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RESOLUTION NO. 22-2019
DESIGNATING HAP MAGEE RANCH PARK AS A
TOWN OF DANVILLE HERITAGE RESOURCE
WHEREAS, the Town of Danville is the owner of the southern portion of the property
identified as Hap Magee Ranch Park located at 1027 La Gonda Way; and
WHEREAS, the Danville Heritage Resource Commission held a public hearing on
February 11, 2019 to consider recommending that the Town Council designate Hap
Magee Ranch Park as a Danville Heritage Resource; and
WHEREAS, at that meeting the Heritage Resource Commission approved Resolution No.
2019-01 recommending that the Town Council designate Hap Magee Ranch Park as a
Danville Heritage Resource; and
WHEREAS, the Danville Town Council reviewed the request during its meeting of April
2, 2019; and
WHEREAS, Section 32-72 of the Danville Municipal Code (Historic Preservation)
establishes criteria for designation of a heritage resource; and
WHEREAS, the designation of Hap Magee Ranch Park shall in no way hinder or effect
the Town’s ongoing maintenance or other future development of the park; and
WHEREAS, the history of Hap Magee Ranch Park includes the following:
• Present day Hap Magee Park opened in 1911 as the San Francisco Protestant
Orphanage Asylum’s Camp Swain summer camp. Captain Isaac Swain donated
funds to provide a warm natural place for San Francisco’s children to escape fog
and frolic in the sun.
• In 1946, the defunct Camp Swain Orphanage was purchased by Harry and Juanita
Magee, who renamed it Edgewood Farm. They had two sons, Harry Magee Jr.
(Hap) and Jerome Magee (Jerry).
• In 1962/63, the construction of Interstate 680 resulted in the loss of the eastern
portion of the property.
• Hap Magee took possession of the Ranch in the mid-1960s.
• Hap maintained a garage known as the “brand building” which held the largest
collection of branding irons in the country.
• After Hap’s death in 1985, his wife Ruth sold the remaining 17 acres to the Town
of Danville and Contra Costa County.
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RESOLVED, that the Danville Town Council approves the designation of the Danville
portion of Map Magee Ranch Park as a Town of Danville Heritage Resource.
APPROVED by the Danville Town Council at a regular meeting held on April 2, 2019,
by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAINED:
ABSENT:
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MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
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TOWN ATTORNEY CITY CLERK
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