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Palm Valley Country Club
Quorum Article - October 1998
Palm Valley Country Club lies on approximately 400 hundred
acres to the north of Country Club Drive opposite the new Indian Ridge Country
Club. Construction started in 1984 and was completed in 1987. The development
comprises 1,274 condominium units laid out amidst two 18 hole Ted Robinson
designed golf courses.
The 6,545 yard Championship Course is devoted to the private use of members and the 4,245 yard Challenge Course is set aside for public use. The master plan provided for significant changes in elevation, resulting in dramatic fairway and lake views. Palm Valley has a large (83,000 square feet) club house, 19 tennis courts (10 of which are illuminated for night play) and an Olympic size main swimming pool. As many as 45 other pool & spa sets are interspersed throughout the project, ensuring that all residents are within easy reach of swimming facilities. The club house accommodates bar and dining facilities; racquetball courts; a weight room; saunas; beauty salon and golf shop. The club and golf course facilities are owned and managed by American Golf.
Palm Valley is among the larger of the many homeowner associations in the Coachella Valley. It is governed by a seven member Board of Directors. Management is by Professional Community Management, based in Lake Forest, California. On-site management is headed up by Gary LeCroy, General Manager. Gary is supported by 2 assistants in the HOA office and a maintenance staff of 4 plus a crew supervisor. Within its overall task of preserving and enhancing property values, the Homeowner Association's principal maintenance function is the exterior upkeep of the condominium units.
The condos are divided among 50 duplexes, 248 fourplexes, 5 sixplexes, 16 two story eightplexes (The Vistas). They range in overall size from 925 square feet to 2,500 square feet. The current price range is from $99,000 to $425,000. Current estimates are that 35-40 percent of the residences are occupied full-time by their owners. The balance is primarily second homes with a sprinkling of investment rental properties.
Palm Valley Homeowners Association is not alone in the Coachella Valley among associations involved in the legacy of defective construction litigation. However, it is in the forefront of organized remedial action. Gary LeCroy is assisted by Roy Caster, project manager for reconstruction. The construction defects law suit with the developer is close to settlement and the Association is currently exploring the subject of reconstruction prototypes with Wermers, reconstruction consultants.
Under its Board of Directors, the Palm Valley Homeowners Association has the benefit of an active, hands-on committee system. The principal committees are Architectural; Emergency Preparedness; Landscape; Reconstruction; Security; and Maintenance. Gary LeCroy, assisted by the Board's Committees, oversees the activities of the association's independent vendors. Principal among these is Steve Burt and Associates, who are responsible for Landscaping. At Palm Valley the HOA's landscaping responsibility includes the private entry courtyards of individual units. All who are associated with HOA management can appreciate the customer-satisfaction challenge that this presents.
The club is especially and justifiably proud of its spectacular seasonal floral color displays at its entryway and on its many traffic islands. The maintenance of the association's 46 pool and spa sets is the responsibility of Valley Pools (Steve Valsvig). Pest control is by Riverside County Pest Control. Security is by Lincoln Security. Among the services provided by the association, MediaOne provides cable television. Channels 77 and 78 are actively used by the HOA and the Club to provide information to members and news of up-coming events.
Since the separate ownership by American Golf of the central club facilities has the potential to impact homeowners, it is one of the responsibilities of the HOA board of directors to ensure harmony between club operations and the interests of homeowners. American Golf and the HOA work together to ensure the successful integration of their mutual interests at Palm Valley. The Palm Valley Homeowners Association, with an annual budget of approximately $5 million, is a sizeable business and it is run as a business.
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