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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
WEST ALMANOR COMMUNITY CLUB

ARTICLE I
NAME


The name of the corporation, herein after called the “Association” is West Almanor Community Club.



ARTICLE II
PRINCIPAL OFFICE


The principal office for the transaction of the business of the Association is located in Plumas County, State of California.



ARTICLE III
ORGANIZATION


This Association is organized pursuant to the General Non profit Corporation Law.



ARTICLE IV
PURPOSES AND POWERS OF THE ASSOCIATION


The purpose for which the Association is formed are:

A The specific and primary purposes for which it is formed are:
(1) To provide for improvements, operation, maintenance, and preservation of the residential lots, common areas and recreational amenities within that certain tract of property described as “the Lake Almanor West Subdivision Unit No. 1” as the same is shown on the map thereof on file in Book 4 of Maps, Pages 42 through 48 in the Office of the Recorder of Plumas County, and any future annexations thereto;
(2) To provide for the proper maintenance of individual sewage disposal systems within said subdivision in the event that the owners of any lots therein fail to maintain said systems properly;

B. The general purposes for which it is formed are:
(1) To promote the health, safety, and welfare of the residents within the above described property and any additions thereto as may hereafter be brought within the jurisdiction of this Association for these purposes;
(2) To perform all of the duties and obligations of the Association as set forth in that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions, hereinafter called the “Declaration”, applicable to the property and recorded or to be recorded in the Office of the Recorder for the County of Plumas, State of California;
(3) To enforce all of the applicable provisions of the Declaration, these articles, and the Bylaws of the Association;
(4) To pay all taxes and assessments which are or could become a lien on the common area or some portion thereof;
(5) To delegate its powers to committees, officers, employees, and agent;
(6) To contract for materials and/or services for the common area and for the Association; provided, however, that the term of any service contract shall not exceed one (1) year unless a majority of the members of the Association expressly authorize a longer term;
(7) To contract for fire, casualty, and other liability insurance on the part of the Association;
(8) To enter on any privately owned lot in the Subdivision where necessary in connection with construction, maintenance, or repair for the benefit of the common area;
(9) To fix, levy, collect, and enforce by any lawful means, payment of all charges or assessments pursuant to the terms of the Declaration in order to pay all expenses incurred in performing the specific and general purposes of the Association and to pay all office and other expenses incident to the conduct of the business of the Association, including all licenses, taxes, or government charges levied or imposed against the property of the Association;
(10) To acquire (by gift, purchase, or otherwise), own, hold, improve, build upon, manage, operate, maintain, convey, sell, lease, transfer, dedicate for public use, or otherwise dispose of real or personal property in connection with the affairs of the Association;
(11) Subject to all applicable provisions of law, to dedicate, sell, transfer, grant easements, licenses, and rights of way with respect to all of or any part of the common areas or recreational amenities to any public agency, authority, or utility for any purposes and subject to any conditions as may be approved by the board of directors;
(12) To have and to exercise any and all powers, rights, privileges which a corporation organized under the General Non profit Corporation Law of the State of California by law may now or hereafter have or exercise.

C. Notwithstanding any of the above statements of purpose and powers, the Association shall not, except to an insubstantial degree, engage in any activities or exercise any powers that are not in furtherance of the primary purposes of the Association.



ARTICLE V
MEMBERSHIP


Every person or entity who is a record owner of a fee or undivided fee interest in any lot which is subject to assessment by the Association, including contract sellers, shall be a member of the Association. The foregoing is not intended to include persons or entities who hold an interest merely as security for the performance of an obligation. Membership shall be appurtenant to and may not be separated from ownership of any lot which is subject to assessment by the Association.



ARTICLE VI
VOTING RIGHTS


The Association shall have one class of voting membership.

Voters shall be all Owners of lots within the Subdivision, including the subdivider thereof and his successors and assigns, and shall be entitled to one vote for each lot owned. When more than one member holds an interest in any lot, the vote for such lot shall be exercised as they among themselves determine. In no event shall more than one vote be cast with respect to any lot and no fractional votes shall be permitted.



ARTICLE VII
BOARD OF DIRECTORS


The affairs of this Association shall be managed by a Board of five (5) Directors, who need not be members of the Association. The names and addresses of the persons who are to act in the capacity of directors until the selection of their successors are:

Gordon Soltau Burnett Brogunier
1111 Hamilton Court 330 Flume Street
Palo Alto, California Chico, California 95025

William H. Finkbeiner Edward C. Clifford
601 Hoge Building 601 Hoge Building
705 Second Avenue 705 Second Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98104 Seattle, Washington 98104

George Shaw
241 Bayshore Avenue
Long Beach, California 90803




ARTICLE VIII
GAINS, PROFITS, DISTRIBUTION


No part of the net income or assets of this Association shall ever inure to the benefit of any director, officer, or member thereof or to the benefit of any private persons. Upon the dissolution or winding up of the Association, its assets remaining after payment or provision for payment of all its debts and liabilities, shall be distributed to the members of this Association, in equal shares, based on share per lot.



ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS


Amendment of these Articles shall require the assent (by vote or written consent) of members representing two-thirds (2/3) or more of the voting power.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, for the purposes of forming this Association under the laws of the State of California, we the undersigned, constituting the incorporators of this Association, have executed these Articles of Incorporation this 31st day of May, 1974.



/S/ Gordon Soltau /S/ Burnett T. Brogunier

/S/ Edward C. Clifford
 


 

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