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Berry Creek
Community Association (BCCA)
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NEXT BCCA MEETING: Saturday, August 2, 2008, 70 Graystone Lane,
Maidu Meadows Dining Hall, 10:00am.
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LATEST NEWS:
We're officially a Community
Association!
On Dec. 11th, the Butte County Board of Supervisors
voted unanimously to recognize the Berry Creek
Community Association as the official voice for the
residents of zip code 95916, which includes Berry
Creek, Brush Creek, Mountain House, and all the
other various sub-communities in the area code.
Working together, we hope to bring positive changes
to the area.
Click here for the resolution creating the BCCA.
Click here for the
BCCA By-laws.
Join a
Committee!
Click here for the Committee charters
We have begun to set up various committees to look
into issues that are important to all of us as
community members. We are looking for interested
citizens who would like to be involved in the
following committees:
•Public Safety Committee
•Public Health Committee
•Roads Committee
•Planning and Zoning Committee
•Watershed Committee
•Environment Committee
•Parks & Recreation Committee
•Public Information Committee
If you would like to be involved in a committee,
please contact Dori Hamill at shaynajj@hotmail.com,
or come to the next BCCA meeting.
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WHAT IS A COMMUNITY
ASSOCIATION?
A Community Association is an advisory body that
represents the members of a given community. They
act in an advisory capacity only, meaning that they
take input from the community on various issues and
concerns, look into those issues and concerns, and
then address themselves to the County Board of
Supervisors (or any other relevant organization) to
try and get an action taken. It is important to
note that a Community Association has no fiscal
authority, meaning they cannot levy taxes.
While incorporated municipalities in Butte
County such as Oroville and Chico have a City
Council to represent them to the County and other
organizations, rural areas must rely on more
informal structures, such as Community
Associations, that rely on a "Strength in Numbers"
philosophy - 2000 people speaking with one voice on
a given issue carries much more weight that just a
few individuals speaking separately. It is our hope
that we can bring together all the people in the
95916 area code and allow them to make their voices
heard on the issues that are important to them.
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ABOUT THE BERRY CREEK
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
On March 17, 2007, a community meeting was held
at the Berry Creek School to talk about the idea of
putting together a local community group that would
represent all the residents of the 95916 area code
to the Butte County Board of Supervisors, as well
as to other entities. 22 community members
expressed interest in being on the council, and
were all nominated as members of a Steering
Committee; this Steering Committee was tasked with
looking into how to go about getting this community
group formed.
Over the next 9 months, the Steering Committee
went through the work of setting up a local
election to elect representative for the community
group, as well as figuring out what would be the
best actual entity to have. After discussion with
the county and within the Steering Committee, it
was determined that our area would best be served
by a Community Association, as opposed to a more
formal structure such as a Municipal Advisory
Council.
The current Mission Statement for the Berry
Creek Community Association is:
"The Berry Creek Community Association is formed
to represent the communities of 95916 to the Butte
County Board of Supervisors and other entities for
the purpose of providing its citizens with input on
concerns that impact our quality of life including
zoning, community recreation, and safety."
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