The Rocky Ridge Ranch Centre and Membership

At the Ranch Centre we often get asked why our membership is exclusive to certain members in Rocky Ridge and excludes all of Royal Oak.  Since this is the first time our content has been available in the new merged Rocky Ridge and Royal Oak community newsletter, we thought we would explain why this is, in an attempt to mitigate confusion.

Simply put, membership belongs to the owners of homes that have encumbrances on the land title to our association.  This encumbrance is a mandatory fee that owners must pay.  We exist to increase the property value of the homes encumbered to us.  We provide members with access to the gated park located in the community and programs relevant to the interest and needs of our residents.  We also maintain certain flowerbeds and pathways in the community year round.

There are certain areas in Rocky Ridge which were never encumbered by the developer so they never had a chance for membership.  Since Rocky Ridge and Royal Oak were developed as separate communities, when homes were built in Royal Oak, they were never encumbered.  The ranch centre was not designed to be for Royal Oak residents.  Membership at the Ranch Centre works in the same way as membership does for the Tuscany club or the Arbour Lake Residents Association.  Members of Royal Oak or Rocky Ridge cannot pay for membership to the Tuscany club unless they owned a home in Tuscany as well which had an encumbrance to the Tuscany club.  It just so happens that we have a strong community association that encompasses two communities and people will often confuse the RRRHA and RRROCA.

It has often been asked if non-members can encumber their home to become members.  At this time, the answer is no.  However, non-members are still able to take part in many of the services we offer. These include the following: Spring/Christmas markets, clothing and toy sales, fitness programs, summer camps, and hall rentals.  We will make an effort to distinguish between the events that are exclusive for members and those which are for everyone to enjoy in future newsletter editions.  So although the Ranch Centre is somewhat exclusive, there are valuable things which we do offer to non-members.

Daynia Lopez-Nelson, Office Administrator for the RRRHA

(Taken from page 18 of the RRROCA newletter)

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