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6. RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LOS\nANGELES HARBOR DEPARTMENT AND CANINE DEPLOYMENT STRATEGIES LLC\nTO PROVIDE K-9 TRAINING SERVICES ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS\nSummary: Staff requests approval of an Agreement with Canine Deployment Strategies LLC,\nLong Beach, CA, to provide professional services to maintain the patrol and narcotics/explosives\ndetection skills of its canines and their handlers through monthly training and certification. This\naction will authorize a one-year contract term with two, one-year renewal options for an amount\nnot to exceed Two Hundred Thirty Thousand Four Hundred Dollars. The City of Los Angeles\nHarbor Department will be financially responsible for payment of expenses incurred under the\nproposed Agreement.\nRecommendation: Board resolve to (1) find that the Director of Environmental Management has\ndetermined 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) find that in accordance with the Los Angeles City Charter Section 1022,\nthe services to be provided herein are of a professional, expert, technical, temporary and\noccasional character, and there are no known Harbor Department personnel or current City job\nclassifications with the expertise to perform the work being proposed for contracting; (3) award\nthe one-year Agreement with two, one-year renewal options, to Canine Deployment Strategies\nLLC; (4) authorize the Executive Director to execute and the Board Secretary to attest to the\nAgreement; and (5) adopt Resolution No. ___________.\nInternal Audit