Rancho Palos Verdes
City Council
G. Consideration and possible action to reconfirm continuing the
emergency justification for work and contract bidding on the
Portuguese Bend Landslide Emergency Hydraugers Project.
(Copp)
Recommendation: 1) Reconfirm, by a four-fifths vote, there
is a need to continue the work on the Portuguese Bend
Landslide Emergency Hydraugers Project declared by
Council-adopted Resolution No. 2024-20 on May 7, 2024,
finding an emergency exists requiring immediate action to
install hydraugers in the Portuguese Bend Landslide to seek
to mitigate the movement of the landslide; and 2) Direct the
City Clerk to confirm the same in the minutes of this City
Council meeting, via Minute Order, reflecting this action; and,
3) Adopt Resolution No. 2024-_: A RESOLUTION OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES, FINDING AND DECLARING, BY A FOUR-FIFTHS
VOTE OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, THAT AN
EMERGENCY EXISTS WHICH WILL NOT PERMIT THE
COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION OF BIDS FOR THE
EMERGENCY HYDROAUGERS PROJECT, DETERMINING
THE EMERGENCY HYDRAUGERS PROJECT IS EXEMPT
FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
PURSUANT TO THE EMERGENCY EXEMPTION SET
FORTH IN PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE, SECTION
21080(b)(4), AND AWARDING A CONTRACT TO MALCOLM
DRILLING COMPANY, INC., TO CONSTRUCT THE
EMERGENCY HYDROAUGERS PROJECT
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