Rancho Palos Verdes

City Council

K. 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) Approve Amendment No. 1 to the Public Works Agreement (PWA) with Clarke Contracting Corporation (Clarke) for emergency on-call landslide stabilization construction services, storm drain repairs, sanitary sewer repairs and related work, increasing the not-to-exceed amount for the initial one-year term by $1,000,000 from $1,500,000 to $2,500,000 while maintaining a 10% contingency, for which the completed value of work under the amended Agreement will not exceed the project budget; and, 4) Authorize the Mayor to execute PWA Amendment No.1 with Clarke in a form approved by the City Attorney. Agenda Report