City Council Meeting Highlights

Highlights from the July 16 City Council meeting:

• Rather than spending over $5 million on a major regrading project that would involve closing Palos Verdes Drive South for several weeks, the Council opted to continue making regular asphalt repairs to the steep section of the roadway between Narcissa and Peppertree Drives, also known as the “ski jump” while continuing to explore alternative engineering options.
• The ski jump spans two sub-slides in the Portuguese Bend Landslide complex that are pulling away from each other, causing cracks that have made the roadway more difficult to traverse and in need of frequent repairs. 
• The City will continue to regularly repair the roadway while awaiting landslide mitigation measures to significantly slow the landslide movement.
• The Council also voted not to charge property owners an assessment this year for the Citywide Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District due to sufficient funds and to provide relief to residents at a time when prices in various areas of the economy continue to rise.

For all City Council actions from the meeting, watch video at rpvca.gov/agendas.