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.AcsKeU N. S"der
Associate Clerk of the Board
Butte County Administration
25 County Center Drive, Suite 200
Oroville, CA 95965
530.538.2867
Snyder, Ashley
Wednesday, August 17, 2016 4:58 PM
Stafford, Kathleen
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Paradise Pines Golf Course
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From: Bennett, Robin
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 4:52 PM
To: Hahn, Paul <PHahn@buttecounty.net>
Cc: Snyder, Ashley <ansnyder@buttecounty.net>
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Please see attached BOS correspondence from Jim Stevens of NorthStar Engineering, regarding The
Paradise Pines Golf Course property.
Thank you,
Robin Bennett,
Executive Assistant
(530) 87a -63o4 rbennettna buttecounty.net
Supervisor Doug Teeter dteeterobu ttecou nty. net
5th District Supervisor's Office,
County of Butte, Board of Supervisors
747 Elliott Road
Paradise, CA 95969-3939
Stafford, Kathleen
From: Jim Stevens <jstevens@northstareng.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 8:27 AM
To: Lambert, Steve; Connelly, Bill; Kirk, Maureen; Wahl, Larry; Teeter, Doug
Cc: Robert S. Fortino; Bryan M. Fortino
Subject: Paradise Pines Golf Course
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Honorable Supervisors:
After much effort and several meetings, it appears as we are about to bring forth an
application for a rezone and general plan amendment for a portion of the now closed
Paradise Pines Golf Course in order to create approximately 31 new residential lots. I
would like to again thank you for taking time out of your schedules to meet with us over
the last year to hear about our project. In the interim we have been pursuing the ability
to transfer the residual property to the Paradise Pines POA. We have met with a
committee nominated by the Board to work with us and the committee seems very
favorable. However there is an apparent difficulty in doing so. In order to transfer or
receive property, or to include additional members, their by-laws require a successful
supermajority ballot of the voting power. This means that we would need at least 2,010
approving votes of the approximately 3,000 property owners. After much research, we
found out that the highest number of votes received on any vote in the last 20 years or
so has been right around 800 votes. With that understanding, we feel hesitant to invest
the time and significant expense to conduct an election with what is likely very little
chance of success.
With that in mind, we wish to move forward with our application anyway. We intend to
offer an exclusive use easement to the POA over the residual property and hope to form
our own district (at roughly the same assessment) to assist in the payment of property
taxes and to assist the POA with maintenance. Our thinking is that the POA can still get
the full enjoyment of the amenity (walking trails and open space) and we can assist with
the maintenance, all without having to determine a way to transfer the property in fee.
I am attaching a sketch of our proposal and a couple of photos of the future walking
trails. Please do not hesitate to call or email me if you have any questions or would like
additional information.
Thanks for your patience, we look forward to bringing this project to you
James A. Stevens, PLS, LEED AP
Principal
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111 Mission Ranch Blvd, Ste. 100
Chico, CA 95926
(530) 893-1600 ext. 211
www.northstareng.com
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