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Phase 1 of Major Road Renovations Complete!

Hi Neighbors,
We would like to report that we are nearly complete with the first phase of major road renovations. We brought in 29 very large loads of fine millings, completely renovated the road from the Johnson’s property to Lime Kiln including packing and grading so that it has a nice crown and slope to help keep water off, as well as renovations to the road in sections throughout the rest of the length of Goose Creek Lane that we maintain. This is all part of the plan to get the road into much better shape to improve maintainability, property values, as well as comfort and safety while driving.

There are still several sections of the road that we were not able to renovate and we do want to bring them up to the same standards, however at this time we are at critical reserve level with only about $5,600 left in the road fund. To put that in perspective, between millings, grading, and packing this last several weeks of road work cost about $12.3k. So we are going into a holding pattern for the rest of 2019 and will plan on picking up where we left off in 2020 when we have funds available.

Quick Reminder: Please clear the brush along the road on your property!

There are several neighbors who have let the brush grow out into the road along their property and it is becoming a safety hazard. Please do take the time to trim the branches and brush back away from the road so that there is room for vehicles to pass and work vehicles to get through. We do not have the funds to pay for brush clearing services, so it is up to you to do the right thing and maintain your property!

We’d like to send a big thanks out to those that have volunteered their time and financial resources to go out and trim the brush back already, that is a huge help to the neighborhood!

Road Dues Update

As mentioned in the last email update, the road dues for 2020 will be $550 per household. This will allow us to continue improving the road, maintain what we have invested in, and cover cost of professional plowing. 

Please plan accordingly now so that you can pay the road dues on January 1st, 2020.

Thank you to all the neighbors who contributed to the road fund in 2019 so far, we have had some of the best neighbor participation in supporting the road fund this year than in recent history!

John Reynolds

David & Missy Pickett

Fred & Nancy Hinke

Chris West

Ned & Lisa Wentworth

Jey Jeyanathan

Ron & Theresa Bohn

BJ & Jen Brixius

Mike & Trisha Victor

Scott Butler & Lisa Stehman

Brad & Kathy Brown

Lou & Amy Casciano

Ed & Jessica Dick

Jim & Pam Conway

Dave & Mallory Horton

Kerry Koritko & Ingrid Gudnadottir

Laurel & Gus Muller (Paid by previous owners)

Marc & Abby Seeley

Harley & Adrienne Green

John & Tina Isom

Jim & Monica Lambert

Mike & Jeanne Roush

James & Faith Cha

Henry & Kathleen Becker

Mary Alice Crawford

Cory & Deb Weaver

Amy Reynolds

Deb Matthews & Che Larson

Sara & Chris Cook

William McCormick & Sandy Banaszak

David & Sarah Virts

David & Janice Judd

George & Hazel Coupar

Allison Chin

Jonathan & Ashley Sawyer

Tim & Patricia Adams

Ava & Neil Abramowitz

Fresh Millings Opportunity

Dear Neighbors,
As most of you know, Lime Kiln road is being repaved in the next couple weeks. We have begun discussions with the project managers and contractors to coordinate receiving the millings from this project. We do not have a lot of details at this time, but we may have the opportunity to receive a very large amount of millings for the neighborhood at a very low cost.

We have a very urgent need for locations where we can store millings for future use along the road or on the spurs. This will allow great savings for future road work as materials will already be onsite. We would fully expect neighbors that allow millings to be stored on their property to be able to freely use the millings for their own driveways and spurs. We would like to thank Mr. Reynolds, the Adams, and the Burgers for graciously offering up parts of their property for us to store millings. However, we are still looking for more locations along the length of Goose Creek Lane so that we have a nice distribution of storage locations. If you have a spot we can store even just one load, please let us know and one of us will meet with you to ensure millings are stored exactly where you want them!

Along with storing millings from this project, our intention is to put down a fresh layer of millings throughout the entire length of Goose Creek Lane. The millings should be tailgated then spread and packed by our contractor, AW Smith. Our hope is that the millings will be free and if so, once Goose Creek Lane is fully loaded with fresh millings, we will be happy to direct the trucks to all the spurs. However, due to our limited funds, we won’t be able to cover costs associated with spreading and packing millings on spurs. The trucks will also only be able to work in areas where they have a safe place to turn around and may require a neighbor who lives on the spur to be available to direct them.

If you do NOT want free millings tailgated down your spur, please let us know immediately, otherwise we will assume everyone would like a fresh layer of millings on their spur.

Once we have received additional information from the VDOT contractors we will send out another quick announcement.

Dues Voting

As a reminder we sent out details about 2020 proposed road dues in the last newsletter. We have only received about 8 votes at this time. You are always welcome to email us your vote and comments.

Neighborhood Business Listing

Several neighbors have asked about compiling a list of business and services that our neighbors provide. To help facilitate this we would like to offer any neighbor that is current on road dues the opportunity to have their business/services listed on the website. To give you an example of what the listing may look like, we went ahead and put up the page so you can see what information to provide for the listing. You can view the current listing here: https://goosecreekfarms.xyz/about/neighborhood-businesses/

If you would like your business/service listed, please send us an email with your business/service name, a sentence about what service is provided, website link, and phone number. 

Road Dues Ledger

We didn’t include the ledger in the last newsletter (it was amended to the website post later). But we have included the current ledger for your review here as well. Because we posted the list of contributing neighbors already this month, we will not re-post that in this newsletter. You can view it on the last newsletter post here.

Date	Description	Debit	Credit	Balance
1/1/2018	Carryover Balance			$18,682.45
2/14/2018	1 Resident road dues for 2017		$300.00	$18,982.45
2/16/2018	Lou/Luck Stone Gravel for hill and road	$3,447.04		$15,535.41
4/19/2018	10 Residents Dues 2018		$3,000.00	$18,535.41
5/15/2018	6 residents dues 2018		$1,800.00	$20,335.41
6/7/2018	2 residents dues 2018		$600.00	$20,935.41
6/12/2018	Annual PO Box fee	$112.00		$20,823.41
6/20/2018	1 residents dues 2018		$300.00	$21,123.41
7/5/2018	1 residents dues 2018		$300.00	$21,423.41
7/9/2018	3 residents dues 2018		$1,200.00	$22,623.41
7/26/2018	2 residents dues 2018		$600.00	$23,223.41
7/12/2018	A.W. Smith Grade Hill	$1,465.00		$21,758.41
8/2/2018	Board Insurance	$781.00		$20,977.41
8/8/2018	1 residents dues 2018		$300.00	$21,277.41
9/10/2018	A.W. Smith Grade Hill (X2)	$930.00		$20,347.41
	Insurance	$300.00		$20,047.41
10/28/2018	A.W. Smith Trim & Grade Hill	$4,680.00		$15,367.41
	A.W. Smith grade hill	$2,580.00		$12,787.41
1/30/2019	17 Residents Road dues		$5,950.00	$18,737.41
2/8/2019	AW Smith Grade, potholes, ditches & sand	$2,515.00		$16,222.41
2/12/2019	1 Residents Road dues		$350.00	$16,572.41
2/25/2019	6 Residents Road dues		$2,700.00	$19,272.41
3/7/2019	AW Smith Grade, potholes, ditches & gravel	$5,826.00		$13,446.41
3/13/2019	1 Residents Road dues		$350.00	$13,796.41
3/21/2019	1 Residents Road dues		$350.00	$14,146.41
4/5/2019	4 Residents Road Dues		$2,000.00	$16,146.41
4/7/2018	3 Residents Road Dues		$1,050.00	$17,196.41

Best regards,
Harley, Ashley, Mallory, and Cory
GCF Road Committee 2019