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16. RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE\nCITY OF LOS ANGELES HARBOR DEPARTMENT AND THE CALIFORNIA\nWORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR FUNDING OF THE GOODS MOVEMENT\nTRAINING CAMPUS\nSummary: Staff requests approval of an Agreement between the City of Los Angeles Harbor\nDepartment (Harbor Department) and the California Workforce Development Board (CWDB) for\nacceptance of $110 million in state funds for development and construction of the Port of Los\nAngeles and Port of Long Beach Goods Movement Training Campus (Campus). The Campus\nwill be a twenty-acre facility located on Harbor Department property on Anchorage Road in\nWilmington. The Harbor Department estimates the construction cost of the Campus to be $150\nmillion. The State of California, through a budget line item in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23 state\nbudget, approved an allocation of $110 million of state funds, or approximately 73.3% of the\nestimated construction cost, for the construction of the Campus. For the Harbor Department to\nreceive the funds, it is required to enter into an agreement with the CWDB to accept the funds.\nThe Harbor Department will be financially responsible for the payment of any costs not covered\nby state funds accepted under the proposed Agreement.\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) approve the Standard Agreement STD 213 and Agreement Summary\nSTD 215 with the California Workforce Development Board; (3) authorize the Executive Director\nto execute and the Board Secretary to attest to the Agreement with the California Workforce\nDevelopment Board; and (4) adopt Resolution No.____________.\nConstruction