Rambla Vista Slide Shows New Activity
• City Officials Say They Are Keeping
Watchful Eye on Bulge •
A Malibu city official said they are
keeping a cautious eye on what appears to be renewed slide
activity above Rambla Vista Road.
“It is moving a little bit,”
said Richard Calvin, who is the municipality’s public
works superintendent. “It is an ongoing
problem.”
Calvin said the slide has been covered to
keep out the rains, but the winds have ripped up the plastic
over the last several weeks and some water may have seeped into
the slide plane.
The short-term plan calls for keeping water
out of the slide area. “Over the last rain events there
might have been some saturation. It is bulging,” Calvin
acknowledged.
For the long-term, according to the
public works spokesperson, a grading plan has been submitted.
“I have not seen it yet, but the engineers have a
plan,” he added.
The slide has been an ongoing problem for
years while the city and the property owners worked out a
solution for the moving slide, much of which is on private
property.
Over a year ago, the city completed work on
a $1.4 million emergency fix to keep the toe of the slide
from moving onto Rambla Vista.
A debris wall was built and existing mud
and debris were removed.
During construction in 2006, the slide mass
began to move due to over saturated soil above the original
work zone. City officials were told that it would be necessary
to extend the debris wall by about 80 feet to protect public
facilities.
