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5. RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - SIXTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND\nRESTATED AGREEMENT NO. 17-3425-A BETWEEN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES\nHARBOR DEPARTMENT AND WABTEC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, LLC\nSummary: Staff requests approval of the Sixth Amendment to Amended and Restated\nAgreement No. 17-3425-A with Wabtec Transportation Systems, LLC (Wabtec) for the Port\nOptimizer project. The Port Optimizer is a first-of-its-kind common user portal that provides a\nsingle information window to support enhanced maritime supply chain performance. The\nproposed Sixth Amendment is to continue development and operation of the Port Optimizer,\nwhich will enable the City of Los Angeles Harbor Department (Harbor Department) and Wabtec\nto enhance the existing Track and Trace and Control Tower modules and implement three new\nmodules. The proposed Sixth Amendment will revise some terms of the agreement for the\npurpose of clarity, increase the not-to-exceed compensation by $6,500,000 for a total agreement\namount of $34,600,420, and does not change the term which will conclude on November 3,\n2026. Expenditures incurred under Agreement No. 17-3425-A are the financial responsibility of\nthe Harbor Department.\nRecommendation: Board resolve to (1) find that the Director of Environmental Management has\ndetermined that the proposed action is administratively and categorically exempt from the\nrequirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Article II Section 2(f)\nand Article III Class 6(2) of the Los Angeles City CEQA Guidelines; (2) find that, in accordance\nwith the Los Angeles City Charter Section 1022, it is more feasible for outside contractors to\nperform this work than City employees; (3) approve the proposed Sixth Amendment to Amended\nand Restated Agreement No. 17-3425-A to increase the not-to-exceed compensation by\n$6,500,000 for a total agreement amount of $34,600,420 in order to continue to develop, operate\nand support the Port Optimizer; (4) direct the Board Secretary to transmit said Agreement to the\nLos Angeles City Council for approval pursuant to Section 373 of the Charter of the City of Los\nAngeles and Section 10.5 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code; (5) authorize the Executive\nDirector to execute and the Board Secretary to attest to the said Agreement for and on behalf of\nthe Board upon approval by City Council; and (6) adopt Resolution No.____________.\nSPECIAL MEETING AGENDA