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11. RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - APPROVAL OF UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT\nOF TRANSPORTATION FY20 PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM\nFUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES HARBOR\nDEPARTMENT AND UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION\nMARITIME ADMINISTRATION FOR THE STATE ROUTE 47 (SR-47)/VINCENT\nTHOMAS BRIDGE AND FRONT STREET/HARBOR BOULEVARD INTERCHANGE\nRECONFIGURATION PROJECT\nSummary: Staff requests the Board of Harbor Commissioners approve the Funding Agreement\nwith the United States Department of Transportation Maritime Administration for $9,880,000 of\nPort Infrastructure Development Program funds for the State Route 47/Vincent Thomas Bridge\nand Front Street/Harbor Boulevard Interchange Reconfiguration Project. If the FA is approved,\nstaff will transmit the executed FA to MARAD for final approval. The $9,880,000 PIDP grant\nrepresents approximately 14% of $70,163,000 in grants anticipated to be received in order to\ncomplete the Project. Of the $110,000,000 in estimated total Project costs, staff expects the\nHarbor Department to be financially responsible for $39,837,000 in costs, net of the anticipated\ngrant receipts.\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\nCity CEQA Guidelines; (2) approve the State Route 47/Vincent Thomas Bridge & Front\nSt./Harbor Blvd. Interchange Reconfiguration (Project) Funding Agreement with the United\nStates Department of Transportation Maritime Administration in substantial form as Transmittal\n1; (3) authorize the Executive Director to execute and the Board Secretary to attest to said\nagreement, for and on behalf of the Board; (4) authorize the Executive Director to execute any\nfuture Funding Agreement Amendments to account for revised project schedules, and/or\nreduced project costs, for and on behalf of the Board; and (5) adopt Resolution\nNo.____________.\nEngineering