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PUBLIC USE MASTER PLAN (PUMP)

PORTUGUESE BEND RESERVE (formerly known as Canyons Reserve)- TEMPORARY TIME-OUT ON TRAIL USE

On November 20, 2007, the City Council established a temporary time-out on trail uses within the Portuguese Bend Reserve to allow the re-establishment of the protected habitat in this area. The temporary time-out restricts access by all user groups (pedestrians, equestrians, and bicyclists) to certain areas within the Portuguese Bend Reserve with the exception of the fire roads and the area adjacent to the Forrestal Reserve.  Click here to view a map of the trails currently permitted to use at the Portuguese Bend Reserve.   The temporary time-out will be in effect until early Summer 2008 unless otherwise noted by the City. 

CLICK HERE to view a map of the permitted trails at the Canyons ER

 APRIL 15, 2008 CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON THE PRESERVE TRAILS PLAN

The City Council conducted an adjourned meeting on Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. at the Point Vicente Interpretive Center Community Room located at 31501 Palos Verdes Drive West to review and consider the Public Use Master Plan (PUMP) Committee’s recommended Preserve Trails Plan for the City’s Natural Communities Conservation Plan’s (NCCP) Palos Verdes Nature Preserve.  The proposed Preserve Trails Plan considered by the City Council identified the recommended trail routes and trail uses (pedestrian, equestrian, and bicycle) for the greater Palos Verdes Nature Preserve.  The Council completed its review of 5 of the 10 sub-areas that make up the Preserve and continued the item to its March 18, 2008 meeting.  On March 18, 2008, the City Council approved the trails plan for the Forrestal Reserve and continued the hearing.   The Council will review and consider the trails plan for the following remaining reserves at its upcoming April 15th meeting. Abalone Cove, Three Sisters, San Ramon, and the Ocean Trails.  The Council will also review and consider the trail routes within the Preserve that are to be identified as part of the City’s Palos Verdes Loop Trail System and the City’s Coastal Access Trail System.  Click here to view the April 15, 2008 City Council Staff Report.

CLICK HERE to view the PUMP Committee’s recommended Preserve Trails Plan, as modified to reflect the Council’s and March 18, approvals.

CLICK HERE to view the February 23, 2008 City Council Staff Report on the Preserve Trails Plan for the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve.

CLICK HERE to view the March 18, 2008 City Council Staff Report on the Preserve Trails Plan for the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve.

THE PUMP COMPONENT OF THE VISION PLAN

The Vision Plan also includes the creation of the Public Use Master Plan (PUMP) for the Portuguese Bend Nature Preserve. Click here for a map of the Preserve properties. The current Preserve consists of the following City owned properties:

  • Shoreline Park (52 acres)
  • The Switchbacks parcel (94 acres)
  • The Trump habitat preserve (71 acres)
  • The Forrestal Nature Preserve (154 acres)
  • The Portuguese Bend parcel (399 acres)
  • The coastal Abalone Cove and adjoining RDA parcels (110 acres)
  • The Barkentine parcel (98 acres)
  • The Fishing Access parcel (9 acres)
  • Portions of Lower and Upper Pt. Vicente (60 acres)
  • The Oceanfront habitat preserve (69 acres)
  • Agua Amarga Canyon (39 acres)
  • Portions of the Crestridge parcel (13 acres)
  • PVPLC owned Lunada Canyon (20 acres)

In accordance with the City’s NCCP, the PUMP must be prepared and submitted to the resource agencies within 2 years of the NCCP Implementing Agreement being signed by all parties. Preparation of the PUMP will be a major undertaking and the financial assistance provided by the Annenberg grant will be invaluable for completing the PUMP within the required time line.

PUMP Steering Committee

To assist with development of the PUMP, a PUMP steering committee was appointed by the City Council on June 6, 2006. The PUMP Committee consists of the following 16 community members who bring various points of view to the committee.

Donald Bell
Arlene Block
Barry Bonnickson
Troy Braswell
Eva Cicoria
Al Edgerton
Marc Jacobowitz
Cassie Jones
Gordon Leon
Vic Quirarte
Ann Shaw
John Stevens
Paul Tetreault
John Wessel
Bill James
Kurt Loheit – Ex Officio Advisory Member

The Overall Vision Plan/PUMP Preparation Process

Melendrez, a landscape architecture and urban planning firm with which the Annenberg Foundation has worked to implement many of its grants and projects, will be taking the lead with respect to integrating the existing planning documents, soliciting public input and working with the City/PVPLC staff to create the RPV Vision Plan. Melendrez will lead the planning process, with coordination and input provided by PVPLC and City staff and oversight provided by the City Council open space acquisition ad hoc subcommittee of Councilmen Clark and Stern. Click here to view a flow chart of the overall preparation process. Essentially, the planning process will involve the following steps:

Gathering Data Phase by Melendrez March 2006 to June 2006
Vision Plan Public Workshop No. 1 June 3, 2006
Creation of Vision Plan Alternatives June 2006 to Oct. 2006
Vision Plan Public Workshop No. 2 October 21, 2006
Preparation of PUMP by PUMP Committee June 2006 to Sept. 2007
Final Alternative Refinement Nov. 2006 to Sept. 2007
Merged Vision Plan/PUMP Public Workshop No. 3 Sept. 2007
Final Plan Creation Oct. 2007 to Dec. 2007
City Council Review/Adoption of Vision Plan/PUMP Jan. 2008
   


Current Status of Public Use Master Plan (PUMP)

The PUMP Committee has been meeting on a regular basis since its first meeting on July 12, 2006 to discuss public issues related to the Preserve, such as trail routes, trail uses, and trail amenities (trailheads, vista points, etc.). In order to facilitate the Committee’s discussion on the overall Preserve, sub-areas were identified by the Committee, referred to as “Reserves.” Click here to view a map of the “reserve” properties.



The Portuguese Bend Nature Preserve is comprised of the following ten (10) “reserves:”

  • Vista del Norte Reserve
  • Agua Amarga Reserve
  • Vicente Bluffs Reserve
  • Alta Vicente Reserve
  • Abalone Cove Reserve
  • Three Sisters Reserve
  • Portuguese Bend Reserve (formerly known as Canyons)
  • Forrestal Reserve
  • San Ramon Reserve
  • Ocean Trails Reserve

Thus far, the PUMP Committee has conceptually approved trail routes for each of the “reserves.” Click here to view the maps identifying the trail routes approved by the PUMP Committee. It should be noted that the trail routes are considered “conceptual” at this time because changes may occur as the Committee proceeds with its discussion on trail uses. Such changes may include adding, deleting or re-routing trails.



As of May 2, 2007, the PUMP Committee began to review trail uses for each of the “reserves.” The trail uses proposed by Staff for the Committee’s consideration are based on trail uses identified in the City’s Conceptual Trails Plan and other related documents and City policies. At this time, the PUMP Committee is reviewing the trail uses for the following “reserves:”



The trail uses being considered for the overall Palos Verdes Nature Preserve are as follows:

  • Pedestrian Only
  • Bicycle Only
  • Pedestrian / Equestrian
  • Pedestrian / Bicycle
  • Multipurpose (pedestrian, bicycle, and equestrian)

The PUMP Committee received presentations from the following groups regarding trail uses at the Portuguese Bend Reserve:

At its October 30, 2007 meeting, the PUMP Committee was asked to affirm the Final Draft Trails Network Plan for the eventual presentation to the public at an upcoming public meeting (not currently scheduled).  The Committee that evening did not affirm the Trails Use Map for the Portuguese Bend Reserve and requested that Staff bring back the proposals drafted by the two interest groups for consideration at the PUMP Committee’s upcoming November 7, 2007 meeting.  The presentations are as follows:

  • SUN’P (including the Short-Term and the Long-Term Proposals) click here.
  • CORBA-PV (Long-Term Proposal) click here.

On January 16, 2008, the PUMP Committee completed its recommended Trails Network Plan for the greater Palos Verdes Nature Preserve that will be forwarded to the City Council for its consideration.  The Preserve Trails Plan identifies the trail routes and trail uses recommended for the Preserve.  The City Council will review the PUMP Committee’s recommendation at its meeting scheduled for Saturday, February 23, 2008.  The City Council meeting will be held at the Point Vicente Interpretative Center at 9:30 a.m.  Further notification will be provided. Click here to view the Committee’s recommended Preserve Trails Plan.  Items not covered at the February 23rd meeting was continued to the Council’s upcoming March 18, 2008 meeting.   

Once the City Council has completed its review of the Committee’s recommended Preserve Trails Plan, the Committee will begin to review activities permitted within the Preserve and  trail amenities, including parking, trailhead features, signs, and vista points to name a few.

The PUMP Committee meetings are open to the public. The Committee generally meets once a month on Wednesday evenings at 7pm. The meetings are typically held in the Community Room at RPV City Hall (30940 Hawthorne Blvd.), unless otherwise noted. Click here to access the PUMP Committee tentative meeting calendar. If you would like to send any comments or correspondence to the PUMP committee, please send such information to planning@rpv.com. Staff will provide all such comments and correspondence to the PUMP committee at their monthly meetings.



For further information about the RPV Vision Plan and/or the PUMP Committee, please contact Ara Mihranian with the City of Rancho Palos Verdes at 310-544-5228 or via email at aram@rpv.com or Andrea Vona with the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy at 310-541-7613 or via email at avona@pvplc.org

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