Rancho Palos Verdes
City Council
4.
Consideration to receive updates on the Greater Portuguese Bend-Ancient
Altamira Landslide Complex. (Ramzi) (60 mins)
Recommendation: 1) Receive and file an update on current conditions in the
Greater Portuguese Bend-Ancient Altamira Landslide Complex (Landslide
Complex); 2) Receive and file an update on emergency stabilization activities
in the Landslide Complex; 3) Receive and file a report on the Fiscal Year
2024-25 Deep Dewatering Well (DDW) and winterization emergency
stabilization measures; 4) Review a ranked priority order list of costs
associated with the Fiscal Year 2025-26 DDW and winterization programs; 5)
Receive and file a financial update on City expenditures for emergency
protective and stabilization measures in response to the acceleration of the
Landslide Complex; 6) Approve the submittal of a grant application to the
Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant
Program (HMGP) for the Portuguese Bend Landslide Remediation Project with
a $10 million match from the unallocated fund balance in the General Fund;7)
Award a professional services agreement to Geo-Logic Associates, Inc. (GLA)
for final engineering design, environmental documents, and related services
for the Portuguese Bend Landslide Remediation Project (Capital Improvement
Project ((CIP)) 8304) in the amount of $460,685 with a contingency of 15% or
$69,103; 8) Authorize the Mayor to execute the agreement with GLA in a form
approved by the City Attorney; 9) 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; 10) 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, 11) 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