San Ramon Canyon Stabilization Project Update Meeting

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The City of Rancho Palos Verdes Public Works Department is hosting an informational meeting for the public on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. to share the status of the San Ramon Canyon Stabilization Project now that field investigations are underway and alternatives are being studied. The meeting will take place at Miraleste Intermediate School, 29323 Palos Verdes Drive East, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275.

The Daily Breeze inadvertently printed the wrong meeting date in today's edition. The meeting is on Wednesday, July 21st, not today July 19Th. The remainder of the information is correct. We apologize for the confusion.

For More Information please visit the City’s website at www.palosverdes.com/rpv or contact RPV Public Works at: (310) 544-5253, Fax (310) 544-5292. RPV Website

Thank You.

RPV Public Works
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As far as we all should be concerned, the San Ramon Canyon Stabilization Project needs to remain on the front burner until we are all comfortable that there is zero chances that any piece of asphalt or guardrail along Palos Verdes Drive East has any possibility of falling into the canyon until 'H' 'E' 'double toothpicks' freezes over.

Land movement will always be a continuing problem in our city and this particular problem won't go away until some major steps are completed.

Having update meetings where the public can hear and speak is one way to move the issues forward towards eventual resolves.

Like the storm drain issues that found disaster in other canyon areas and like our 'old friend' the Portuguese Bend slide area, were are going to be connected at the hip with land slippage problems whether we like it or not and the San Ramon Canyon area is now the hot button we have to stop pushing towards the potential loss of a very important roadbed.

As long as our city sits on the type of ground it sits on and as long as The Hill continues to be a hill, we are not able to avoid and ignore simple truths that the ground moves and we must control that movement better to keep our city in reasonable working order and our residents in reasonable and realistic transportation options and safety concerns.

Not stabilizing San Ramon Canyon and the not working on the Tarapaca landslide area is something our city can no longer tolerate and none of our residents should tolerate it, either, I feel.

It is going to take money, but it is first going to take better understanding by all and more cooperation with other governmental entities and even some private landowners.

The uniqueness of what lies underneath parts of our city and the topography of parts of Rancho Palos Verdes mandate that our residents become more aware of the issues and how we all need to work better to keep our liabilities better in check.

I don't think the residents of all of Rancho Palos Verdes, even on the northwest and east sides wish to have our city government saddled with more dept due to lawsuits and payouts because of not dealing with land that moves when we don't want it to.

There are so many neighborhoods in Rancho Palos Verdes that have residents who could not care less about the area around San Ramon Canyon, P.V. Drive East, and parts of San Pedro.

To them it is out of sight and out of mind. We have seen and had our wallets and pocketbooks lose some funds because our residents looked the other way for far too long when not looking at storm drainage issues.

A great number of our city's residents have had their time and patience taken away from them when they were stuck in traffic along Western Avenue when storm drain failures caused massive transportation headaches.

We learned from years and years of inaction by previous City Councils that swept infrastructure issues under the table because of the wants by too many residents to keep those important issues from being dealt with when they should have been dealt with.

Now we have watched the Storm Drain fee increased and more dirt and debris has been delivered to 25Th Street and Palos Verdes Drive South. We continue to be required to pay for repairs on a 8/10 of a mile or roadway that moves faster than any other roadbed in the Western Hemisphere.

We are contending with dealing with land slippage that could cause a portion of Palos Verdes Drive East to break away from where it now lies and fall into the canyon, closing the very important route for who knows how long.

Whether we like it or not, the time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things and stabilizing the walls of San Ramon Canyon is just about the most important issues we must deal with in Rancho Palos Verdes.

It is important now and for the future of our residents, neighborhoods, and city.