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1. RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - REVISE THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY OF\nTHE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO BE CONSISTENT WITH LOS ANGELES\nADMINISTRATIVE CODE SECTION 10.1.1\nSummary: Staff requests approval of a Resolution revising the contracting authority of the\nExecutive Director of the Los Angeles Harbor Department (Harbor Department) to be consistent\nwith Los Angeles Administrative Code Section 10.1.1. Currently, the Executive Director\npossesses the limited authority to enter into personal service contracts for up to one year,\nprocurement contracts for up to three years, and construction contract change orders, provided\nthat the value of any such contracts do not exceed $150,000 annually or per change order. This\nauthority delegated to the Executive Director under the existing Board Resolution is inconsistent\nwith Los Angeles Administrative Code Section 10.1.1. The proposed Resolution would grant the\nExecutive Director, or his or her designee, the authority to enter into personal service contracts\nup to one year and all contracts that are not personal service contracts up to three years,\nprovided that the value of any such contracts does not exceed $150,000 annually (Transmittal\n1). Rather than limiting the Executive Director’s authority to personal service contracts for up to\none year, procurement contracts for up to three years, and construction contract change orders,\nthe proposed Resolution would grant the Executive Director, or his or her designee, the ability\nto approve and execute contracts on behalf of the Harbor Department to the full extent provided\nunder and consistent with Los Angeles Administrative Code Section 10.1.1.\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) rescind Resolution No. 13-7574 delegating only partial authority to the\nExecutive Director, or his or her designee, to approve and execute certain contracts as provided\nunder Los Angeles Administrative Code Section 10.1.1; (3) authorize the Executive Director, or\nhis or her designee, to approve and execute on behalf of the Harbor Department personal\nservice contracts which do not obligate the City for a longer period of time than one year and\nwhich do not involve consideration reasonably valued in excess of One Hundred-Fifty Thousand\nDollars ($150,000) annually; (4) authorize the Executive Director, or his or her designee, to\napprove and execute on behalf of the Harbor Department contracts that are not for personal\nservices which do not obligate the City for a longer period of time than three years and which do\nnot involve consideration reasonably valued in excess of One Hundred-Fifty Thousand Dollars\n($150,000) annually; and (5) adopt Resolution No.____________ and Resolution\nNo.____________.\nRegular Items (2 – 6)\nExecutive Office