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Carrillo Ranch Committee
October 27, 1987 - 3:30 p.m.
Present: Jim Popovich
John Swenson
Roy Blackford
Staff: Lynn Fitzgerald
Connie Beardsley
Absent: Patra Straub
Muriel Roston
Initial discussion centered around the City's plans for Carrillo
Ranch and the time frame for development.
Connie mentioned that it is scheduled in the Capital Improvement
Program for 1992-97 and thus is not a high priority with the City
at this time. There is concern on the part of the City that
planning at this stage will raise expectations which cannot be
delivered now.
The Historic Preservation Commmission is concerned that the State
would see their $90,000 grant as not well spent if they fixed the
roofs and stabilized the foundations now and nothing was done for
over five years. The Committee concensus is to go ahead and plan
now, that it is worth the time, with the understanding that the
roads will have to come first.
The first step was to list the expectations from each of the
Commissions for what they would like to see happen at Carrillo
Ranch (in general terms).
The Arts Commission would like to see Carrillo Ranch be developed
for artistic and cultural uses, recognizing multi-cultural
possibilities.
The Historic Commission's expectations are that development and
uses of the Ranch be sensitive to history artifacts, landscaping
and association with Leo Carrillo.
The Parks and Recreation Commission will discuss their
expectations at a future meeting and Jim will report back to the
Committee. He did say that they were on record as wanting to
privatize as much as they can.
All the uses discussed including a recommendation from Katherine
Daugherty for an arboretum were considered compatible by the
Committee. The Committee asked Connie to call Katherine
Daugherty and ask that she submit her proposal to the Committee
in writing before the next meeting.
John Swenson emphasized his concern for the landscaping and
preservation of the existing plants.
The Committee decided they would like to proceed, first with
Commissions input and then to research what grants may be
available for planning and related areas. A later step will be
to get community input and to encourage fundraising events. One
suggestion was to get Leo Carrillo movies and show them as a
fundraising event.
Lynn mentioned that Alan and Jane Kendall were on record as being
opposed to any development in the area because it affected their
home.
The Committee requested that we ask Dave Bradstreet for a van to
go out to the site.
John Swenson and Jim Popovich will check at the UCSD Foundation
Center on possible grants before the next meeting.
The next meeting will be on January 19 at 3:30 p.m. in the City
Manager's Conference Room.
Meeting was adjourned at 4:35 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Connie Beardsley