Here is the latest from the HOA Board.

“The Application from Morgan Creek LLC is still going through the various departments in the County for comments. This comment process could be done by June 18th and then the County would probably get back to Morgan Creek LLC by the next Monday, June 21st. The Community will be notified on the outcome of this process. This is a frustrating time in this process but letters to the Planning Department at Placer County do make a difference. You can write or email Alex Fisch, Supervising Planner, afisch@placer.ca.gov and EJ Ivaldi, Planning Director, ejivaldi@placer.ca.gov, 175 Fulweiler Ave, Auburn, CA 95603. Your Board does have legal arguments against the development and continues to work everyday through our Attorney to Save the Golf Course and our home values and the values of this beautiful open space in Placer County.

~ Sent on behalf of the Morgan Creek Board of Directors”

If you haven’t done so yet, please write. Tell your friends and neighbors to do so as well. Please see our “GLOVES ARE OFF” Post from June 1 for some suggested topics.

We recently put out a call for volunteers to help form a small committee to prepare print and distribute a flyer, door to door.  The intent was to raise awareness of what is happening with the golf course plans to build homes, and to tell people how to stay in touch and get involved, principally through this BLOG and Town Square.  Our sincere thanks to the many who came forward and volunteered.

Since our last post, we have been in touch with the HOA.  They have urged us to Unite and speak with one voice.  They are reforming a committee called the Golf Course Preservation Committee.  We’re told  the committee already has a plan in place to do the flyer we were proposing. 

It has been going on three weeks since Morgan Creek, LLC submitted their development proposal to Placer County.  This Blogger believes the Community needs to unite and be prepared to send a strong message ASAP.  However, we are open to giving the HOA and the Golf Course Preservation Committee a chance to get the ball rolling.  Therefore, for all of us, and especially those who volunteered, I propose we wait a week or two to let the Committee act to get the word out.  If they need help, we will pass on the list of volunteers.  Failing that, we will let you know how to proceed.

For those of you who responded to the call to write letters to County officials, thank you.  For those who have yet to write, PLEASE DO!  The addresses can be found in the June 1 post on mcowners.com.  

There will be a West Placer MAC meeting this Wednesday, June 9 at 6:30 pm. This will be the first in-person meeting in a long time. It is at Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District Office, Community Room B, 8849 Cook Riolo Road, Roseville. Morgan Creek is not on the agenda. However , there is always a public comment time, each person having 3 minutes to voice their opinions and concerns of community interest.

As with the recent Zoom meeting, we urge you all to ATTEND if possible to continue speaking out against golf course development.

Also, please save the date, July 14, for another MAC meeting, same place and time. There is a chance Morgan Creek will be on the agenda. We’ll let you know as the time gets closer.

You received an email notice of an earlier post, “Landscape Committee Needs Your Input”. It was not made clear in the email how to complete the survey. In that email you need to click on the Post title. That will redirect you to the BLOG where you will find the survey. Thanks for your participation.

To view the questionnaire from your email , please click on the title above which will direct you to the BLOG.

The Landscape Committee would like your input on how we can bring our community together through better use of our common areas. It has come to our attention that not all residents are aware of the various facilities throughout the community. Some common areas include:
• The Greenbelt area in the Golf Villas (3 putting greens maintained by the Golf Course and a bocce ball court);
• President’s Park near the lake (a horseshoe pit);
• Pinehurst Park (children’s play area);

In addition, with drought, the cost of irrigation continues to climb,
so, we are also seeking ways to cut back on the lawn
areas which require a great deal of water.

From this email, click on the Post’s title above. You will be sent to the mcowners website and see the Questionnaire. Answer the questions and provide additional comments. Check all that apply.

We will use your suggestions and present your ideas to the HOA Board for their consideration. We will announce the survey results as well in a future BLOG post.

Please return your comments by June 20th. We look forward to hearing from you.

Here is another opportunity to get involved. Even though we reach many people via word of word of mouth, Town Square, and the BLOG, there are still a lot of owners who are not aware of what is going on with the golf course. We need volunteers to head up or participate in forming a small committee. the committee will create and publish an awarwness flyer or newsletter, get it printed, and distribute it door to door to everyone in Morgan Creek. . We did this a few years back and it was easy and quite effective. We used local teens to do the distribution.

If you are interested, please fill out the “Contact” page on the BLOG ( it’s confidential), and indicate whether or not you’re willing to lead. I will take your contact email and put you in touch with each other. I’ll also give you my contact info to help you get started.

For those who have complained about not being active enough, here’s your chance to start. There will be other actions in the coming weeks needing volunteers as well.

In our May 22 Post we announced the golf course owners filed a formal application with the county.  That’s our trigger to ACT NOW.  Here is the first step. You need to write personal letters to everyone involved in the application approval process.  Hard copy letters are most effective (no DELETE key), but email works as well.  The following PDF contains names and addresses of people you should write to.  If you can think of others to add, please use the “Contact Us” page on the BLOG and we will add them to the list.

Please don’t put this off.  Your letters should be powerful, personal and call for action by the recipient.  Please do not send form letters or copy someone else’s.  Below are some suggestions for concerns you can discuss.  You may, of course, want to raise others not listed.  We suggest you limit your letter to three or four of your main interests.  Too much information can get lost on the reader.  Don’t be afraid to ask for a reply.

This BLOG probably reaches about 2/3 of our community.  We encourage you to contact your neighbors and, if the are not signed up, encourage them to do so. Ask them to write letters too. We are not limited to Morgan Creek.  If you know others outside the community in the greater Dry Creek area as well as users of the golf course, encourage then to sign up and write.

Here are some suggested topics in no particular order:

• Morgan Creek, LLC’s application alleges golf is in significant decline and they are losing money.  Since 2020 and COVID there has been a surge in successful courses in the area.  Morgan creek is very busy and preferred tee times hard to get.  If you have any specific facts or statistics, lets cite them.
• Homeowner values will likely decline significantly if the project is approved because…
• Morgan Creek was permitted in the 1990’s after exhaustive review as a complete integrated project of open space, a golf course, and planned housing areas.  Its approval was based on maintaining this balance.  It must not be broken up.
• The community not only serves Morgan Creek residents but was designed for public access to the open spaces including the golf course through numerous foot path and bike trails.
• Additional housing and less maintenance on newly created open space could have an impact on the County designated riparian sanctuary along Dry Creek.
• Newly released and poorly maintained open spaces can present an expanded fire hazard to existing homes.
• Access to the proposed housing would be on our private roads, especially on the north side.  They were designed for the current traffic levels.  We don’t need more.

We will be rolling out many other mobilization efforts you can help with in the coming days and weeks.  Stay tuned.  But, for now, WRITE THOSE LETTERS.

As always, please leave comments.  Tell others what you are doing.  If we all pull together, we will succeed.