Appendix F - Master Plans Reco.s & AchievementsAppendix F: Status Update of 1989 Parks Master Plan Recommendations
Recommendation
I Status
Classification: Immediate: Those acquisitions and developments which should take place as soon as financing is available.
Acquire the Miraleste Elementary School Site from the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District and
Active school site; property has not been
develop it as a community park. Site amenities should include: a tot lot/play area, picnic tables, a recreation center
listed for sale.
(existing buildings if feasible), a fenced turf area located away from P.V. Drive East, and resurfaced (existing) tennis
courts.
Narbonne Avenue Right -of -Way: (Southern Lot) Delete from the Parks Master Plan. Designate revenue from
Property was sold in 1996; sale proceeds
the sale of the lot for park development.
went into General Fund.
Develop a Senior Citizens center at Point Vicente Park / Civic Center.
Seniors have used temporary buildings at
site plan to relocate in future
Purchase the Portuguese Bend Fields site from the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District.
N/A - The School District resumed
management of the fields in 2004.
Develop an Educational Center at the Point Vicente Interpretive Center.
PVIC expanded. Site improvement
process underway -2015.
Install safety railing at the bluff edge along the trail easement across tract 39672 and provide for access to
Completed
the trail from Vanderlip Park.
Install safety fencing just below the bluff at Del Cerro Park to restrict access to the canyon below without
Completed
blocking the view.
Acquire the Shoreline County Park site from the County of Los Angeles if it is declared surplus.
Completed
Develop the Westmont Avenue (Eastview) Park site as a passive park to open July 1990.
Completed
Classification: Class A: Acquisitions or development projects which are recommended to be accomplished within the
next two years.
Portuguese Bend Fields:
N/A - The School District resumed
-Add a permanent group picnic pavilion, shuffleboard courts and horseshoe pits.
management of the fields in 2004.
-Add barbecue pits near the picnic structure.
-Add water fountains and a water outlet only if a group picnic shelter is constructed.
-Add a small building with public restrooms, office and storage similar to that being constructed at Abalone Cove
Shoreline Park.
Del Cerro Park:
Not completed
-Add a permanent restroom facility.
-Add a tot lot and play equipment.
-Add a pedestrian trail connecting the bluff top area with the parking lot.
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Recommendation
Status
Grandview Parksite:
Not completed. Park design recently
-Install a parking lot and provide for vehicular and pedestrian access.
completed.
Abalone Cove Shoreline Park:
Paths not paved. Parking lot and site
-Pave paths from the parking lot accessing the picnic tables along the bluff above Abalone Cove.
improvements project completed 2014
Point Vicente Park / Civic Center and Interpretive Center:
Municipal golf project rejected by City
-Build a municipal golf course at Point Vicente Park which will wrap around existing and proposed park facilities and
Council; interpretive signage added to
utilize neighboring privately held property to give it the proper size to be a championship course. Residents of
Interpretive Center Center expanded. Site
Rancho Palos Verdes should be a given priority as to starting times and fees.
improvement outeach process underway
-Add interpretive signage on the grounds at the Point Vicente Interpretive Center.
as of 2015. Temporary Dog Park installed
-Obtain an agreement with the U.S. Coast Guard for access to the lighthouse to conduct docent -led tours.
at City Hall 2013
-Add irrigation, turf and fencing to the athletic field partially completed at Point Vicente Park / Civic Center.
Classification: Class B: Acquisitions or development projects which are recommended to be accomplished within the next five years.
Point Vicente Park / Civic Center:
Public restrooms and portable restrooms
-Add a public restroom facility.
are available in the Planning Dept.
-Construct two paddle tennis courts.
building; no paddle tennis courts,
-Add pedestrian paths throughout the property.
pedestrian paths, or amphitheater have
-Construct a permanent amphitheater with tiered semi -circular bench seating with backs.
been added. Trail access added.
Lower Hesse Park:
Lower Hesse Park Planning Process
-Construct four to eight regulation tennis courts, permanent restrooms, and parking. The remainder of the area to
currently underway
be landscaped as open, passive greenbelt.
Grandview Park:
Not completed. Development plan
-Improve into a cultivated, passive open space with a small tot lot and restrooms and five to ten picnic sites in the
approved by Council "Sycamore Option.
bowl below the bluff -top plateau.
Undergoing environmental review.
Classification: Class C: Acquisitions and development which should be accomplished as funding becomes available.
Ladera Linda / Portuguese Bend Fields:
Access road paved, needs improvement.
-Improve the middle and upper parking lots as needed.
Play equipment added on paddle tennis
-Re-grade and pave the access road between the lower and middle parking lots.
level, fencing installed.
-Add benches for casual seating facing the ocean.
-Provide for landscaping as necessary.
Del Cerro Park:
Park improvements not completed.
-Add five to ten picnic tables near the grove of trees below the bluff top area.
Appendix F-2
Recommendation
Status
Switchbacks:
Completed
-Leave as natural open space.
Abalone Cove Shoreline Park:
Parking lot and site improvements project
-Defer all future development of Abalone Cove Shoreline Park pending completion of the RDA project.
completed 2014
Vanderlip Park:
Completed
-Leave as is.
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