Some 25 years ago, the city of Rancho Palos Verdes considered developing a golf course and senior citizens center at Point Vicente Park, and buying Miraleste Elementary School to provide an active recreational space for the east side of the city should Miraleste High School close.<\/p>\n
While the high school did close, the acquisition of Miraleste Elementary and the development of a golf course or senior center at Point Vicente never came to pass, though the goals still appear in the city\u2019s Parks Master Plan, last updated in 1989.<\/p>\n
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\u201cA lot has changed in 25 years,\u201d said Matt Waters, a department senior administrative analyst.<\/p>\n
At the City Council\u2019s direction in July, the Recreation and Parks Department started work on a revised version of the Parks Master Plan that will delete obsolete goals and outdated information, and incorporate an updated inventory of the city\u2019s parks and recreational spaces, and expansions and improvements at the parks. The updated plan will also include the city\u2019s Coast Vision Plan and Palos Verdes Nature Preserve, of which 1,400 acres are within the city\u2019s boundaries. In 1989, the Nature Preserve \u201cwasn\u2019t even a thought,\u201d Waters said.<\/p>\n
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With new acquisitions and changing demographics, the revised plan will address the current and future uses of the city\u2019s parks and recreation areas. The Recreation and Parks staff has scheduled 12 workshops, which started Wednesday, to gather public input about what the uses will be.<\/p>\n
Because some of the city\u2019s parks, including Lower Hesse, Grandview, Lower Point Vicente and Abalone Cove Shoreline<\/a> parks, have already undergone planning processes, extensive public outreach and\/or improvements, the workshops will focus on five sites that haven\u2019t had as much attention.<\/p>\n