BROOME RANCH NAME CHANGE UNDER STUDY.Byline: Cecilia Chan Daily News Staff Writer A 326-acre site that will house an equestrian equestrian a rider of horses. center and is commonly referred to as Broome Ranch ranch, large farm devoted chiefly to raising and breeding cattle, horses, sheep, and goats. The cattle ranch was introduced from Latin America to Texas and the plains of the W United States and Canada. might get a new name. The Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency today will consider changing the name of the site to Rancho ran·cho n. pl. ran·chos Southwestern U.S. 1. A hut or group of huts for housing ranch workers. 2. A ranch. Potrero. Potrero means pasture pasture, land used for grazing livestock. Land unsuited for cultivation, e.g., hilly or stony land, may be used as pasture. Tilled land and meadow may be pastured after the crops are removed. land in Spanish Spanish, river, c.150 mi (240 km) long, issuing from Spanish Lake, S Ont., Canada, NW of Sudbury, and flowing generally S through Biskotasi and Agnew lakes to Lake Huron opposite Manitoulin island. There are several hydroelectric stations on the river. . ``The Broome family has asked we redesignate it to distinguish the 326 acres from the balance of what has been historically known as Broome Ranch,'' said Mark Towne, coordinator of the conservation district, a joint board of the city and the Conejo Recreation and Park District. The city and park district partnered in 1993 to buy the 326-acre parcel, which once was part of the original 23,000-acre Broome Ranch. Plans for the site include a permanent equestrian center, which could open in 2000. The board voted Dec. 9 to move forward with the 25-acre, medium-size facility on a portion of the ranch known as Olympia Farms. The center would provide for 180 horses, including a 25-horse rental string, a 20-horse barn and 40 cattle for penning exercises. The board rejected a proposal to establish the facility at the site of Two Winds Ranch, a half-mile away. Two Winds Ranch, the city's only low-cost equestrian center, has a lease on the northeastern portion of Broome Ranch until 2000. The ranch under a city agreement relocated re·lo·cate v. re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing, re·lo·cates v.tr. To move to or establish in a new place: relocated the business. v.intr. to its present site to make way for Dos Vientos, a 2,350-unit housing development. Building the equestrian center could cost up to $3 million. Towne said the district staff is still working on the board's direction to see if any funds would come from the private sector. Results should be presented at the board's March 31 meeting, he said. Also, a 1930s-era barn that preservationists want to save will be ``incorporated to the greatest extent possible in the equestrian center,'' Towne said. The barn once stood on what is now the Dos Vientos property and has been kept in storage on concrete slabs Concrete slab A shallow, reinforced-concrete structural member that is very wide compared with depth. Spanning between beams, girders, or columns, slabs are used for floors, roofs, and bridge decks. at Broome Ranch for more than a year. Towne said a consultant still needs to be hired to evaluate the quality of the wood to determine how much of the barn can be used at the center. |
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