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20240220 Late Correspondencel= = = - · · ·1. / ·- - : .:- · · - = . :· •· .. ·: • ... . . . . / :· · ··,.::• -.. Q •• • • /" • · . . :·:· : , .. - ,; , 1 1 - -- - - - - - TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: CITY OF /,,(' 1'" "' -~ RANCHO PALOS VERDES HONORABLE MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CITY CLERK FEBRUARY 20, 2024 ADDITIONS/REVISIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA Attached are revisions/additions and/or amendments to the agenda material presented for tonight's meeting. Item No. 2 Description of Material Email exchange between Mayor Cruikshank and Dianne and James Hassen Emails from: Adrienne Mohan; Celina Luna; Tracy DuVernet; Julie and Fred Smalling; Larry Paul; Diane Stewart; Robert and Carrie Merrihew; Tony Buesing; Ann Canfield and Richard Harris; David and Shelly Roth ** PLEASE NOTE: Materials attached after the color page(s) were submitted through Monday, February 19, 2024**. Respectfully submitted, L:ILATE CORRESPONDENCE\202412024 Coversheets\20240220 additions revisions to agenda.docx Subject: FW: Vote From: John Cruikshank <John.Cruikshank@rpvca.gov> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 3:03 PM To: Dianne Hassen <dihassen@icloud.com>; CC <CC@rpvca.gov> Cc: info@seaviewra.org Subject: Re: Vote Hi Ms. Hassen, Thanks for reaching out. It's a legal requirement for our Council to vote on matters as important as requesting for a State of Emergency. I know it seems silly, but it's a requirement. Our city has already been in contact with the Governor's office, and tonight's action will formalize our emergency declaration. PS I don't foresee an issue in getting a unanimous vote. Warmest Regards, John Cruikshank, Mayor City of Rancho Palos Verdes 424. 328. 1028 cell The views or opinions expressed in this email are intended to be interpreted as the individual work product of the author. They do not necessarily reflect an official position of the City Council, staff or other entities. From: Dianne Hassen <dihassen@icloud.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 1:13 PM To: CC <CC@rpvca.gov> Cc: info@seaviewra.org <info@seaviewra.org> Subject: Vote EXTERNAL EMAIL: Do not click links or open any attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe!!!. Dear City Council members. We reside at 4230 Stalwart Drive, Rancho Palos Verdes. Our residence is located one block from the intersection of Exultant and Dauntless in Seaview. We do not understand why you would have to vote on sending letters to Governor Newsom and President Biden requesting immediate and extensive help to resolve the devastating situation in our community. We would think you would do everything possible and not leave it up to a vote. In addition to written communication, why not contact their offices by telephone? Dianne and James Hassen 1 Subject: Attachments: FW: PVPLC Comments to Agenda #2: Portuguese Bend Landslide Remediation Project PVPLC City Council Comment_2024.02.20_Agenda #2 PB Landslide.pdf From: Adrienne Mohan <amohan@pvplc.org> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2024 10:29 PM To: CC <CC@rpvca.gov> Cc: Ara Mihranian <AraM@rpvca.gov>; Ramzi Awwad <rawwad@rpvca.gov> Subject: PVPLC Comments to Agenda #2: Portuguese Bend Landslide Remediation Project Honorable Mayor and City Council, Please find attached a comment letter regarding tomorrow night's meeting Agenda Item #2 for the Portuguese Bend Landslide. We remain ready as a resource to the City in many ways during this crisis. Sincerely, Adrienne Executive Director Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy □ 31 o-541-7613 x203 I 31 o-930-4332 □ □ □ amohan@pvplc.org www.pvplc.org 6118 Palos Verdes Drive South, RPV, CA 90275 1 PRESERVING LAND AND RESTORING HABITAT FOR THE EDUCATION AND ENJOYMENT OF ALL February 19, 2024 RE: PYPLC Comments to the February 20, 2024 City Council Agenda Item 2: Portuguese Bend Landslide Remediation Project Update Dear Honorable Mayor and City Council, Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the recommendations for Council's consideration. The recent accelerated land movement is devastating to our community, and the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy applauds the City's work to bring together stakeholders, legislative representatives and experts to remediate the landslide issues. The Conservancy supports the City taking expeditious actions to effectively mitigate the landslide movement. We stand by the City as partners and the Preserve Habitat Manager to help in any way we can including on- site monitoring and assistance with NCCP/HCP protocol compliance, being a resource on project design to minimize impacts, and restoring lost habitat. Furthermore, we offer our staff and volunteer Trail Crew resources to help fill fissures and repair damaged trails in coordination with Open Space Management. The Conservancy believes that our habitat restoration plans can help to stabilize surface soils and uptake rainwater -actions that help mitigate landslide activity. We encourage Council and Staff to include this as an important and a useful strategy to assist in stabilizing areas within the greater landslide complex, including areas outside of the EIR project footprint in the Filiorum Reserve, Wildlife Corridor and Abalone Cove lands. Landscape restoration plans are shovel ready for immediate implementation today once City approvals are issued, and should be considered a part of the "toolbox" the City utilizes for mitigating landslide movement over the long term throughout the landslide complex. Regarding the ongoing Portuguese Bend Landslide Remediation Project, we are heartened that the staff report recognizes that proceeding with finalizing the designs and adopting the EIR "do not preclude the ability to make modifications to the project based on a concurrent analysis of options to reduce environmental impacts of the project, particularly the flow reduction area." While the Conservancy recognizes and appreciates the community's interest in expediting the design and environmental review process, we also believe it is important to keep in mind the public comments made in response to the Draft EIR dated April 2023, which offer viable alternatives, suggest setting realistic expectations regarding habitat remediation potential for the various project elements, support project compliance with NCCP/HCP protocols, and safeguard natural resources to the extent practicable. The various Draft EIR comments identify elements of the project that can and should be adjusted in an ongoing way throughout final design, as contemplated in the City's expedited approach, in order to achieve a balanced, effective project design. Sincerely, Adrienne Mohan Executive Director CC: Ara Mihranian Ramzi Awaad 61 18 PALOS VERDES DRIVE SOUTH, RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA 90275 T 310.541.7613 WWW.PVPLC.ORG Subject: FW: Statement Southern California Edison for Item #2/ Portuguese Bend Landslide Report From: Celina Luna <CELINA.LUNA@SCE.COM> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 2:54 PM To: Teresa Takaoka <TeriT@rpvca.gov> Cc: Ara Mihranian <AraM@rpvca.gov>; John Cruikshank <John.Cruikshank@rpvca.gov>; Paul Seo <paul.seo@rpvca.gov>; Eric Alegria <Eric.Alegria@rpvca.gov>; Barbara Ferraro <barbara.ferraro@rpvca.gov>; David Bradley <david.bradley@rpvca.gov>; Jesse Villalpando <jvillalpando@rpvca.gov> Subject: Statement Southern California Edison for Item #2/ Portuguese Bend Landslide Report Dear City Clerk Takaoka: Can you please read the following statement at the Council meeting this evening for Item #2, Consideration and possible action to receive a status report on the Portuguese Bend Landslide Remediation, on behalf of Southern California Edison. The following statement is from Celina Luna, Interim Government Relations Manager, Southern California Edison. Dear Mayor Cruikshank and members of the City Council- At Southern California Edison, one of our core values is safety. Fifteen million Californians count on us for electricity 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and we're committed to delivering it safely and reliably. On a daily basis, we plan, prepare and are ready to respond to emergent issues at a moment's notice. We want to thank the first responders, city and utility workers who have been working tirelessly to prioritize safety in the landslide complex area. We appreciate the ongoing efforts of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes to address safety concerns for their residents and visitors by seeking an emergency declaration from federal and state officials. This winter season has brought unprecedented moisture to the Palos Verdes Peninsula and it is imperative that swift action is sought to protect lives and limit any potential damage. Southern California Edison has already de-energized and is expediting removal of 45 power poles throughout the greater landslide complex area. We look forward to continuing to work together to improve the safety for residents, visitors and our employees. Please continue to count on Southern California Edison to ensure safety is at the forefront of all of our actions. Regards, Celina Celina Luna Government Relations Manager Local Public Affairs 1 T. 626-302-5040 I PAX. 25040 I M. 213-523-8344 I Email. celina.luna@sce.com 2 Subject: FW: Tonights Agenda From: TD <tduvernet@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 10:26 AM To: CC <CC@rpvca.gov> Subject: Tonights Agenda Hello, I'll be attending tonight's meeting via zoom. My family and I live in the Seaview track so of course we are deeply concerned about the issues with land movement in our community. I know that everyone is working diligently towards resolution and I would like to add one suggestion if I may. As you know, the movement of PV Drive South at the Portuguese Bend is much more frequent than it has been in past years, and more severe. I suggest that until this issue is under control weight restrictions on this road be introduced and enforced. Tractor trailers, heavy equipment haulers, bobtails, etc frequent this road substantially more than in the past. Trucks delivering to Terranea can access through Hawthorne Blvd., and trucks delivering to Trump golf course can access from Western. There is absolutely no reason for them to be on this highly fragile section of road. Thank you and I hope that we as a community will find resolve quickly and safely. --Tracy DuVernet Tracy DuVernet Fine Art Services llC 310.940.4650 1 Subject: FW: Input for Council Meeting tonight From: Teresa Takaoka <TeriT@rpvca.gov> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 10:26 AM To: fjsmalling@aol.com; CityClerk <CityClerk@rpvca.gov> Subject: RE: Input for Council Meeting tonight Good morning, Staff will include this information as late correspondence for tonight's City Council meeting. Thank you. /o: ' 19 73 -'1. 0 --~"'"' Teresa Takaoka City Clerk terit@rpvca.gov Phone -{310) 544-5217 Address: 30940 Hawthorne Blvd. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 Website: www.rpvca.gov ~ GETITON ,:""'-Google Play Thi'; e nk!il rrr'SScl(Je contains information belonging to the City of Rancho Palos V(!rdes, which rmy be privileged, cor/ic':,r,liai, and/or pro\(:cteci frorn disciost.we. The, information rs intended only fo1· use nf the individual or ent.,ty :,;;rne<I. Unauthorized dissernin,1tion, distr·ibution, or copying is strictly prohibited. lf you rec(!ived this ernaii in en-or, or ,it'C' not ,m :nlcnciccl recipient, please notify the s,0 ndcr irrnncd:ately. Thank you for your assist,mce ancl coop<,ra\irn1. From: fjsmalling@aol.com <fjsmalling@aol.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 10:10 AM To: CityClerk <CityClerk@rpvca.gov> Subject: Input for Council Meeting tonight Can you help me get my message properly submitted as input for tonight's city council meeting? I am both attaching it and copying is below. Thank you, Julie Smalling 4232 Exultant Dr., RPV 31 0-541-1654 fjsmalling@aol.com 1 February 20, 2024 To the Rancho Palos Verdes City Council RE: Feb. 20, 2024 City Council Meeting, Agenda Item #2 Land movement emergency in SeaView Neighborhood We want to urge the RPV city council to take all possible action as quickly as possible to mitigate the land movement in the Klondike Canyon Landslide. We live on Exultant Drive, ten houses from the Dauntless corner where the damage is most severe. We are deeply concerned for our friends and their homes on the corner, for ourselves and for the whole SeaView neighborhood. Please use all means at your disposal to take the measures that will slow the land movement and additionally use your influence on other agencies (cities, utilities, landslide boards) to act in concert with you. The corrective measures are known and documented and include more dewatering wells and diverting sources of water from rainfall and from uphill neighborhoods. Please do not wait for the "ultimate emergency" of collapsed homes, interrupted utilities, and impassable roads as it can be prevented if steps are taken now with the greatest of urgency. Prevention is ultimately a lower cost approach than waiting for catastrophe. Thank you for your attention and actions so far in this matter. We ask that you direct your efforts into a solution to the current crisis with the utmost speed. Respectfully submitted, Julie & Fred Smalling 4232 Exultant Drive, RPV 310-541-1654 fjsmalling@aol.com 2 Subject: Please submit this as a public comment for the meeting tonight From: Larry Paul <lpaul@mac.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 12:33 PM To: Teresa Takaoka <TeriT@rpvca.gov> Cc: CityClerk <CityClerk@rpvca.gov>; Ara Mihranian <AraM@rpvca.gov>; Ramzi Awwad <rawwad@rpvca.gov> Subject: Edited words: (was Re: Please submit this as a public comment for the meeting tonight) This correspondence is solely focused on "where do we go from here", not how did we get here. While movement of main Portuguese Bend slide area is a contributing factor, it is believed that good drainage of the Klondike Canyon prevents water from getting into the subterranean bentonite layer under western SeaView and PBC - the source of the movement. The Sea View community was built with a reasonable storm drain system, but I can't say the same for the balance of the Klondike Canyon or the hillside directly above Sea View (much of which at the western edge is compromised and is now covered with tarps to try to limit further damage). The primary sources of water in the peninsula are from both man-made delivery systems (CalWater) and rainwater. Damage to sewer lines also contributes to ground water, and while this is bad, it is my understanding that this is not believed to be a major contributor. Cal Water is actively developing plans to replace aging pipes in SeaView and has re-routed water lines above ground as well as routing the water entering SeaView. Challenges outside of RPV: Unfortunately, the vast majority of water fed to homes in Rolling Hills starts the journey down the canyon underground from septic systems as they have no sewers. While some of that may trickle to the surface in the canyon, most of it stays underground. A larger concern to me at this point is there is no storm drain system in Rolling Hills surrounding the Klondike Canyon. All of that water that has been both naturally flowing from rainfall and directed and diverted from roads and homes surrounding the canyon flows directly into the ever more compromised Klondike Canyon structure that has now fracturing for decades. This further enables water from the surface to enter directly into the sub surface layers-exactly where we don't want it to be. A great deal of work was done in the early 80s to add a 48" drainpipe to connect the portion of the Klondike Canyon from PV Drive South to the ocean and I understand this work has greatly contributed to slowing the movement in Sea View, but now that drainage is not doing much as the majority of the water never gets to this pipe. My estimate is about 189 acres of land in Rolling Hills that directly feed the Klondike Canyon with both septic runoff from homes and very significantly storm drain runoff. This directs many 10s of millions of gallons into the canyon when we have significant rainfall as we have seen since last winter. The ask: We desperately need RPV to be our advocate and work with the city of Rolling Hills and LA County Public Works that approves "improvements" within Rolling Hills to compel them to urgently install a drainage system that will catch a large portion of the rainfall and directs It to the 1 RPV storm drains where it can go direct!~ to the ocea""J. , We also need RPV to build appropriate drainage from the hill behind western SeaView that drains that water to storm drains either in SeaView or directly to the 48" pipe that drains to the ocean. We also need RPV to build appropriately sized drainage pipes in the Klondike Canyon that extends to the border of Rolling Hills. In addition, there needs to be study of the pump and drainage systems at PBC. The outlets from the storm drains and pumps are often plugged with most every storm surge. Water that is being pumped out often overflows on the beach and does not make it directly to the ocean and also causes flooding at the beach. All of this requires urgent action by RPV to work with and implement solutions and with Rolling Hills, LA County as well as Sacramento and Washington DC. Thank you, Larry Paul 2 From: Sent: To: Diane Stewart <dianerenestewart@gmail.com> Tuesday, February 20, 2024 1 :25 PM CityClerk Subject: Fwd: Klondike Canyon Slide Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Diane Stewart <dianerenestewart@gmail.com> Date: February 20, 2024 at 1 :04: 19 PM PST To: john.cruikshank@rpvca.gov, eric.alegria@rpvca.gov, david.bradley@rpvca.gov, barbara.ferraro@rpvca.gov, paul.seo@rpvca.gov Subject: Klondike Canyon Slide Dear Rancho Palos Verdes Council Members: I live at 4194 Maritime Road in the Portuguese Bend Beach Club. I have lived here since 1973. My house was moved up from the original slide in 1959. We have known about earth movements in Seaview and the Portuguese Bend Club for six months. It is time the City of Rancho Palos Verdes designates a Slide Management team to run this project. We can't wait any longer to have Gavin Newsom declare a State of Emergency. It needs to be declared now. We need a delegation to go to Sacramento, like City Councilman John Mc Taggart headed up many years ago, and make our suffering known! What is the City doing to involve the governor? Where is Janice Hahn, our L.A. County Supervisor, and what is she doing to make everyone who can help us made aware of the problem we face. Al Muratsuchi, our California Assemblyman and Ted Lieu, our United States Representative need to work on our behalf, as well. Who in the City is involved with their staffs, keeping them informed? 1 And finally, why haven't we heard from Rolling Hills? Not a peep. It is obvious to everyone they play a part in this acceleration of the Klondike Canyon Slide. The sooner we get them to cooperate the sooner we resolve the issues Rolling Hills plays in the bigger picture. Sincerely, Diane Stewart 2 From: Sent: To: Subject: Merrihew, Carrie <clm6039@lausd.net> Tuesday, February 20, 2024 1 :58 PM CityClerk Agenda Item #2 -City Council Meeting Some people who received this message don't often get email from clm6039@lausd.net. Learn why this is important February 20, 2024 To the Rancho Palos Verdes City Council RE: Land movement emergency in Sea View Neighborhood We want to urge the RPV city council to take all possible action as quickly as possible to mitigate the land movement in the Klondike Canyon Landslide. We live on Exultant Drive, six houses from the Dauntless corner where the damage is most severe. We are deeply concerned for our friends and their homes on the corner, for ourselves and for the whole Sea View neighborhood. Please use all means at your disposal to take the measures that will slow the land movement and additionally use your influence on other agencies (cities, utilities, landslide boards) to act in concert with you. The corrective measures are known and documented and include more dewatering wells and diverting sources of water from rainfall and from uphill neighborhoods. Please do not wait for the "ultimate emergency" of collapsed homes, interrupted utilities, and impassable roads as it can be prevented if steps are taken now with the greatest of urgency. Prevention is ultimately a lower cost approach than waiting for catastrophe. Thank you for your attention and actions so far in this matter. We ask that you direct your efforts into a solution to the current crisis. Sincerely, Robert & Carrie Merrihew 4258 Exultant Drive 1 From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Eva Albuja <sbpropertyadvisors@gmail.com> Tuesday, February 20, 2024 3:05 PM Enyssa Sisson CityClerk Comment for city meeting [Some people who received this message don't often get email from sbpropertyadvisors@gmail.com. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderldentification ] EXTERNAL EMAIL: Do not click links or open any attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe!!!. Please read this during the city meeting tonight for agenda item 2 Hello Mayor, City Council and City Managers, My name is Tony Buesing and I own a home on Exultant Drive since 2001. I am not happy with the current management of the landslide. We have no professional engineers that understand storm drainage management. We need to hire a full time hydrologist and engineer to stop the water trespass into the canyons. We need 10 wells in the next two months. We need to slow the slide and your current actions do no show technical knowledge of how so slow the slide. You are winging the situation and all my neighbors are upset and are in danger of loosing their homes. We need professional teams not geologists telling us we are moving. We know the land is moving. Stop wasting time on the obvious things and start making solid plans of hiring an engineer full time. Thank you Tony Buesing. Sent from my iPhone 1 From: Sent: To: Subject: Terry Canfield <td3harris@gmail.com> Tuesday, February 20, 2024 3:54 PM CityClerk For City Council in connection with 2/20/2024 Meeting--RPV land movement & Palos Verdes Drive South To: Rancho Palos Verdes City Council for consideration in connection with Agenda 2/PV Dr. South during meeting on 2/20/2024: We are homeowners in Ladera Linda, the neighborhood just south of Seaview, off Palos Verdes Drive South at Forrestal Drive. Our neighborhood abuts the Forrestal Preserve. Like others, we are concerned about the rapid movement of land in and around the landslide complex near us, the already devastating effects to homes and streets in Seaview and Portuguese Bend, and the seemingly continued encroachment of the effects of the slide in all directions. We are directly affected by the dangerous condition of PV Dr South, a main Peninsula thoroughfare that we use on a near daily basis. We appreciate efforts to repair the road in the past, but the work-for decades-has always appeared to be a 'bandaid.' Our experience regularly driving on PV Drive South is that a repair one day doesn't necessarily translate to a fix for the next day, or prevent an entirely new breach or buckling in another section of road. PV Drive South is so unpredictable and unsafe that we have to warn each other and family members ahead about the road, particularly when driving at night. You shouldn't have to feel this way as you go about your daily living. We believe this road is a catastrophe waiting to happen. We don't know what the solution is, but something further needs to be done asap. Thank you, Ann Canfield & Richard Harris 1 From: Sent: To: Subject: David Roth <rothphoto@mac.com> Tuesday, February 20, 2024 4:01 PM CityClerk Public Participation 2/20/24 Here is our written statement to be read at tonights meeting for Agenda Item #2 I filled out the participation form on line. Thank you. STATEMENT BY SHELLY AND DAVID ROTH, EXULTANT DRIVE, SEAVIEW, RPV We are quarter-century residents of Seaview. We have raised our family and formed community here. We consider our home an investment and legacy to pass on to our children. While we are well aware of the geological history of the Palos Verdes peninsula, the recent movement of Klondike Canyon as well as the Portuguese Bend and Abalone Cove complexes is unprecedented and requires immediate action. This physical land movement is resulting in homes in Seaview literally being broken apart, with the neighborhood's roads buckling and heaving. Perhaps even more upsetting are the emotional manifestations of this disastrous situation: anxiety, apprehension, and loss of sleep. Every day, we in Seaview awaken to the ground literally shifting beneath our feet. The residents of the Seaview neighborhood have asked for and deserve an immediate, thorough, and binding third-party investigation into the source and cause of the extraordinary land movement that is destroying our homes. Without such a comprehensive plan, we can anticipate years of finger-pointing and inaction between multiple mu~icipalities and servicing utilities -without J resolution and financial recompense for the diminution of value of residents' homes, whether they have been lightly damaged or red-tagged. The term "remediation" is Latin for, "the process of healing, to treat successfully, to cure." Seaview's residents deserve an immediate, actionable plan for remediation -both of the land surrounding our homes as well as the diminished value of our damaged properties. We request a State of Emergency to be declared by Governor Newsom for the City of Rancho Palos Verdes. We require State and Federal emergency funding to address the current situation and prevent the full collapse of the landslide complex. Were this horrible eventuality to happen, it could result in the red-tagging of dozens, if not hundreds, of homes, as well as potentially severing the main traffic artery of Palos Verdes Drive South. Immediate action should include upgrades to the water management infrastructure, including water lines in the Seaview area, as well as storm drains from the top of Klondike Canyon that will route runoff into municipal drains and thus minimize water intrusion into fissures. This is the bare minimum that the cities of Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills, and the state of California, should be doing for its residents and constituents. We respectfully ask that action on these above points to be taken immediately. Thank you. David & Shelly Roth 2 TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: v.,, .p<l "' CITY OF ~ RANCHO PALOS VERDES HONORABLE MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CITY CLERK FEBRUARY 19, 2024 ADDITIONS/REVISIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA Attached are revisions/additions and/or amendments to the agenda material received through Monday afternoon for the Tuesday, February 20, 2024, City Council meeting: Item No. 2 3 Description of Material Email exchange between City Manager Mihranian and Don Bell Updates to Attachment D (Quote -Updated Issued to Name and Project) Respectfully submitted, ~~ TereaTakaoka L:ILATE CORRESPONDENCE\2024\2024 Coversheets\20240220 additions revisions to agenda thru Monday .docx Subject: FW: Land Movement Update From: Donald Bell <dwbrpv@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2024 11:40 PM To: Ara Mihranian <AraM@rpvca.gov> Cc: Home Bell <dwbrpv@gmail.com>; CC <CC@rpvca.gov>; PublicWorks <PublicWorks@rpvca.gov>; John Cruikshank <John.Cruikshank@rpvca.gov>; Eric Alegria <Eric.Alegria@rpvca.gov>; Ramzi Awwad <rawwad@rpvca.gov>; Herb Stark <ptl7stearman@gmail.com>; Mickey Radich <mickeyrodich@gmail.com>; Jack Fleming <JackFlemingRealEstate@gmail.com>; Eliot Levy <elliotlevy@gmail.com>; Diane Mills <dianebmills@gmail.com>; Kenneth Dyda <cprotem73@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Land Movement Update [Some people who received this message don't often get email from.dwb.rp'L@gmail.com. Learn why this is important at _https:/ /aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderldentification] EXTERNAL EMAIL: Do not click links or open any attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe!!!. Hi Ara I applaud the actions that you are taking. Let us have crossed fingers that by declaring an emergency that progress can actually begin to significantly impact the slide. And you are able to get millions of dollars moving into boots on the ground. I listened to the February 6 meeting closely and was not encouraged by the geologist report. Your reference to the meeting comments are accurate. At the February 6 meeting, I think I understood Ramzi asking if he was to return with more environmental details. simply anticipated that this would be a hot topic of discussion for there has been a very long paperwork blockage of getting all aspects lined up to just get started on what I hope is a successful plan. Just a shame that the delays have seemingly made it possible for mother nature to rain and rain more on the terrain and caused area requiring mitigation to grow significantly. In a similar fashion, the original geologic surface reference points are now insufficient to reflect scope of the risk. I don't know details but do recall an earlier significant PVDS surface repair cycle when the road was getting very bad, very often. There was a radical plan initiated, passed by council, contracts awarded and much of the road was relocated upslope and inland. This resolved the road condition for years (at that time there were working dewatering wells and other elements included). I hope something like that is in planning stages now so funds can be requested. Similar out of the box thinking if I had to do it would involve thinking East to West: starting at Schooner and continue to the top of the ski slope past Peppertree excavate at each visible surface fissure down three feet and fill a flexible pavement concept block with an aggregate topped with layers of asphalt (yes there are a lot of fissures that have to be mitigated), realign the road so it returns to the alignment created by the prior major project, conduct major fills and road surface elevation to remove the giant dips, at the West end ski slope begin to excavate just East of Narcissa to remove the top of the "jump" and level it to the end of Peppertree. How to keep the road open during construction will be a challenge. Of course this is going to cost millions but you are already spending millions and nothing is 1 surviving. Maybe some of the construction techniques of fill, drainage, and surface materials being used at the Big Sur Paul's Slide could be used here? Herb Stark suggested a construction technique called Marston Mats that would be a step up from the inflexible asphalt. Roads are built to deal with frost, over swamps, and other inferior terrain. Our problem should be solvable. Thanks for your response -I will write to some of the politicians. If you have any specific individuals in mind past Hahn, Lieu, Schiff, and Newsom let me know. Maybe add their names and address to the Land Movement Update report to get some more participation. Concerned, Don Bell Ladera Linda > On Feb 15, 2024, at 8:27 PM, Ara Mihranian <AraM@rpvca.gov> wrote: > > Hi Don, > > To say I have a real problem on my hands is an understatement. > > In case you missed it, on October 3, 2023, the City Council proclaimed a local state of emergency-this is a first, to my knowledge, in the City's 50 years. > We don't have a problem, we are in a crisis. > > I am not sure where you got your information that the City Council will be considering the "environmental impacts" of the landslide at Tuesday's meeting, when the February 20 City Council Staff Report with all the pertinent information has not published yet. It will publish later this evening as I finalize the edits. > > I truly do appreciate and respect your concerns, but this is not time to criticize anyone. The community needs to be working together to re mediate the imminent threat to public life and property, and that is exactly how we at the City view this crisis. >Tobe honest, using a inSAR monitoring system is not going to slow down the landslide. The GPS monitoring points and the frequent measurements we have been taking over the past few months clearly points to the fact that the land is moving at an unprecedented rate. To take language directly from the February 20 City Council Staff Report that has yet to be published (you are getting a sneak peek), this is what the City Geologist actually said at the February 6 City Council meeting: > > During the February 6, 2024 City Council meeting, the City Geologist, Mike Phipps of Cotton, Shires, and Associates, Inc., presented the results of his observations of recent conditions in the Landslide Complex. The City Geologist stated that: > * Accelerated ground movement occurred throughout the Landslide Complex during and following the 2022-23 rainy season which was more than 220% of the historical average rainfall. > * The most recent GPS monitoring survey on January 13, 2024 showed that average land movement velocities within the Landslide Complex between October 1 o, 2023 to January 13, 2024 accelerated by a factor of three to four times compared to the previous 12 months (October 2022 -October 2023). In other words, the total movement between October 2023 to Jan 2024 is approximately the same as (and in some cases more than) the total movement over the previous entire year. > * Field mapping and GPS monitoring data shows that a large portion of the Landslide Complex above the historically mapped historical boundaries of the Abalone Cove Landslide (AGL), Portuguese Bend Landslide (PBL) and Klondike Canyon Landslide (KCL) is now involved in movement of a magnitude not previously observed or documented in the Landslide Complex north of the AGL, PBL, and KCL. 2 > * Total landslide movements in the upper ancient landslide area is significant and greatly exceeds what has been observed historically. A sample of monitoring points shows approximately a 9-fold increase in total land movement on an annualized basis. > * Movement continues to manifest at the ground surface in the form of landslide scarps, fissures, grabens/sinkholes, tensional cracking, and shear zones. > * Significant active landslide movement that is impacting trails, roads, and private property; and continues to have the potential to impact above and below ground utility infrastructure (i.e., utility lines, sewer lines, gas lines, water lines, communication lines, etc.). > * Many Eight miles of trails have been closed as a result of landslide movements causing unsafe or unmanageable conditions. > > We all drive PVDS and know firsthand what is happening to the road. In fact, the City has been saying to our county, state, and federal officials that the road is sitting on wet soil and is likely to go if we cannot implement immediate measures to stabilize the landslide. Requesting that Public Works repair the road immediatley will not improve its driveability. In all honesty, it is because of the subsidence that is occuring under the asphalt of the road. As I decribed it earlier this week to the Governor's office and other state and federal representatives, the slope of the road is dropping at an angle that will likely cause a vehicle to bottom out eventaully resulting in the road closure -which is an emergency evacuation route for the south part of the City. > > To truly slow down the land movement, water needs to be removed from the equation, and the ongoing atmospheric rain events in the forecast is not helping which is why the City Council will be requesting the Governor declare a state of emergency by invoking his emergency powers and asking the President to declare a federal distater to bring added resources and funding to the City and the two Geologic Hazard Abatement Districts via FEMA. Such action will allow the following measures to occur sooner than later: > > * Infill surface fractures (fissures) to prevent storm water runoff from easily becoming part of groundwater. > * Install surface drainage systems, including natural swales, to convey storm water runoff to the ocean and prevent it from becoming part of the groundwater. > * Install hydraugers to extract underground artesian water and reduce pressure to slow down landslide movement. > > If you want to help the cause and slow down the.landslide, please write your county, state and federal officials stressing the dire situation we are in and requesting their immediate assistance. > Let's work together on solving this massive crisis for the City and the Palos Verdes Peninsula. > > Best, > Ara > > -----Original Message----- > From: Donald Bell <dwbrpv@gmail.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2024 11 :46 AM > To: Ara Mihranian <AraM@rpvca.go.y> > Cc: Home Bell <dwbrpv@gmail.com>; CC <CC@rpvca.gov>; PublicWorks <PublicWorks@rpvca.gov>; John Cruikshank <John.Cruikshank@rpvca.gov>; Eric Alegria <Eric.Alegria@rpvca.gov>; Ramzi Awwad <rawwad@rpvca.gD'L>; Herb Stark <pt17stearman@gmail.com>; Mickey Rodi ch <mickeyrodich@gmail.com>; Jack Fleming <JackFlemingRealEstate@gmail.com>; Eliot Levy <elliotlevy@gmail.com>; Diane Mills <dianebmills@gmail.com>; Kenneth Dyda <cprotem73@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Land Movement Update > > [Some people who received this message don't often get email from dw.brpv@gmail.com. Learn why this is important athttps://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderldentification] > 3 > EXTERNAL EMAIL: Do not click links or open any attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe!!!. > > > Hi Ara, > > As we await another round of potentially significant rain, I remain concerned that the cc and Staff are failing to respond to a clear and present danger of a historic landmass failure. An agenda item for the next cc meeting dwells on the environmental aspects of the long delayed mitigation plan. That should be judged as ancient history for the current situation is far different. Yet there is no requirement for the city geologist to provide you with any specific measurements of actual recent movement? All it takes is to drive like you desire your car to be destroyed along PVDS to know that things are happening faster than ever. You should be requiring staff to provide a recommended real time monitoring system through use of inSAR technology so you have a handle on what is taking place and where. > >Andon a personal level, I would like to have Public Works accelerate the repairs to PVDS sooner rather than later. (Sooner means before cars are being damaged.) The road condition on Wednesday was a real public safety threat not to mention the impact on our vehicles. PW seems to be adhering to a repair schedule like it used to be. I suggest they need to get major repairs scheduled weekly. > > Just remember that in the estimated 750 acre Portuguese Bend landslide drainage that one single inch of rainfall will add ((750x43,560x62.41 )/2000) slightly over ONE MILLION TONS of water weight into the area. What does the city Geologist believe happens to the risk of a massive failure by every inch of rain? Does he remain positive that it will remain a slow moving threat? Or will not expand its area of surface exposure? How fast are the toes of the three areas moving? > > You have a real problem on your hands. It is not going to go away and may not wait until the plans made last year get into motion. And maybe those delayed plans have to be scrapped for the circumstances are much different (covers wider area, contains much more water, and the deformation is occurring faster than contemplated). > > Concerned, > Don Bell > Ladera Linda > > > > > > > 4 Subject: FW: Land Movement Update From: Donald Bell <dwbrpv@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2024 12:17 PM To: Ara Mihranian <AraM@rpvca.gov> Cc: Home Bell <dwbrpv@gmail.com>; CC <CC@rpvca.gov>; PublicWorks <PublicWorks@rpvca.gov>; John Cruikshank <John.Cruikshank@rpvca.gov>; Eric Alegria <Eric.Alegria@rpvca.gov>; Ramzi Awwad <rawwad@rpvca.gov>; Herb Stark <pt17stearman@gmail.com>; Mickey Radich <mickeyrodich@gmail.com>; Jack Fleming <JackFlemingRealEstate@gmail.com>; Eliot Levy <elliotlevy@gmail.com>; Diane Mills <dianebmills@gmail.com>; Kenneth Dyda <cprotem73@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Land Movement Update Some people who received this message don't often get email from dwbrpv@gmail.com. Learn why this is important correction -the million tons is if we get 12" One inch is only 84,955 tons -in perspective that is only 6,068 14 ton dump truck loads. Don On Feb 15, 2024, at 11:46 AM, Donald Bell <dwbrpv@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Ara, As we await another round of potentially significant rain, I remain concerned that the CC and Staff are failing to respond to a clear and present danger of a historic landmass failure. An agenda item for the next CC meeting dwells on the environmental aspects of the long delayed mitigation plan. That should be judged as ancient history for the current situation is far different. Yet there is no requirement for the city geologist to provide you with any specific measurements of actual recent movement? All it takes is to drive like you desire your car to be destroyed along PVDS to know that things are happening faster than ever. You should be requiring staff to provide a recommended real time monitoring system through use of inSAR technology so you have a handle on what is taking place and where. And on a personal level, I would like to have Public Works accelerate the repairs to PVDS sooner rather than later. (Sooner means before cars are being damaged.) The road condition on Wednesday was a real public safety threat not to mention the impact on our vehicles. PW seems to be adhering to a repair schedule like it used to be. I suggest they need to get major repairs scheduled weekly. Just remember that in the estimated 750 acre Portuguese Bend landslide drainage that one single inch of rainfall will add ((750x43,560x62.41)/2000) slightly over ONE MILLION TONS of water weight into the area. What does the city Geologist believe happens to the risk of a massive failure by every inch of rain? Does he remain positive that it will remain a slow moving threat? Or will not expand its area of surface exposure? How fast are the toes of the three areas moving? You have a real problem on your hands. It is not going to go away and may not wait until the plans made last year get into motion. And maybe those delayed plans have to be scrapped for the circumstances are much different (covers wider area, contains much more water, and the deformation 1 is occurring faster than contemplated). 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