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1. RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - THIRD AMENDMENT TO LEGAL SERVICES\nAGREEMENT NO. 15-3308 WITH MEYERS NAVE FOR CHINA SHIPPING LITIGATION\nSummary: The Office of the City Attorney (Office) at the City of Los Angeles Harbor Department\n(Harbor Department) requests approval of a Third Amendment to Agreement No. 15-3308 (Third\nAmendment) between the Harbor Department and Meyers Nave Riback Silver and Wilson APC\n(Meyers Nave). The proposed Third Amendment increases the Agreement authority by\n$623,500. The current eleven-year Agreement expires on February 28, 2026, and there is no\nterm extension requested. The current Agreement authority is $4,084,242 and the proposed\nAmendment would add $623,500 and increase the authority to $4,707,742. The additional\nfunding will allow Meyers Nave to continue to represent the Port of Los Angeles in the defense\nof various claims of violations of the law and improper actions with respect to the China Shipping\nTerminal located at Berths 97-104 brought by the South Coast Air Quality Management District,\nthe State Attorney General, the California Air Resources Board and the Natural Resources\nDefense Council (NRDC). The Harbor Department will continue to be financially responsible for\npayment of expenses incurred under the proposed Amendment.\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) find in accordance to Charter Section 1022 that the scope of work of the\nproposed Agreement can be more economically and feasibly provided by an independent\ncontractor than by City employees; (3) approve the Third Amendment to Agreement No. 15-\n3308 with Meyers Nave, to increase the agreement authority by $623,500 from $4,084,242 to\n$4,707,742; (4) authorize the Executive Director and Board Secretary to execute and attest to\nthe Third Amendment; and (5) adopt Resolution No.____________.\nSPECIAL MEETING AGENDA\nCargo & Industrial Real Estate