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Agenda Item 8
8. RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT NOS. 22-\n9879 AND 22-9866 BETWEEN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES HARBOR DEPARTMENT\nAND WOOD ENVIRONMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS, INC. FOR\nCOMPANY NAME CHANGE TO WSP USA ENVIRONMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE,\nINC.\nSummary: Staff requests approval of the First Amendment to Agreement Nos. 22-9879 and 22-\n9866 to reflect a change to the consultant’s name from Wood Environment & Infrastructure\nSolutions, Inc. to WSP USA Environment & Infrastructure, Inc. Wood was awarded these\nagreements for a three-year term each to support the efforts of the Water Quality group in the\nEnvironmental Management Division. As of September 21, 2022, the company changed its\nname to reflect the acquisition by WSP Global, Inc. This action is solely administrative in nature\nto reflect the company name change. All other terms and conditions of the agreements remain\nunchanged. The City of Los Angeles Harbor Department will continue to be responsible for\nexpenses under these agreements.\nRecommendation: Board resolve to (1) find that the Director of Environmental Management has\ndetermined that the proposed action is administratively exempt from the requirements of the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Article II Section 2(f) of the Los Angeles City\nCEQA Guidelines; (2) approve the First Amendment to Agreement No. 22-9879 to reflect the\ncompany name change to WSP USA Environment & Infrastructure, Inc.; (3) approve the First\nAmendment to Agreement No. 22-9866 to reflect the company name change to WSP USA\nEnvironment & Infrastructure, Inc.; (4) authorize the Executive Director and the Board Secretary\nto execute and attest to said First Amendments for and on behalf of the Board; and (5) Adopt\nResolution No. __________.\nEnvironmental Management