The following notice was recently posted on Town Square concerning the intention of the golf course owners to try to develop the golf course land for houses. The community will now need to prepare to mobilize. We will keep you informed as to what actions are being taken and what you can do. Stay tuned.

“HOMEOWNERS REGARDING PRELIMINARY APPLICATION FILED BY GOLF COURSE OWNER ORGAN CREEK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS NOTICE TO MORGAN CREEK MC 

Your Board of Directors has learned this week that Morgan Creek, LLC, the owner of the golf course, has recently filed a preliminary application with Placer County for developing the golf course with 79 residential lots and associated open space areas. The entire golf course would be utilized by the proposed housing project. The Board of Directors opposes the development of this valued community recreational and green space asset which was a fundamental part of our Morgan Creek community’s original approval and subsequent buildout, and a key reason why so many of our residents chose to move to our special community.

A new State law that was put in place last year allows a property owner to file a preliminary applicationwithacityorcounty. Uponthatpreliminaryapplicationbeingdeemedcomplete,thisnew Statelawallowsapropertyownertothenfileaformalapplicationinanexpeditedprocess. Twoweeks ago, the County deemed that preliminary application to be complete. The preliminary application must merely provide basic property information that is set forth in the new State law, and the County c annot ask for more information in that preliminary application than what the new State law provides. The preliminary application being deemed complete by the County does not imply or insure that the project will be approved, but rather just that the information required by the State legislation has been fully submitted.

The golf course owner may now file a formal application with the County, and again, under the new State law, the processing of that application by the County is expedited, with a limit o f 5 public hearings or meetings that can be held by the County, its departments and hearing bodies, including any hearing or meeting conducted by the West Placer MAC, once the formal application is deemed complete by the County.

We understand that the County is requiring that an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) be prepared for the project. The new State law does not affect the timing of the preparation of the EIR, or theanalysisthatwillbeundertakenintheEIR. YourBoardofDirectorsfeelsthatitisimportantto advise you not only about the latest information on the proposed removal of the golf course and the proposed residential project in its place, but also of the need to get the Morgan Creek community fully engaged in the near term to discuss how to address this proposed development of the Morgan Creek Golf Course into a residential subdivision. To that end, the Board of Directors will be in contact w ith the community in the next week to 10 days to schedule a community-wide meeting to discuss the proposed project and our strategy as a community to address it with the County and its officials.

Morgan Creek Board of Directors”