IDEAS PACK CORRIGANVILLE AGENDA; PANEL'S OPTIONS INCLUDE MOVIE SET, CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.

Byline: Lisa Mascaro Daily News Staff Writer

The old Corriganville movie set may have its day in the sun today when a host of issues related to revitalizing the park are up for debate on the longest-ever agenda of the Rancho Simi Open Space Conservation Agency.

From relocating a modern-day western movie set to the site to bringing in a children's museum, the issues are quickening the pace on the park's long road to restoration.

``Things are happening,'' said James Meredith, chairman of the Rancho Simi Open Space Conservation Agency, which oversees the park. ``What I hope is to keep generating enthusiasm.''

Among the items to be considered at today's meeting:

An offer from Warner Bros. Studio to relocate a movie set used in the big-screen adaption of the 1960s television show ``The Wild Wild West.''

A grant application for $120,000 from the California Habitat Restoration Fund to restore the park lake and bolster riparian habitat and wildlife.

A proposal from the operators of Castle Earth Children's Museum in Simi Valley to relocate its nature and science-oriented family museum to the site.

Various fund raising plans, from attracting film production companies with a new marketing brochure to selling faux ownership certificates as souvenirs to park enthusiasts.

The three-page long meeting agenda is the longest ever in the decade-long history of the agency's work in restoring the park, officials said.

``It's one of those things that sits there for years,'' said Jerry L. Gladden, chief administrative office of the Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District, which administers the conservation agency. ``We've come along way these last couple of years.''

The park's opening this spring sparked renewed interest in the former movie set, officials said, which had been the backdrop for hundreds of Wild West movies in the 1940s and 1950s before being purchased by entertainer Bob Hope in 1965.

Closed to the public for decades and damaged in a fire, the restored park drew hundreds of supporters to the opening.

But revitalizing the park to its former heyday remains a daunting task, as opinions differ on how best to develop the land.

Western enthusiasts have grand hopes for an amusement park-style western town that would be a commercial enterprise complete with shops and eateries. Nearby residents, though, have long been concerned about a recreational development and the noise and traffic it would generate in the rustic east end of the city.

Gladden said that among the proposals going before the agency today, many differences remain to be worked out.

``It's still kind of one step at a time,'' Gladden said.

For example, relocating the Warner Bros. movie set to the site is supported by western enthusiasts hoping to bolster the former Wild West theme, but park staff are concerned about the potential fire and safety hazard.

Likewise, moving the children's museum on site remains a plan that would require funding and a range of plans, museum director Jerald Adlof said.

The board is scheduled to meet at 6:30 p.m. today at the Rancho Santa Susana Community Center, 5005 Los Angeles Ave.