[Accrs] Alameda County Fair creation????

[Alameda County Central Railroad Society]

  HISTORICAL OVERVEW AND BACKGROUND In 1859 Don Bernal opened a one mile
horse racing track on his Rancho del Valle de San Jose, a 52,000 acre land
grant from the Spanish government. In 1904 the race track hosted the
Pleasanton Fair and Races. In 1912 the Alameda County Fair Association was
formed and leased the track to conduct the first County Fair. By 1939 the
Fair Association had restructured itself into 82 Board Members, each of
whom posted “promissory notes”, ranging from $1,000 to $100,000, to lease
the racetrack and conduct an annual Fair and Race Meet. Any losses from
this venture were assessed against Board Members proportionately and
profits were used to initiate the next year’s Fair. In 1941 the Fair
Association purchased the race track and the surrounding 100 acres for
$40,410. The Fair Association deeded the property to the County of Alameda
to forever protect it as a Fairground. Throughout the 1940s, 50s and 60s
the annual Fair and Race Meet was operated by the Fair Association with
oversight by the County Board of Supervisors. During this time the Fair
Association continued to expand the Fairgrounds to almost 300 acres, all of
which was deeded to the County. As land was needed for public roads and
related improvements, the Fairgrounds was eventually reduced to its current
268 acres. The Alameda County Fair Agricultural Association is a private,
non-profit 501c3 Corporation governed by a 21 person volunteer Board of
Directors and a professional staff of approximately 100 full-time
employees. The Association is contracted as an agent of the County of
Alameda to operate and maintain the Fairgrounds, produce the annual summer
Fair & horse racing meet, and other year-round events. It Alameda County
Agricultural Fair Association Request for Qualifications- Hotel Development
Opportunity Issuance Date: March 30, 2018 4 | P a g e also maintains
several other related businesses on the property such as an off-track
betting facility, RV storage, RV campgrounds, nine-hole golf course &
driving range and racehorse training facility. In 2014 the Association
adopted a Strategic Plan Project. The project studied the facilities,
revenue streams and the economic impact of the fairgrounds. It concluded
that the facilities need modernization in order to continue fulfilling the
Association’s mission and to serve the community. The plan identifies and
describes ten planning area concepts for future consideration as the
Association makes improvement to the Fairgrounds. Planning area #10
establishes a new development zone with uses that are compatible with both
existing and planned interim/annual Fair events. Uses included a potential
hotel complex in association with potentially repurposing part of the Off
Track Betting facility. (See attachment 1, Alameda County Fair Board,
Strategic Plan Project, October 7, 2014)

On Sun, Sep 2, 2018 at 12:40 PM Alameda County Central Railroad Society <
accrs at mail.accrs.org> wrote:

> Message From: Dean & Margaret Lewis  lewis2 at earthlink.net
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> Members,
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> Does anyone out there know the name(s) of the person or persons that
> granted the property to the Fair.   Also, do you know the date
> (approximate or actual) that this transfer of land, in perpetuity to the
> Alameda County Fair occured.
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> I would like to know any data you can provide.
>
> Dean
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