2024 Riverbrook Spring Yard Sale

When: April 20, 2024 Saturday

Time: 8 am - 2 pm

Properties adjacent to Riverbrook and Heather Glen

Met on February 29, 2024 at 6:30pm, HOA BOD Members from Heather Glen and Riverbrook along with a few homeowners bordering the purchased properties with Brian Small, managing partner of Bird Dog Land at Hodges Blvd Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Small was given a list of questions in advance to address and was very receptive to both HOA's and Homeowner's concerns:

-Purchased "remnant parcels" and was very sensitive to being a good neighbor to the Glen Kernan neighborhoods. 

-Parrot Surveyors flagged stakes for boundaries on both properties:

2.5 acres on Pebble Brook Dr. (Riverbrook) and the 1 acre on Kernan Mill Ln. (Heather Glen) both properties border the entrances to both communities on Glen Kernan Parkway.

-The 2.5 acres buildable land (Riverbrook) is Low Density Residential (LDR) with maximum of 7 units per acre. 1 buildable land (Heather Glen) is Medium Density Residential (MDR) with a maximum of 16 units per acre.

No immediate plans for either properties but would like to have a nice home or office on one of the sites. If it were to be done in the future he promised it would be aesthetically pleasing and complement the neighborhoods. 

-No additional internal road cut-ins are planned other than from Glen Kernan Parkway at this time.

-Both HOA's will continue to maintain the entrances to respective neighborhoods based on the current verbal agreements with Glen Kernan Country Club until this agreement can be documented going forward to protect all parties.

-Anything built in future would not join the existing HOA's.

-Due to the wetlands involved, it would take around 2 years to get approved for any new builds with permitting so no immediate plans to break ground or build on the sites.

-Both neighborhood entrances should be able to maintain their current aesthetics.

Mr. Small agreed to keep both communities with any updates in the future.

IMPORTANT COMMUNITY WIDE ANNOUNCEMENT: Florida House Bill #173

The purpose of this notice is to make you aware of Proposed Florida House Bill #173 (Sponsor: Kimberly Daniels - Duval) currently on the State Senate floor and up for a vote, to become effective 7/1/2024, if passed.

This bill states that not-for-profit HOAs (this is YOU) would be mandated to donate or use 15% of the association’s total annual assessments (dues) "to benefit the community in the county in which the community served by the association is located."

This expense will have to be passed on to ALL homeowners as an increase in your Association Fees!

Not just here but in EVERY CITY IN FLORIDA.

Here is a story on this proposal from another city in Florida: https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2024/01/10/hoa-charity-money-bill-house

This is an urgent matter, in that the proposed bill was recently read on the house floor (1/9/2024) and is up for vote! If you do not support this Bill, we urge you as homeowners to flood your State Representatives with your concern!

Below you will find links to contact your State Representatives.

PLEASE CONTACT AS MANY AS YOU CAN, but most especially, those representing your County.

Copy and paste your comments to any and all of them, including Kimberly Daniels who is listed in the link here:

https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/representatives

Thanks in advance for your immediate attention to this matter!