Rancho Palos Verdes
City Council
4. Consideration to receive updates on the Greater Portuguese Bend-Ancient
Altamira Landslide Complex. (Awwad) (60 mins)
Recommendation: 1) Receive and file an update on current activities and
conditions in the Greater Portuguese Bend-Ancient Altamira Landslide
Complex; 2) Approve an additional appropriation of $500,000 from the Capital
Improvement Program (CIP) Fund for additional operations and maintenance
costs associated with the Deep Dewatering Well (DDW) Program through
June 30, 2025; 3) Consider additional data collection options for measuring
the impact of the DDWs and provide direction to Staff; 4) Award a professional
services agreement to Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. for a Landslide Drainage
Study in the amount of $398,600 with a 15% contingency for a total amount of
up to $458,400; approve an additional appropriation of $458,400 from the CIP
Fund for the Landslide Drainage Study, and authorize the Mayor to execute
the agreement in a form approved by the City Attorney; 5) Receive and file an
update on City expenditures for emergency protective and stabilization
measures in response to the acceleration of the Greater Portuguese Bend-
Ancient Altamira Landslide Complex; 6) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-___, A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES, CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING FOR A TERM OF 60 DAYS THE
TEMPORARY PROHIBITION ON TRAVEL BY UNICYCLES, BICYCLES,
MOTORCYCLES, AND OTHER ONE- OR TWO-WHEELED VEHICLES ON
PALOS VERDES DRIVE SOUTH WITHIN THE LANDSLIDE COMPLEX DUE
TO CONTINUED ROADWAY CONDITIONS; 7) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-__,
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA, CONTINUING THE LOCAL EMERGENCY
DECLARATION AS ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION NO. 2023-47
ADOPTED ON OCTOBER 3, 2023 FOR AN ADDITIONAL 60 DAY PERIOD;
and, 8) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-__, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA,
EXTENDING THE STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY WITHIN THE
GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OF THE PORTUGUESE BEND COMMUNITY
ASSOCIATION, PORTUGUESE BEND BEACH CLUB, AND SEAVIEW
NEIGHBORHOODS BASED ON SUDDEN ENERGY SHORTAGES,
PLANNED DEENERGIZING EVENTS, AND INTERNET SERVICE SHUT
OFFS AS ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION NOS. 2024-52 AND 2024-57
FOR AN ADDITIONAL 60 DAYS.
Agenda Report