AGENDA
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
LAND USE / ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE
Agoura Hills City Hall - City Manager's Conference Room 30001 Ladyface Court, Agoura Hills, California 91301
Monday, February 9, 2026
4:00 PM
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NOTE: The Subcommittee and City staff will be participating in this meeting in-person in the City Manager's Conference Room. Members of the public have the opportunity to participate in-person in the conference room.
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
Mayor Pro Tem Deborah Klein Lopez
Councilmember Penny Sylvester
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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DISCUSSION ITEMS
1. Economic Development Updates, Including Progress of Concept Plans with RRM Design Group
SUBCOMMITTEE OR STAFF COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
Date Posted: February 5, 2026
REPORT TO LAND USE / ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE
DATE: FEBRUARY 9, 2026
TO: HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE LAND USE / ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE FROM: NATHAN HAMBURGER, CITY MANAGER
BY:
RAMIRO ADEVA, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER
AMY BRINK, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES
ROBBY NESOVIC, ASSISTANT PLANNING DIRECTOR
ANGELA GEORGEFF, SENIOR PLANNER
SUBJECT: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UPDATES, INCLUDING PROGRESS OF CONCEPT PLANS WITH RRM
DESIGN GROUP
As part of the City Council’s ongoing economic development and placemaking objectives, the City engaged RRM Design Group to prepare high-level concept plans for underutilized properties and office sites along the Agoura Road corridor, specifically across from the Civic Center, with an emphasis on creating gathering spaces, improving placemaking, and exploring short and long-term opportunities.
This initial phase represents a focused, foundational effort intended to establish a high-level planning and placemaking framework. The work is intentionally conceptual, setting the stage for a future, more detailed phase that can build upon these ideas with deeper analysis, including evaluation of ideal land uses, financial feasibility, market viability, and best-case redevelopment scenarios. By first defining an overall vision, the City is better positioned to pursue more detailed planning and implementation efforts in a strategic and coordinated manner.
With that in mind, RRM Design Group (RRM) has been working diligently on this concept-level planning effort, alongside the City's economic development team (ED team). The primary focus of this effort has been on the property directly across from City Hall on Agoura Road, owned by Norm Kravetz.
As a recap of the current situation for the three buildings on his property, the former Rams building is approximately 75 percent leased on a long-term basis, with roughly 17,000 square feet available for lease across two separate spaces of approximately 9,000 square feet and 7,000 square feet. The Vitu building is currently 100 percent leased, with existing tenants anticipated to remain in place for approximately the next three years. The former Penny Mac building is approximately 100,000 square feet of currently vacant space.
RRM and the ED team have collaborated to explore ideas that focus on creating complementary uses, improving connectivity, and enhancing the overall quality of experience across the site and adjacent properties. The team has intentionally imagined “what could be,” thinking beyond existing site constraints to consider how underutilized areas, such as surface parking lots, might be reimagined as active, people-focused spaces. Examples explored include converting portions of paved areas into usable outdoor environments where patrons could sit, relax, recreate, and enjoy outdoor natural amenities such as views of Ladyface Mountain, as well as opportunities for fire pits, farmers markets, music performances, and a relaxed evening or nighttime atmosphere.
The attached materials illustrate these ideas at a conceptual level, showing possible layouts, high-level connectivity, and opportunities for site repurposing, including relationships to adjacent properties and interactions with Agoura Road and its users, pedestrians, bicyclists, and vehicles. Conceptual renderings and AI-generated imagery are included to help visualize the experience and character of what could be achieved.
This meeting will also include an update on discussions that have occurred since the last LUEDC meeting, along with an overview of anticipated next steps. The goal of this update is to inform the Subcommittee of current progress and to gather feedback and initial thoughts that RRM and City staff can use to further refine the concept layouts and help shape future conversations with property owners and other stakeholders.
RECOMMENDATION
Receive the progress update on the concept planning effort with RRM and the City's ED team, and provide feedback and/or direction that will be used to refine the concept layouts further.
Attachments
AH-Draft Concept Diagrams-Feb 2026 ra.pdf
Image 1.pdf
Image 2.pdf
Image 3.pdf
Image 4.pdf
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COMMUNITY PLACEMAKING
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COMMUNITY PLACEMAKING
Vision Statement
The thriving community hub of Agoura Hills, designed around an informal natural garden type environment set at the base of Lady Face Mountain, providing a variety of eating and drinking, shopping, entertainment, and other family-friendly opportunities for residents, businesses, and visitors alike.
Guiding Principles
1. Establish a planning and design framework to evolve the Agoura Road corridor area adjacent to the civic center, as an active community hub.
2. Incorporate strategies that provide for the visual and physical interconnection of multiple adjacent parcels, to allow for the evolution as a larger, more integrated place.
3. Broaden the range of integrated land uses, including new housing options, community facilities, and cultural venues to better support the desired community vision.
4. Expand economic and housing opportunities, enabling the attraction and retention of high-quality jobs and provision of new homes.
5. Create a gathering place where daily social interactions, community events, and entertainment options will thrive.
6. Enhance connectivity at all levels, incorporating pedestrian, bicycle, automobile, and transit systems in support of the Agoura Commons.
7. Create a cohesive community character while integrating natural elements found on-site, in close proximity to (civic center), and nearby within the adjacent Santa Monica Mountains.
8. Provide a project phasing plan that allows for near-term incremental, temporary and permanent improvements in keeping with the overarching vision, while pursuing longer-range land use, infrastructure and financing strategies.
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PEDESTRIAN-ORIENTED MAIN STREET
AGOURA RD
PEDESTRIAN-ORIENTED MAIN STREET
AGOURA CT
EXISTING CIVIC CENTER
AGOURA RD
DRY CREEK CORRIDOR
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DRY CREEK CORRIDOR
AGOURA RD
AGOURA CT
EXISTING CIVIC CENTER
AGOURA RD
VEHICULAR ACCESS/PARKING
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AGOURA RD
AGOURA CT
EXISTING SHARED
UNDERGROUND
PARKING
FUTURE USES
TO PROVIDE
PARKING
FUTURE USES
TO PROVIDE
PARKING
VEHICULAR
ACCESS
VEHICULAR
ACCESS
EXISTING CIVIC CENTER
AGOURA RD
AGOURA RD/CIVIC CENTER CONNECTIVITY
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AGOURA RD
AGOURA RD
EXISTING CIVIC CENTER
AGOURA CT
ENHANCED
CROSSING
NEW
PUBLIC
ACCESS
ROAD DIET
(PED/BIKE IMPS)
OUTDOOR EVENT/GATHERING SPACES
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AGOURA RD
AGOURA CT
EXISTING CIVIC CENTER
AGOURA RD
COMMUNITY
ACTIVITY NODES
COMMUNITY
ACTIVITY NODES
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AGOURA RD
AGOURA CT
REPURPOSED
MIXED-USE
HOTEL
MULTI-FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL
CULTURAL HUB &
OUTDOOR EVENT SPACE
EXPERIENCE
RETAIL
INTERPLAYING USES/ENERGY/REPURPOSING
TEMPORARY/POPUP USES
EXISTING CIVIC CENTER
AGOURA RD
NATURAL PARK
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INSPIRATIONAL IMAGERY
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INSPIRATIONAL IMAGERY
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AGOURA RD
AGOURA CT
TEMPORARY/POPUP USES
EXISTING CIVIC CENTER
AGOURA RD
PHASE 1 - ACTIVATE
PHASE 1:
• Activate the site with temporary
popup uses on Agoura Rd. with use
permit.
• Introduce pedestrian oriented
main street with connection to
Agoura Rd.
• Add food and beverage options
on ground floor of Ram’s building
with use permit.
CUSTOMER ORIENTED USES
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AGOURA RD
AGOURA CT
EXISTING CIVIC CENTER
AGOURA RD
PHASE 2 - REPURPOSE
PHASE 2:
• Repurpose former Rams Building
with mix of uses, continuing
food and beverage uses along
pedestrian main street.
• Rezone and redevelop existing
office buildings to allow mix of uses,
including residential and customer
experience uses.
REPURPOSED
MIXED-USE
MULTI-FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL
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PHASE 3 - ENHANCE
AGOURA RD
AGOURA CT
EXISTING CIVIC CENTER
AGOURA RD
DRY CREEK CORRIDOR
COMMUNITY
ACTIVITY NODES
PHASE 3:
• Incorporate dry creek corridor
and public spaces along Agoura
Rd.
• Construct cultural hub and event
space and activity nodes
ENHANCED
CROSSING
NEW
PUBLIC
ACCESS
ROAD DIET
(PED/BIKE IMPS)
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PHASE 4 - CONNECT
AGOURA RD
EXISTING CIVIC CENTER
AGOURA RD
DRY CREEK CORRIDOR
AGOURA CT
FUTURE PHASES
FUTURE
PHASES
FUTURE HOTEL
PHASES
EXPERIENCE RETAIL
REPURPOSED
MIXED-USE
MULTI-FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL
CULTURAL HUB &
OUTDOOR EVENT SPACE
TEMPORARY/POPUP USES
CUSTOMER ORIENTED USES
ENHANCED
CROSSING
NEW
PUBLIC
ACCESS
ROAD DIET
(PED/BIKE IMPS)