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The dispute centers around the question whether the

Plaza Regional Park (sometimes referred to as Visalia Air Park) in the City of Visalia, hereinafter referred to as “city,” should have an 18-hole golf course. The park encompasses approximately 240 acres of land situ ated adjacent to the Visalia Airport. The golf course, club house and driving range will take up about 150 acres of the park area.

From a meager record, we have educed the following: For many years the city has contemplated the development of the land to a multiple use regional park. On September 29, 1966, the city council, by resolution, authorized its public service director to apply to the state under the 1964 State Beach, Park, Recreational, and Historical Facilities Bond Act (Pub. Resources Code, § 5096.1 et seq.) for a grant of money with which to develop the park. The written application, dated September 28, 1966, and approved by the city council on September 29, 1966, asked for a grant of $100,000 and specified golf as a proposed use along with other activities. On October 4, 1966, the Tulare County Board of Supervisors, after reviewing the plans for the park and the city’s application for state…