$7,410

$6,646

$9,428

$21,569

$16,595

$29,402

$22,340

$40,389

$15,187

$168,965

Clearwater Bay

$9,269

$9,505

$13,170

$26,490

$16,260

$35,804

$29,101

$28,939

$168,537

Tanglewood

$19,627

$20,036

$14,505

$14,115

$22,433

$15,750

$18,425

$16,248

$19,958

$161,097

Greenbriar

$7,101

$9,838

$10,745

$23,088

$17,285

$14,705

$19,160

$22,280

$124,201

Cypress Bend

$12,393

$3,410

$13,421

$13,999

$9,565

$14,020

$13,059

$27,253

$6,308

$113,428

River Crossing

$11,825

$9,964

$9,062

$15,494

$12,648

$8,059

$7,820

$17,380

$7,734

$99,986

Heron Bay

$6,100

$6,349

$7,195

$26,792

$10,597

$12,025

$19,744

$8,495

$97,297

Harbour Cove

$5,015

$9,108

$14,190

$12,178

$12,541

$13,894

$5,920

$10,595

$10,032

$93,473

Arbor Trace

$7,735

$10,430

$7,655

$8,805

$14,305

$8,644

$13,811

$10,368

$8,930

$90,683

Woodlands

$4,230

$8,980

$6,844

$9,784

$11,770

$15,585

$14,660

$10,310

$82,163

Wedgewood

$3,445

$8,941

$4,830

$8,683

$9,006

$7,566

$7,139

$17,317

$5,284

$72,212

Dye Townhomes

$5,900

$11,055

$3,030

$3,350

$3,050

$26,385

Single Family

$68,579

$66,048

$93,991

$101,777

$128,636

$157,617

$141,124

$130,021

$63,091

$950,885

Longbridge

$22,905

$6,400

$18,093

$15,390

$29,496

$31,157

$27,124

$20,029

$19,035

$189,629

Leatherleaf

$17,055

$13,300

$15,854

$18,772

$18,900

$23,600

$9,725

$26,645

$143,851

Coquina Pointe

$6,290

$4,808

$11,617

$12,825

$13,618

$18,822

$28,694

$18,769

$7,348

$122,790

Sweetbriar

$4,740

$4,175

$2,450

$11,264

$7,320

$21,640

$12,374

$12,174

$15,528

$91,665

Brookstone

$2,950

$2,290

$7,069

$4,650

$11,130

$23,140

$15,305

$9,760

$3,700

$79,994

Cedar Creek

$6,340

$11,196

$9,641

$12,150

$9,509

$12,525

$6,220

$3,560

$3,300

$74,441

Dye Estates

$1,350

$5,050

$3,900

$7,223

$9,125

$14,749

$15,000

$6,210

$3,700

$66,307

Bridle Ridge

$2,199

$9,547

$11,515

$7,245

$4,660

$11,417

$4,640

$5,020

$56,243

Oak Pointe

$1,670

$5,507

$2,573

$5,293

$10,005

$9,249

$6,665

$12,160

$53,122

Somerset

$3,080

$3,775

$8,780

$6,965

$4,440

$45

$3,050

$7,379

$2,560

$40,074

Park Hill

$2,500

$10,433

$2,690

$5,550

$8,695

$2,900

$32,768

Grand Total

$267,909

$224,076

$281,703

$349,269

$387,281

$387,931

$413,759

$533,137

$260,887

$3,105,952

Barefoot Resort Archeological Sites

I first ran across evidence of the Barefoot Resort Archeological sites in the “Development Agreement” between Silver Carolina and the City of North Myrtle Beach recorded March 22, 2000 in Horry County deed book 2244, page 922. This document contains a “Received Jul 12 1999” stamp and was entered into on 11/3/1999 with an effective date of 10/16/1999.

This document contains the following schedule E on a page by itself:

SCHEDULE E

Preservation of Historic Structures

  1. Archaeological Sites. Two archeological sites, as identified on the Master Site Plan, exist on the Property. Developer is in compliance with the State Historic Preservation Office Agreement dated December 10, 1998.

I had heard nothing of any archeological sites and a few people I asked knew nothing. I also found a minor mention in the city’s 2010 Comprehensive Plan.

I asked at the North Myrtle Beach Historical Museum. They knew nothing and had a little difficulty recognizing land West of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway as part of the City of North Myrtle Beach. They were interested and asked me to report on anything I found out about the sites.

I obtained a copy of the “Memorandum of Agreement” from the State Historic Preservation Office. This agreement was accepted by Silver Carolina Vice President Robert “Shep” Guyton on 11/24/1998. It stipulated that the two listed sites be preserved in place and permanently marked with approved signage.

I obtained a copy of the “Barefoot Landing” Master Plan from NMB, but this plan did not contain any Archeological Site information as claimed. I asked the NMB development department and no one knew anything about Archeological sites.

I asked Robert “Shep” Guyton and was referred to Thomas Staats. Requests to Mr. Staats were  ignored.

I was able to identify the two sites are referred to as 38HR187 and 38HR388. They were discovered by surveys looking for a route to construct Hwy 22 and documented in “Archaeological Survey and Testing of the Lower Canal Waterway and Coke Bottle Tracts, Horry County, South Carolina (Reid and Southerlin, 1998)”. I was unable to obtain a copy of that survey as the State of South Carolina considers all archeological information to be secret to try and prevent theft of artifacts. But I did find someone at the State Archives who verbally told me the sites contained Woodland Indian pottery artifacts but wouldn’t provide any location information. I was directed to the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Office of Coastal Resource Management (OCRM) for further information.

I did eventually find plat filed with Horry County in book 195, page 154 that contained references to the two Archeological Sites. This plat was recorded Feb 6, 2004. It showed one site in the middle of the 18th fairway of the Love Golf Course.

The other site is between the 6th and 7th hole of the Norman Golf Course in a landscaped area used for growing plugs.

I asked the USACE if they had any additional information regarding the archeological site preservation on the permit. They declined to

Satellite photos from Google Earth show the sites had been cleared and bulldozed before February 1999. Obviously, development of the golf courses preceded any permits or authorization to develop.

  • Nov 1998 – Memorandum of Agreement approved (signed by Robert “Shep” Guyton).
  • Prior to Feb 1999 – Archeological Sites destroyed.
  • April 1999 – Army Corp of Engineers Permit approved (signed by Robert “Shep” Guyton).
  • August 1999 – Restrictive Covenants to preserve the Archeological Sites approved (signed by Robert “Shep” Guyton).
  • October 1999 – North Myrtle Beach Planning Commission approves development.
  • November 1999 – Development Agreement approved (signed by Robert “Shep” Guyton).

It’s no wonder Robert “Shep” Guyton is currently facing 167 ethics charges.

The two Archeological Sites have been lost forever. It’s a little sad to read through the documents that claim adherence to the Archeological Site Preservation restriction will be monitored by US Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE), the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM), the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), US Coast Guard, and City of North Myrtle Beach. They all dropped the ball.

It would be nice to get at least some approved signage installed.

Termination of Declarant Control – 12/1/2011

Declarant control of the Barefoot Resort Residential Owners Association, Inc. (BRRA) ended December 1, 2011. The declarant at that time was Centex Homes who was assigned declarant rights by the defaulted Silver Carolina developer in 2001.

The termination of declarant control established two villages (Single-Family and Multi-Family) and re-formed the board of directors using only the associations owners/members. The association thus became self-governing heading into 2012.

Let’s face it, the complexity of the BRRA is daunting. I’m sure the board was overwhelmed by the size of the association and management needs. The BRRA then switched to a management company spin-off with ties to the original failed developer. The BRRA also handed over more than $1 Million to the original developer for the Tract 31 swamp. Thus, association leadership and treasure were handed back to a developer with a business model of failure.

The BRRA needs to find it’s own future and terminate the control that it recklessly gave away.

I’m calling on all association owners and members to join together to establish free association governance. Let’s elect directors that aren’t afraid to govern ourselves.

 

 

Barefoot Resort Residential Demographics

Breakdown of Barefoot Resort Residential Owners Association resident owners. This data was analysed from Horry County Land Records of July 1, 2018. Residents are those properties where the Horry County billing address is the same as the property address.

Bre

Values

Village

Neighborhood

Residents

Non-residents

Total

Multi Family

The Havens

47

235

282

Edgewater

73

187

260

Ironwood

24

216

240

Willow Bend

36

201

237

Clearwater Bay

70

119

189

River Crossing

12

144

156

Cypress Bend

13

131

144

Tanglewood

20

104

124

Wedgewood

18

93

111

Arbor Trace

12

90

102

Harbour Cove

16

74

90

Heron Bay

14

74

88

Greenbriar

17

55

72

Woodlands

25

29

54

Dye Club Villas

0

22

22

Dye Townhomes

6

4

10

Multi Family Total

403

1778

2181

Single Family

Longbridge

116

27

143

Dye Estates

41

57

98

Coquina Pointe

60

36

96

Cedar Creek

62

22

84

Brookstone

62

21

83

Bridle Ridge

63

16

79

Sweetbriar

41

30

71

Leatherleaf

39

23

62

Somerset

24

13

37

Park Hill

20

14

34

Oak Pointe

19

14

33

Single Family Total

547

273

820

Grand Total

950

2051

3001

Greg Snow for BRRA 2019

 

My name is Greg Snow and I am running for At-Large director on the BRRA Board.

I am a seven-year full time resident in the Single Family Brookstone Neighborhood. I am BSEE degreed and a transplant from the left coast with 35+ years in quality oriented high-tech manufacturing (TRW, Motorola, and Medtronic). I have been a member of four other HOAs over the last 30 years. Two in California and two in Arizona. Some were better than others, the BRRA is the largest and most challenging. Now that I am retired, and my health is improving, I want to try and make a difference in this community that my wife loves.

Platform and Initiatives:

  • Follow Best Practices in HOA Governance.
    • Pursue new and creative ways to communicate with the members.
    • Bring Governing Documents current.
  • Exuberant Transparency
    • Record and stream regular Board Meetings to all Members.
    • Timely publish all board meeting minutes.
  • Member Inclusion
    • Invite Members to all regular Board Meetings
    • Include Voting Representatives as, at the minimum, advisory partners.
  • Improve  and streamline Board meeting process.
    • Model after NMB City Council Meetings
      • Require all BOD business to be submitted on a standardized application.
      • Distribute agenda with all attachments no later than 48 hours before meeting.
      • Include written monthly reports from committees, skip mundane verbal updates, and address only big picture issues.

Barefoot Resort Asssessments Breakdown

These are the 2018 Barefoot Resort Assessments for a Brookstone Owner with Social Barefoot Resort & Golf Membership

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  • 34% – Brookstone Neighborhood
    • HTC cable, internet, land line phone, security
    • Service Area Property Management
  • 29% – Barefoot Resort & Golf – (Optional)
    • Access to Golf Club, social events.
    • Good neighbor to Golf Courses. I expect them to maintain a descent Community-Wide Standard.
  • 18% – Residents Center
    • Pool
    • Residents Center Clubhouse
    • Activity Director
  • 9% – Joint Committee
    • North Tower Pool
    • Shuttle Service
    • Spine Road landscape maintenance
  • 8% – BRRA
    • Website
    • Management overhead.
  • 2% – Beach Cabana
    • Cabana
    • Beach Parking