THE UNIVERSITY FUNDED THE ISLA VISTA
COMMUNITY COUNCIL (IVCC) FROM 1971 THROUGH 1983. THE IVCC WENT
INACTIVE IN 1987, WITH ITS MEMBERS FEELING THAT NEITHER THE
COUNTY NOR THE UCSB ADMINISTRATION WAS LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY'S
ELECTED LEADERSHIP.
BEGINNING IN
THE LATE 1980S, THE UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION AND COUNTY OFFICIALS
BEGAN LISTENING MORE TO "THE FEDERATION," A LOOSE
COALITION OF INTEREST GROUPS (landlords, business owners, homeowners,
a particular church, plus organizations with elected representatives
such as the I.V. Park Board, the UCSB Associated Students' Legislative
Council, and, for awhile, the IVCC). AS OF THIS WRITING (1990),
THE FEDERATION MEETS ONCE EVERY ONE OR TWO MONTHS.
IN
1972, AND WITH UCSB ADMINISTRATION ASSISTANCE, THE COUNTY HAD
RECOGNIZED THE IVCC AS A "MUNICIPAL ADVISORY COUNCIL"--THE
OFFICIAL ADVISORY BODY FOR ISLA VISTA (including the campus)
TO THE COUNTY. PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, THIS ROLE HAS BEEN SUPPLANTED
BY THE FEDERATION.
#2. That UCSB both initiate and seek the cooperation of
others in initiating programs to create a more varied community
in Isla Vista.
Rationale: UCSB should take the lead in working with residents
of Isla Vista to develop a community marked by a greater diversity
of age, occupations, interests, and other personal characteristics.
Specifically: the University should actively investigate the
feasibility of establishing one or more small residential colleges
in existing housing in Isla Vista, and it should locate in Isla
Vista more UCSB cultural and academic activities.
THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION WAS NEVER FOLLOWED,
AND THE SECOND ONLY EXISTS TO THE EXTENT THAT THE MAGIC LANTERN
THEATER BEGAN SOME OF THESE SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES IN 1988.
Specifically: the University should construct apartments (attractive
to students with children) in Isla Vista or on parts of its
campus adjacent to that part of Isla Vista in which most UCSB
students live, (and) encourage faculty members and University
employees to live in Isla Vista and to become involved with
students and others in community.
SINCE 1970, UCSB HAS CONSTRUCTED THE SANTA
YNEZ HOUSING PROJECT AND NEW MARRIED STUDENT HOUSING, NOT ON
THE MAIN CAMPUS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE TROW REPORT BUT ON STORKE
CAMPUS.
THE UNIVERSITY DID HELP MAINTAIN AND EXPAND THE ROCHDALE HOUSING
CO-OP AFTER IT WAS STARTED BY STUDENTS. HOWEVER, SOON AFTER
IT BECAME INVOLVED, THE ADMINISTRATION CONVERTED IT TO A STUDENT-ONLY
PROGRAM--HARDLY IN LINE WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION.
THE IVCC URGED THE ADMINISTRATION TO SITE ITS NEW FACULTY HOUSING
PROJECT ON MAIN CAMPUS, ON THE BLUFF ADJACENT TO DEL PLAYA.
THE I.V. PARK DISTRICT EVEN OFFERED TO TRADE SOME LAND IN ISLA
VISTA FOR THE PROJECT FOR EXACTLY THE REASONS SUGGESTED IN THE
TROW REPORT. INSTEAD, THE PROJECT WAS SITED ON A LARGE SECTION
OF OPEN SPACE ON UCSB'S WEST CAMPUS.
#3. That UCSB, the County, and members of the community
cooperate to develop programs to provide increased and improved
services in Isla Vista.
Rationale: Many forms of municipal services are deficient or
completely lacking in Isla Vista.
Specifically: the University should give immediate attention
to establishing greater UCSB-County cooperation--in the context
of Isla Vista community involvement--to provide appropriate
services for Isla Vista . . . . (especially) to develop and
staff park and recreational facilities in that area of Isla
Vista most heavily populated by students.
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