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Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy Wildfire Community Lecture Information, November 17, 2009. Click here for information

The City of Rancho Palos Verdes has temporarily closed the Portuguese Bend Nature Reserve due to the wildfire that occurred on August 27th, 2009. At this time, the City is opening limited trails in the Portuguese Bend Reserve during the fire recovery period. Thank you for your cooperation during this fire recovery period.
PUBLIC USE MASTER PLAN (PUMP)

APRIL 7, 2009 City COUNCIL MEETING

The City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes will conduct a public meeting (regular business agenda item) on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. at the Hesse Park Community Room located at 29301 Hawthorne Blvd to consider the following:

  • The Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy 6-month report on trail use at the Portuguese Bend Reserve
  • The PUMP Committee’s recommendations pertaining to activities/uses (archery, paragliding, farming, etc.) in the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve
  • The items to be included in the final Public Use Master Plan document for adoption at a later date, such as use of the Preserve in the evening, annual reporting requirements, and monitoring and enforcement.   

All interested parties are invited to submit written comments and to attend and give testimony at the April 7th City Council Meeting.  If you wish to submit written comments, please provide them to the Director of Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement by noon on Monday, April 6, 2009.  Written comments submitted by Monday, March 30, 2009 will be included in the City Council Staff Report. 

CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED PRESERVE TRAILS PLAN

On February 23, 2008, the City Council conducted an adjourned meeting to review the Public Use Master Plan (PUMP) Committee’s recommended Preserve Trails Plan for the City’s Natural Communities Conservation Plan (NCCP) Palos Verdes Nature Preserve.  The City Council held four public meetings to review the PUMP Committee’s recommendations.  The Preserve Trails Plan was eventually adopted, in its entirety, by the City Council on April 29, 2008.  The Council adopted Preserve Trails Plan identifies the permitted trail routes and the permitted trail uses (pedestrian, equestrian, and bicycle) within the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve. Click here to view the Council adopted Preserve Trails Plan.

In order to enhance a trail users experience and protect the native plants, animals, and habitat, please observe the following:

  • Travel on designated trails and adhere to the trail use designations (as shown on the Preserve Trails Plan)
  • The creations of jumps and new trails is prohibited
  • Please keep dogs on leash at all times
  • Take only pictures, leave everything else

Trail modifications of any kind are not permitted in the Preserve.  This includes construction of jumps, wooden ladders, earthern mounds, formation of berms and brush clearance.  Trail users can balance preservation with recreation by staying on designated trails.  Bicyclists must yield to pedestrian and equestrian traffic at all times.  Reckless behavior by any trail user is subject to removal from the Preserve.   

PORTUGUESE BEND RESERVE – TEMPORARY TIME-OUT

On June 3, 2008, the City Council lifted the temporary time-out imposed on the Portuguese Bend Reserve in November 2007.  Click here to view the Portuguese Bend Reserve Trail Brochure.


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

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

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.

Quick Links

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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