LA County Board

45.\nDiscovery Cube Los Angeles Educational Partnership Agreement\nRecommendation: Acting as the Governing Body of the County Flood Control\nDistrict (District), consider the Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) prepared\nand adopted by the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks as\nlead agency. Certify that the Board has independently reviewed, considered,\nand reached its conclusions regarding the environmental effects of the District\napprovals related to the project, as shown in the MND. Adopt a mitigation\nmonitoring program as applicable for the project, finding that the mitigation\nmonitoring program is adequately designed to ensure compliance with the\nmitigation measures during project implementation. Find that the scope of the\nDistrict approvals are included in the City of Los Angeles' Mitigated Negative\nDeclaration. Authorize the Chief Engineer of the District to take the following\nactions: (Department of Public Works) APPROVE\nEnter into an agreement with the Discovery Cube Los Angeles to partner\non the development and construction of a new outdoor educational water\nexhibit at a cost to the District not to exceed $5,000,000, and to negotiate\nand execute any additional agreements necessary to implement the\npartnership. Funding for the recommended agreement is available in the\nMeasure W-Safe, Clean Water District Program Administration Fund\nFiscal Year 2025-26 Budget.\nNegotiate and enter into amendments to the agreement, including but not\nlimited to changes to the outdoor educational water exhibit scope,\nperformance period, and respective tasks, provided the total aggregate\ncost to the District in connection with the agreement and all amendments\ndoes not exceed the amount of $5,000,000. (25-5675)\nBoard Letter