Politics & Government
City to Host Public Workshop on McClellan Ranch
The city's Parks and Recreation Commission will update historic park's master plan, explore priorities for capital projects on site.
The City of Cupertino’s Park and Recreation Commission will host a public study session with Cupertino residents Thursday night at Community Hall to update the city’s McClellan Ranch Master Plan.
The public meeting will give community members a chance to voice their top priorities for the city-owned 18-acre park located at 22221 McClellan Rd., as well as the Simms Property, which sits adjacent to the ranch and is also owned by the city.
The city is currently renting out the Simms Property home to a renter.
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According to Parks and Recreation Director Mark Linder, Thursday’s study session will bring Cupertino residents up to date on what has been done to the properties as well as revisit the 1993 McClellan Ranch Master Plan and 2006 Stevens Creek Corridor environmental overview.
“This first session will highlight what has been accomplished on the property, and what we want to continue to do, or add or drop,” said Linder. “Everyone will have the opportunity to participate and share what they see as a priority for the property.”
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Linder said some ideas voiced by the community for the master plan update include using grant funds to partially fund a true environmental education center, fund the preservation of the historic barn or blacksmith shop that sit on the site and modify or tear down the home sitting on the Simms property.
“Right now, the session will be about listening to the community and see what the priorities are,” Linder said. “Then we will see how much they cost.”
After a series of public study sessions, the commission will develop a realistic capital budget to fund the building costs for the McClellan Ranch and Simms property projects and looks to pass it on to the city council for approval in March.
Two representatives from Hawley Peterson Snyder, one of the city’s architectural firms, will be present at the meeting.
According to the city’s Web site, the natural preserve park was a horse ranch in the 1930s and '40s. The site houses a nature museum and community garden.
The study session will start Thursday at 7 p.m. in the city’s Community Hall located at 10350 Torre Ave.
