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Neighborly Advice:
Orange Park Acres
12/09/2007 Los Angeles Times
Roy Rogers and Trigger would be proud. Orange Park Acres is a horse lover's dream,
where equestrians set the pace for this little bit of serenity amid Orange's
busy boulevards and strip shopping malls. It just doesn't get much more incongruous
-- or unique in Orange County -- than this... more |
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| Citizen’s
Acting on Traffic Concerns:
Where is Orange City Government? |
By Tom Davidson and Theresa Sears
Local residents have long
been concerned with the traffic
volume, speed and congestion
on Chapman Avenue and Santiago Canyon Road -- not to mention the deadly crash
history on Santiago Canyon Road. No one anticipated the current high level
of traffic traveling at excessive speeds in our equestrian community... more |
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Common
Talk: Letters to the Editor |
September
11, 2007 Dear Editor - It truly distresses me
as I drive by the Ridgeline Golf Course and see
its current state of destruction...more |
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Common
Talk: Letters to the Editor |
| November 13, 2007 Dear Editor - My
husband, Scott and I have lived in Orange Park Acres
since 1976 when we built our home...more |
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Common
Talk: Letters to the Editor |
November
13, 2007 - RIDGELINE
EQUESTRIAN ESTATES IS A FISCAL HANDOUT
The Ridgeline Equestrian Estate proposal is a
financial giveaway to the landowner if it is
approved as presented. Think of it this way...more |
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| Foothills Sentry |
| February 12,
2008 - OPPORTUNITY FOR OPEN SPACE While the
debate over the zoning of the 51-acre Ridgeline
property is centered in Orange Park Acres, the
fate of the area’s
precarious open space will impact the entire City
of Orange and surrounding communities...more |
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| Foothills
Sentry |
February
12, 2008 RIDGELINE VOTE DELAYED; RESIDENTS RALLY
TO KILL OR KEEP IT By Tina Richards
The Orange Park Association Board of Directors delayed voting on the
controversial proposal to rezone the former Ridgeline golf course from recreation/open
space to residential following a community meeting that revealed a deep division
between residents who fear the worst and those who hope for the best...more |
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Foothills
Sentry |
RIDGELINE DEED HELD
BY OUT OF TOWN INVESTOR
By Tina Richards
The ongoing
public relations effort to gain community support
for the rezoning of the Ridgeline Country Club
property is based on a neighborly premise that
might not be true...more |
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| Common
Talk: Letters to the Editor |
September
12, 2006 - STOP THE LOSS OF OPEN SPACE
Dear Editor:
I became personally familiar with
Dave Freimann and John Martin quite by accident.
During the course of an ALTA land survey which
had been commissioned by Mr. Martin, who was in
escrow with Dave Freimann’s
Family Trust to purchase the property for the possible
development of a new subdivision, we met the field
surveyor...more |
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| Foothills Sentry |
December 12, 2007
- RIDGELINE 9 HOLE GOLF COURSE CLOSED BY OWNER Ridgeline
Country Club on Meads Avenue in Orange Park Acres
is no longer the home of the original nine-hole
regulation size golf course (possibly the only
nine hole course left in Orange County). John
Martin, managing partner of Ridgeline Equestrian
Estates and new owner of the 51-acre property,
announced the closure of the golf course on Nov
17...more |
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| Common
Talk: Letters to the Editor |
February 12, 2008
Dear Editor:
Orange/Orange Park Acres
is highly desirable are to live in because it offers
MANY opportunities for various recreational opportunities. Potentially
losing the ONLY GOLF COURSE in Orange lessens the
desirability of the community. We need to recognize
that adding houses and taking away recreational open
space will lessen the quality of life...more |
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| The Foothills Sentry |
June 2008
OPA residents vow to work with developer on Ridgeline/Sully
Miller plan
By Tina Richards
At the request of the Orange Park Acres Real Estate
Committee, the City of Orange has hired a land use
consulting firm to assist with the creation of an
equitable development plan for the Ridgeline and
Sully Miller Properties.
Under the agreement, Hogle-Ireland will work with
the developer, John Martin (JMI) and the OPA Board
to facilitate a building plan that benefits the community,
the developer and the city. The firm’s fees
are being paid by JMI and the Orange Park Acres Association
Board. more |
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| President's Message, July 2008 |
What a great 4th of July Parade we had! Thanks to everyone who participated and watched and to John Cox and Richard Siebert for organizing it. Special thanks go to the MacMillans who arraigned for the skydivers to open the parade. I would also be remiss if I did not thank Salem for opening their facilities for the parade.
We have entered one of the most tumultuous times in the history of OPA. more |
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| The Foothills Sentry |
July 10, 2008
The Orange Park Acres Real Estate Committee (REC) is meeting regularly to work on the development plans
for Ridgeline Country Club and the Sully Miller properties brought forth by developer John Martin and his
various ownership entities. You may remember last month, the City of Orange agreed to contract a local
land use firm, Hogle-Ireland, Inc..more |
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| The Foothills Sentry |
August 12, 2008
Sell- out of the OPA Specific Plan
Who gave permission to “sell out” the OPA Specific Plan? A self-appointed coalition has entered into an agreement with the owners of the Sully-Miller site and has bargained away the Specific Plan that has governed OPA for 35 years. more |
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| The Foothills Sentry |
August 12,2008
Vocal Few Hope to Drive Development Decision
By Tina Richards
A handful of residents, some who live near the Sully-Miller site slated for development, have teamed with the landowner to pressure the City of Orange, Orange Park Acres and surrounding neighborhoods to accept a building plan that ignores current zoning, minimum lot-size requirements and includes 528 housing units. more |
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| The Foothills Sentry |
October 14, 2008
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor:
You can’t open a newspaper today without seeing some article on the housing crisis. Mortgage lenders are going bankrupt, banks are writing down billions of dollars in home loans and the homebuilders that have survived are hanging by a thread. more |
