Collier Development proposed an additional 9 holes for the course in 1998 on the adjacent property owned by Palm River Estates. The members turned this proposal down and Keystone Custom Homes signed a purchase agreement for the 87 acres. The contract was conditioned upon Keystone securing municipal approval for their preliminary subdivision plat and the environmental resource permit. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida, the Palm River HOA, Imperial Golf Estates HOA and Collier's Reserve all opposed the development which could have consisted of 204 homes next to Collier's Reserve fairway numbers eleven and two. Subsequent to those protests, the site plan was reduced to 154 homes and finally 109 homes. At one time the Conservancy attempted to raise funds to purchase the property for use as a natural resource park but without success. The Conservancy retained an environmental expert on gopher tortoises and their habitat and the developer increased a tortoise preserve area to 14 acres alogside the cart path and from the cart path junction to the number 2 tees. In 1992, prior to obtaining permits, the developer ultimately agreed to provide perimeter plantings of Collier's Reserve choice on our property, permit four building lots to be selected by Collier's Reserve as one-story single family homes to minimize the visual impact on Collier's Reserve and access from the Palm River Property to carry out the planting.
After years of discussion and preparations, the Collier Development Corporation turned over the Country Club to the membership on December 31, 2001 and the Homeowner's Association to the residents on January 31, 2002. The newly elected boards then became active and took over the affairs of the Club and HOA.
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