Board of Airport Commissioners

RESOLUTION NO.      - Ratification of Cooperative Agreement DE-99T82001 with the United States Environmental Protection Agency:  Covering pass-through federal grant funds of $611,994 for United Airlines for partial reimbursement of retrofitting costs associated with three (3) existing diesel-powered cargo loaders deployed at Los Angeles International Airport; and execution of the Subaward Agreement with United Airlines relative to disbursement of said grant funds and pass-through federal funding requirements for said airline \nPURPOSE: The proposed actions are to facilitate the designation of Los Angeles World Airports as a prime recipient and a pass-through agency for federal grant funds between the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as the grantor and United Airlines (UAL) as the subrecipient of EPA grant funds. The purpose of the EPA grant award is to partially reimburse UAL for retrofitting of three (3) existing diesel-powered cargo loaders owned by UAL and deployed at Los Angeles International Airport into zero-emission electric-powered cargo loaders to reduce diesel emissions. \nRECOMMENDATIONS: Adoption of the Report requesting that the Board of Airport Commissioners determine that this action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Article II, Section 2.f of the Los Angeles City CEQA Guidelines; approve and ratify Cooperative Agreement DE-99T82001 with the United States Environmental Protection Agency, with approval and ratification of all amendments issued by said agency, for modifications to the scope of work and to extend the period of performance up to October 31, 2023, subject to approval as to form by the City Attorney; and authorize the Chief Executive Officer, or designee, to execute the Subaward Agreement with United Airlines, subject to approval as to form by the City Attorney (Tatiana Starostina)\n01 report \n2.