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9. RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LOS\nANGELES HARBOR DEPARTMENT AND KNIGHT COMMUNICATIONS, INC. FOR\nMAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT FOR THE PORT POLICE COMMUNICATIONS\nSYSTEMS\nSummary: Staff requests approval to enter into an Agreement with Knight Communications, Inc.,\nto provide maintenance and support services twenty-four hours per day, seven days a week for\nthe City of Los Angeles Harbor Department Port Police Communications Systems. The\nrecommendation to select Knight is based on a competitive Request for Proposal process\nperformed by the Harbor Department. The proposed Agreement has a three-year term and a\nnot-to-exceed compensation amount of $5,765,000. The payment of expenditures incurred\nunder the proposed Agreement are the financial responsibility of the Harbor Department.\nRecommendation: Board resolve to (1) find that the Director of Environmental Management has\ndetermined that the proposed action is administratively and categorically exempt from the\nrequirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Article II Section 2(f)\nand Article III Class 1(2) of the Los Angeles City CEQA Guidelines; (2) find that in accordance\nwith the Los Angeles City Charter Section 1022, it is more feasible for outside contractors to\nperform this work than City employees; (3) approve the Agreement with Knight for a duration of\nthree years and a not-to-exceed compensation amount of $5,765,000; (4) authorize the\nExecutive Director to execute and the Board Secretary to attest to the said Agreement for and\non behalf of the Board; and (5) adopt Resolution No.___________.