City Council

1. Consideration and possible action to receive a report on the Portuguese Bend Landslide Complex. (Awwad) (60 mins) Recommendation: 1) Receive and file an update on: a. Current conditions from the City Geologist on the Portuguese Bend Landslide Complex; b. Current trail conditions impacted by the Portuguese Bend Landslide Complex within the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve; c. Project activities responding to land movement within the Portuguese Bend Landslide Complex; d. Building inspections in the landslide area; e. Portuguese Bend Landslide Remediation Project and associated grants; f. The City's request to the Governor to declare a State of Emergency for the Greater Portuguese Bend Landslide Complex; 2) Approve plans for emergency work in the Portuguese Bend Landslide consisting of installing two emergency hydraugers with arrays and associated work, and direct Staff to return with a construction contract for City Council consideration at the April 2, 2024 meeting; 3) Direct Staff to explore assisting the Abalone Cove Landslide Abatement District and the Klondike Canyon Landslide Abatement District with in-kind services and financial assistance in the form of a loan for landslide mitigation measures prepared by a licensed geotechnical engineering company and return to the April 2, 2024 meeting for the City Council's consideration; and, 4) Adopt Resolution No. 2024-___ A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES THEREBY CONTINUING THE LOCAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION BY 60 DAYS UNTIL MAY 18, 2024 AS ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION NO. 2023-47 ADOPTED ON OCTOBER 3, 2023; AND EXTENDED BY RESOLUTION NO. 2023-56 ADOPTED ON NOVEMBER 14, 2023, RESOLUTION NO. 2023-61 ADOPTED ON DECEMBER 19, 2023, AND RESOLUTION NO. 2024-05 ADOPTED ON FEBRUARY 6, 2024. Agenda Report (Uploaded 3/15/24)