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3. RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - APPROVAL OF A MEMORANDUM OF\nUNDERSTANDING AMONG THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES HARBOR DEPARTMENT,\nTHE PORT OF LONG BEACH, AND THE MARITIME AND PORT AUTHORITY OF\nSINGAPORE TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A GREEN AND DIGITAL SHIPPING\nCORRIDOR PROGRAM\nSummary: Staff requests approval of a proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) among\nthe City of Los Angeles Harbor Department (Harbor Department), the City of Long Beach acting\nby and through its Board of Harbor Commissioners (Port of Long Beach), and the Maritime and\nPort Authority of Singapore (MPA) to collaborate on the development and implementation of a\nGreen and Digital Shipping Corridor (GDSC) between the respective port complexes. C40 Cities\n(C40), a global network of cities united to reduce climate risk, will support development of the\nGDSC as facilitator. The proposed MOU, which would be effective for three years, will advance\nthe participants’ mutual goals for decarbonization by advancing environmental performance in\nthe maritime shipping industry and improving supply chain efficiencies through information\ndigitalization. The proposed MOU is for the collaboration of ideas between the participating ports;\ntherefore, funding by the Harbor Department is not required. The MOU will be formally executed\nat a Singapore Maritime Week event hosted by MPA in April.\nRecommendation: Board resolve to (1) find that the Director of Environmental Management has\ndetermined that the proposed action is generally exempt from the requirements of the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Section 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines; (2)\napprove the Memorandum of Understanding among the City of Los Angeles Harbor Department,\nthe City of Long Beach, and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore; (3) authorize the\nExecutive Director to execute and Board Secretary to attest to said Memorandum of\nUnderstanding for and on behalf of the Board of Harbor Commissioners; and (4) adopt\nResolution No.____________.\nEnvironmental Management