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4421) <br /> ( 3 ) <br /> Not every park is open to all-comers at all hours - it is not ne- <br /> cessary that the Ranch be always available upon demand. Even now, <br /> the house portion of the Ranch is under controlled use and, even <br /> though it is a part of a public park, the public has not been granted <br /> the right to open the door and walk on in. <br /> Up to now, the Wayne Morse Historical Park Corp. has routinely taken <br /> on many tasks that are of a benefit to the property. We have spent <br /> our money, time, and energy on creating literature, restoring and <br /> displaying memorabilia , storing archives , hosting receptions , and <br /> the like . Our current project involves paying for half the expenses <br /> of a landscape architecture graduate student to develope the Master <br /> Plan . We have never billed to the City any of the expenses we have <br /> incurred in maintaining and promoting the Ranch because we, as a <br /> long-standing and viable organization committed to retaining the <br /> memory of the late Sen . Wayne Morse through his family farm, have <br /> accepted that responsibilty as a matter of course . Now, a new group <br /> has proposed to you to shape a portion of the Ranch to their own <br /> purposes . It is up to the City to determine the stability and long- <br /> evity of this group and decide if you wish to enter into a management <br /> relationship with them. It is our Corporation ' s contention , however, <br /> that dividing a historical property in this manner is deleterious. <br /> Again, we would ask that we be allowed to go forward with the creation <br /> of the Master Plan , with no new elements being added as we proceed. <br /> The Ranch, with all of its historical context intact, should be treated <br /> as a whole - fence post to fence post - and not divided up for any <br /> one group' s benefit or usage. <br />