Civic Center Master Plan

The City of Rancho Palos Verdes is in the process of developing a master plan for the Civic Center on Hawthorne Boulevard, a former Nike missile site that has housed City Hall since the mid-1970s. Watch the video above to learn more about the history of the site and the master planning process now underway. RPVtv host Maria Serrao interviews Palos Verdes Library District Archivist Monique Sugimoto and Civic Center Advisory Committee Member Carolynn Petru (who was chair of committee at the time of the interview in October 2021).

Updated Preliminary Civic Center Site Plans

The Civic Center Advisory Committee are currently reviewing preliminary site plans, and are in the process of selecting the best recommended option.

Click Here to view Agenda Packet for 5.26.2022 Meeting

Click Here to view Agenda Packet for 4.28.2022 Meeting

Civic Center Tours

Tours of the Civic Center took place in March 2022 with over 300 attendees.

How Do We Pay For It? The Nuts and Bolts of Financing City Projects

Workshop Presentation March 10, 2022

A hybrid workshop was held March 10 about how cities finance major capital projects. The presentation was led by Orion Fulton, an experience professional with twenty years in the field. The workshop was intended to provide a detailed overview of how cities deliver, finance. and fund major capital projects.

Click here to view the video.

ARUP - RPV March 10, 2022 Financing Major Projects Presentation

Project Management Staff Report for the 2/15/2022 City Council Meeting

Contract service agreements were awarded to Griffin Structures and Gensler for services related to the Rancho Palos Verdes Civic Center Master Plan Project. Click Below to view the Staff Report.

Project Management Services Staff Report

Click here to view Request for Proposals for Project Management Services

Click here to view the 2021 Civic Center Program Document's Validations

Click here to view the 2019 Council Approved Civic Center Program Documentation

Civic Center and Road into City Hall to be Named after Former Mayor, Current Councilmember and RPV Founder Ken Dyda

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Click here to view the Resolution Report

The City of Rancho Palos Verdes is undertaking a Master Plan process for Point Vicente Park/Civic Center.

The City Council approved a program document outlining potential components and dimensions on October 15, 2019.

Click here to see the programming document.

Click here to see the 10-15-19 staff report.

Gensler Jr. & Associates, Inc., one of the largest and most esteemed architectural and design firms in the United States, worked with staff and the Civic Center Advisory Committee (CCAC) to create the program document.

Click here to see Civic Center Land Use Update (9-3-19 City Council Staff Report).

August 23, 2018 Additional Open House Summary and Initial Programming Document (PDF)

August 8, 2018 Visioning Open House

Ninety-three people, almost entirely City residents, participated in a Civic Center visioning open house facilitated by CCAC members, representatives from M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates, Inc., and City Staff. Attendees learned about the project’s history, physical dimensions and constraints, results from the 2017 survey, and potential components. Attendees were able to share their preferences and give input about the overall project as well as individual components using stickers and post-it notes.

Below are individual component results from the workshop. Results paralleled the 2017 survey results with passive elements such as trailheads, village green, and shade structures scoring highest. There was strong support for public safety components (Sheriff sub-station-no jail, fire station), a new City Hall, and a community center.

Results for the August 8, 2018 Open House (PDF)

2017 Survey results