Pool membership under review in Brandermill
By Greg Pearson

Brandermill pool memberships would cost $80 per year if all households joined.

The Brandermill Community Association (BCA) board is surveying its members to determine whether all residents should become members of the association's three pools and pay $80 annually. Currently, there are 576 family memberships paying $435 each.

"The board wants input from the association to see if there is interest in universal pay," said Community Manager Jane Pritz. She said the board could vote for and assess the cost of universal membership but added, "I don't see them doing that." She said she believed any change in pool membership policy would be put to an association vote.

For the community of 3,700 homes, pool membership has been an individual decision and not mandated in association dues for more than 30 years. Some Brandermill residents belong to the Brandermill Country Club which has a pool while other residents belong to Woodlake Swim & Racquet which offers year-round swimming indoors. Many households probably choose not to belong to a pool while others swim at the Midlothian YMCA.

One Brandermill resident wanted BCA board members who belong to the pools to abstain if there was a board vote. He said it would be a conflict of interest to vote for universal membership since their pool dues would go down $350 a year. According to Pritz, the majority of the BCA board does not belong to the Brandermill pools.

More Brandermill townhouses

The Brandermill Country Club hopes to take its proposal to build 41 two-story, townhouse condominiums to the Chesterfield Planning Commission on August 15. To make room for the townhouses, the club is reducing the number of tennis courts from 20 to eight.

Another access road will be cut into Brandermill Parkway and maintained by the new townhouse association.

"We'll be making improvements to the club parking lot with curb and gutter, landscaping and lighting with a better [club] entranceway- added value for our club membership," said Bob Dewsbury, one of the country club owners.