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   Community Acquisition

• Loan Guarantee to SRC for Area 51
  The naysayers are wrong. The SRC is fully funded and ready to buy Area 51 at BLM appraised value.
  August 29, 2006
  
  
• Area 51 Purchase Offer to BLM
  June 19, 2006
  
  
• Grass Valley Creek Parcel Purchase Offer To Joe Rice
  A fully funded, legally binding, cash purchase offer from the SRC is conveyed
  to BLM trade parcel owner Joe Rice.
  April 7, 2006
  
  
• Revised acquisition proposal to BLM
  SRC keeps its acquisition proposal fresh! No response to SRC received from BLM.
  February 15, 2006
  
  
• Grant Proposal to IMM
  Request to use funds from Iron Mountain Mine settlement to acquire Area 51 plus
  other BLM parcels in Old Shasta.
  July 22, 2005
  
  
• SRC concept proposal to acquire Area 51
  First SRC proposal submitted to Redding BLM Field Office. Letter received from the
  BLM acknowledges receipt and admonishes SRC not to contact BLM further. No details
  or further information to properly evaluate the proposal were requested by BLM.
  March 15, 2005
  
  
• Joint SCSD and RTBC proposal to acquire Area 51
  Straight transfer envisioned. Prepared with the expectation of working with the BLM to
  arrange details. No response received from the BLM.
  May 2003
  
  
• SCSD proposal to acquire Upper Salt Creek watershed
  The Shasta Community Services District asks for BLM cooperation in developing a means
  by which Area 51 can be converted to community ownership. No response received from the BLM.
  March 2002
  
  

• SRC To Mike Pool
  SRC supplies purchase loan guarantee proving availability of funds to
  purchase Area 51 directly from BLM. SRC also responds to apparent
  BLM rebuff.
  August 29, 2006
  
  
• SRC To Legislators
  SRC refreshes intervention request to Senators Feinstein and Boxer, as
  well as Representative Herger following apparent BLM rebuff of SRC
  purchase offer.
  August 9, 2006
  
  
• Mike Pool To SRC
  BLM again rebuffs community purchase offer. BLM fails to acknowledge it as
  a bona fide offer and instead characterizes it as a "continued interest in
  acquiring a federal parcel".
  July 7, 2006
  
  
• SRC To Mike Pool
  Cover letter for binding, fully funded offer from SRC to purchase Area 51 at BLM
  appraised value.
  June 19, 2006
  
  
• Mike Pool To Senator Boxer
  Direct purchase by the SRC is possible and funds can be utilized in our region
  to acquire land that is federally designated such as the Sacramento Bend area.
  May 5, 2006
  
  
• Senator Boxer To Mike Pool
  The Senator requests information regarding direct purchase by the SRC.
  April 21, 2006
  
  
• Joe Rice To Steve Anderson
  Rice rejects SRC's funded offer to buy GVC for $840,000 which is 10% over
  the BLM appraised value.
  April 20, 2006
  
  
• SRC To Mike Pool
  We revise our timeline to allow professional review of appraisals and propose
  a strategy to allow BLM to retain 100% of funds from direct sale to the SRC.
  March 13, 2006
  
  
• SRC To Mike Pool
  We thank State BLM Director Mike Pool for touring Area 51 and set
  out a timeline to formulate a Rice buy-out offer to acquire Area 51 for
  the community.
  February 28, 2006
  
  
• BLM To Congressman Herger
  Revised SRC proposal is misinterpreted. BLM continues to reject serious
  consideration of community acquisition alternative.
  January 13, 2006
  
  
• SRC To Board of Supervisors
  SRC summarizes new funding concept, status of community efforts and BLM
  treatment of community.
  January 10, 2006
  
  
• SRC To Congressman Herger
  SRC updates the Congressman and requests intervention.
  January 5, 2006
  
  
• SRC To Steve Anderson
  Cover letter accompanying revised acquisition proposal concept. BLM
  cooperation is requested once again!
  January 5, 2006
  
  
• SRC To Senators Boxer and Feinstein
  SRC summarizes history of BLM treatment of community and requests
  intervention.
  December 9, 2005
  
  
• SRC To BLM
  SRC supports direct sales and addresses obligation of BLM to give
  priority consideration to community.
  July 14, 2005
  
  
• SRC To BLM
  We endorse direct purchase and giving host communities the right
  of first refusal.
  May 10, 2005
  
  
• SRC To Joe Rice
  SRC offers to purchase Grass Valley Creek parcel in concept.
  May 5, 2005
  
  
• BLM To Congressman Herger
  Mike Pool interprets federal law as to BLM's obligation to give priority
  consideration to the community.Yes if by sale and no if by trade.
  April 18, 2005
  
  
• BLM To SRC
  Steve Anderson refuses to meet and admonishes the SRC not to contact
  BLM further regarding its proposal to purchase Area 51 directly from the BLM.
  April 4, 2005
  
  
• SRC To BLM
  We qualify our proposal and again ask for cooperation.
  March 30, 2005
  
  
• SRC To BLM
  We ask for a meeting and cooperation.
  March 25, 2005
  
  
• SCSD To BLM
  SCSD again asks BLM for cooperation in the community acquisition
  and preservation of recreation, historic and natural resource values
  in the Salt Creek watershed.
  November 4, 2004
  
  
• BLM To SCSD
  BLM refuses to provide land for SCSD facilities.
  August 6, 2004
  
  

Updated: 1/24/07