Rancho Palos Verdes

City Council

F. Consider continuing the emergency justification for work and emergency contracting for the Greater Portuguese Bend-Ancient Altamira Landslide Emergency Project. (Copp) Recommendation: 1) Reconfirm, by a four-fifths vote, there is a need to continue the work on the Emergency Project declared by Council-adopted Resolution No. 2024-20 on May 7, 2024, finding an emergency exists requiring immediate action in the Greater Portuguese Bend-Ancient Altamira Landslide Complex (Landslide Complex) to seek to mitigate the movement of the landslide; 2) Direct the City Clerk to confirm the same in the minutes of this City Council meeting, via Minute Order, reflecting this action; 3) Accept the emergency landslide stabilization work conducted by Malcolm Drilling Company, Inc. (Malcolm) between May 22, 2024 and June 30, 2025 (through FY 2024-25) as complete and authorize the City Clerk to file a Notice of Completion for the construction contract with the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s Office; 4) Approve Amendment No. 1 to the Consultant Maintenance Agreement (CMA) with Genesis Electrical, Inc. (Genesis) for maintenance and repair services for the Abalone Cove Sanitary Sewer System lift station generators, increasing the not-to-exceed amount for the initial oneyear term by $50,000 from $25,000 to $75,000 while maintaining a 10% contingency, for which the completed value of work under the amended Agreement will not exceed the project budget; 5) Approve issuing a purchase order for goods in the amount of $42,336 to Genesis for purchasing three (3) trailer-mounted propane tanks to fuel the Abalone Cove Sanitary Sewer System lift station generators, for which the completed value of work as part of the purchase order will not exceed the project budget; 6) Award a Public Works Agreement (PWA) to Yellow Jacket Drilling Services, LLC. (Yellow Jacket) for landslide emergency on-call dewatering well drilling and related services in the not-to-exceed amount of $1,500,000, for a term ending on June 30, 2026, for which the completed value of work under the Agreement combined with other related on-call contracts will not exceed the project budget; and, 7) Authorize the Mayor to execute the above-listed Agreements and Amendment in a form approved by the City Attorney. Agenda Report