Guide to the Land Agreements Between the University of California and the Irvine Company, 1960-1963
Processed by Leland Smith
Special Collections and Archives
© 2003
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University of California
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Guide to the Land Agreements Between the University of California and the Irvine Company, 1960-1963
Collection number: AS-090
Special Collections and ArchivesThe UCI Libraries
University of California
Irvine, California
- Special Collections and Archives
- The UCI Libraries
- P.O. Box 19557
- University of California
- Irvine, California 92623-9557
- Phone: (949) 824-3947
- Fax: (949) 824-2472
- Email: spcoll@uci.edu
- URL: http://special.lib.uci.edu
- Processed by:
- Leland Smith
- Date Completed:
- 2002
- Encoded by:
- Leland Smith
© 2003 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Title: Land agreements between the University of California and the Irvine Company,
Date (inclusive): 1960-1963
Collection number: AS-090
Creator:
University of California (System). Regents.
Extent:
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library.
Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: This collection contains photocopies of the agreement between The Irvine Company and the
University of California to deed 1,000 acres of land to the University for a new Irvine campus. Included is the initial agreement
of July 20, 1960, as well as five supplemental agreements created to extend the amount of time The Irvine Company had to prepare
and submit a plan to the University for the purchase of additional acres for an Inclusion Area. The agreement also details
the acceptance of a report for the Master Land Use Plan, the terms of the land deed, requirements of survey and title insurance,
stipulations for a "Planned Community," and an outline for determining the feasibility of an Inclusion Area.
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
Property rights and copyright reside with the University of California. For permissions to reproduce or
to publish, please contact the University Archivist.
Land Agreements Between the University of California and the Irvine Company. AS-090. Special Collections and Archives, The
UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Acquired in 1986.
Processed by Leland Smith in 2002.
A rapidly growing California population in the late 1950s prompted the Regents of the University of
California to explore the possibility of adding new campuses in an attempt to meet the state's
escalating need for higher education. Enrollment projections suggested that the University
would require three new campuses by 1970 to meet the rising demand. After selecting Santa Cruz and
San Diego as new outposts for the University, the Regents undertook a search to discover a
campus site in the Southeast Los Angeles-Orange County area. The Regents selected twenty-three
sites in the region based on size, shape, physical setting, availability, accessibility, their relationship to
the center of population and potential for planned community development. Additional criteria for
selecting a campus site included finding an area with a large and increasing population, and a strategic
site that would relieve pressure from existing campuses, namely Los Angeles and Riverside.
Because the new Irvine campus did not previously exist as a University satellite campus, developers
were able to carefully select a site and its development that met the criteria of their conceptualized
model. After narrowing their selection to the three highest-ranking sites, site #9, situated inland from
Newport Beach and located on the Irvine Ranch, was tentatively selected. The Irvine Ranch site was
perceived as having the greatest long-term potential for development, despite its relative remoteness.
Planners envisioned a campus surrounded by a burgeoning planned community that naturally
facilitated a relationship between "town and gown." The Irvine Ranch site was also attractive because
ownership of the land resided with a single owner, The Irvine Company.
Once the campus site was chosen, the University undertook to appropriate the necessary land for the
new campus. In 1960 the Irvine Company reached an agreement with the University of California to
deed as a gift one thousand acres of land for a new campus in Orange County. The Regents were
convinced that an additional plot of land would be necessary to meet the new campus's ancillary
needs. Over the course of the next four years, The Irvine Company and UC negotiated the terms of sale
for an Inclusion Area, intended primarily for faculty, staff, and student housing, as well as commercial
development adjacent to the campus. In 1963 the two parties reached an agreement in which UC
purchased 510 additional acres at a price of $6,500 per acre. Since the original long-range development plan did not include
the 510 acre inclusion area, this addition of property made a significant difference in planning the university and surrounding
community.
| 1960 | · The Irvine Company agrees to deed 1,000 acres to UC for Irvine campus |
| 1960-1964 | · The Irvine Company and UC negotiate terms of the Inclusion Area |
| 1964 | · The Irvine Company agrees to sell UC 510 acres for the Inclusion Area at a price of $6,500 per acre |
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection contains photocopies of the agreement between The Irvine Company and the
University of California to deed 1,000 acres of land to the University for a new Irvine campus. Included is the initial agreement
of July 20, 1960, as well as five supplemental agreements created to extend the amount of time The Irvine Company had to prepare
and submit a plan to the University for the purchase of additional acres for an Inclusion Area. The agreement also details
the acceptance of a report for the Master Land Use Plan, the terms of the land deed, requirements of survey and title insurance,
stipulations for a "Planned Community," and an outline for determining the feasibility of an Inclusion Area.
Collection Contents
Box: 1 : 13
Agreements, photocopies, 1960-1963