CC SR 20210420 04 - Closing PVPLC Grant
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: 04/20/2021
AGENDA REPORT AGENDA HEADING: Regular Business
AGENDA TITLE:
Consideration and possible action to accept fuel reduction work conducted by the Palos
Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy (PVPLC) in 2019 and 2020 as completed.
RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION:
1) Receive and file a status report submitted by the PVPLC on the fuel modification
work they performed in the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve funded by a City-
issued grant in 2019 and accept the work performed as complete; and,
2) Authorize Staff to issue the final payment of the grant in the amount of $34,514
and close the grant.
FISCAL IMPACT: $307,200
Amount Budgeted: $307,200
Additional Appropriation: N/A
Account Number(s): 101-400-3230-5201
(General Fund - Fuel Modification/Repair & Maintenance Services)
ORIGINATED BY: James O'Neill, Project Manager
REVIEWED BY: Ramzi Awwad, PE, Public Works Director
APPROVED BY: Ara Mihranian, AICP, City Manager
ATTACHED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS:
A. Report from PVPLC, dated March 2021 (page A-1)
B. November 19, 2019 City Council staff report
C. June 2, 2020 staff report
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION:
In 2019, the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy (PVPLC) submitted a proposal
to the City of Rancho Palos Verdes requesting $307,200 to perform fuel reduction work
in the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve. The City Council approved that request on
November 19, 2019 (Attachment B).
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On June 2, 2020, PVPLC provided an update to the City Council (Attachment C). This
update noted that there were $34,514 in remaining grant funds, due to lower than
expected PVPLC oversight and management costs, allowing more funding to go toward
acacia removal work. At this meeting, the City Council authorized PVPLC to proceed
with removing 2-3 acres of acacia and to mow 16 acres of dry brush with the remaining
grant funds.
Due to more favorable bids than originally anticipated, the remaining grant funds were
used to remove acacia from over 9 acres in the Portuguese Bend Reserve and mow dry
brush areas in the Filiorum, Three Sisters, and San Ramon Reserves PVPLC has
notified the City that it has completed the work, and Staff has confirmed the completion
by inspecting the areas after the work was performed. PVPLC’s March 2021 report
(Attachment A) also includes photos of some of the completed work.
CONCLUSION:
Based on staff’s observations of the fuel reduction work conducted, it is recommended
that the City Council accept the work as complete, authorize the final payment request
to be processed, and authorize closing the grant.
ALTERNATIVES:
In addition to the Staff recommendation, the following alternative action is available for
the City Council’s consideration:
1. Take other action, as deemed appropriate.
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Fuel Load Reduction Update
In November of 2019, The Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy, submitted a proposal to
the City of Rancho Palos Verdes for fuel load reduction in the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve.
This is an update on the final scope of the project which included the mowing of mustard and
non-native grasses in Three Sisters Reserve, San Ramon Reserve and Filiform Reserve and
Acacia removal along Burma Road in Portuguese Bend Reserve. The mowing was completed in
August 2020 and the Acacia removal was completed in February of 2021. Below are images of
the work completed and maps showing locations of work areas. The Land Conservancy took
careful consideration of the potential impacts of a project of this magnitude. Any native plants
encountered where left in place as can be seen in these pictures.
This final scope concludes the project and expends the final fund amount of $34,514
Burma Road Acacia Removal
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Dry Brush Mowing
Filiorum
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Three Sisters
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San Ramon
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