By Bent Frederiksen, Pine Mountain community

We’re told by General Manager Rory Worster that the proposed new clubhouse complex to be built by the Pine Mountain Club Property Owners Association will expand the existing 9,216 square foot (sf) clubhouse and 2,800 sf pool pavilion (a total of 12,016 sf currently) to a 25,364 sf complex.

The PMC planning committee says the proposed cost is just under $7 million, including an expanded new swimming pool and a commercial kitchen. Part of the project is a major reconstruction of the existing clubhouse building (within the existing footprint) and part is a…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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PMC plan, estimated at $276 per square ft. in 2017

City of San Jose: Mayfair Community Center Actual $794/sf 2007-2009

City of San Jose Roosevelt Community Center: $783 per sf in 2007

Frazier Park Library: $702 per sf in 2007

City of Shasta Lake Community Center and City Hall complex: $438 per sf in 2017— projected after major cutback in plans. Project on hold for lack of funds

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This is part of the May 5, 2017 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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