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6. RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - APPROVE SECOND TEMPORARY ORDER TO\nAMEND PORT OF LOS ANGELES TARIFF NO. 4, “GENERAL RATE INCREASE”\nSummary: Staff requests approval of a second Temporary Order to amend Port of Los Angeles\nTariff No. 4 (Tariff No. 4), effective December 1, 2023, which would implement a 6.2 percent\nGeneral Rate Increase (GRI), applicable to Tariff No. 4 rated tariff items, excluding rated tariff\nitems that currently have a scheduled rate increase. This second Temporary Order is being\nproposed within the Board of Harbor Commissioners’ (Board) authority to adopt rates for up to\n90 days. At the July 20, 2023 Board meeting, the Board approved Temporary and Permanent\nOrders amending various sections of Tariff No. 4 increasing rated tariff items with an effective\ndate of September 1, 2023. Changes in the Tariff require City Council approval. The City Council\nhas not calendared and approved the Permanent Order and Ordinance. The first Temporary\nOrder will expire on November 29, 2023; therefore, a second Temporary Order is being proposed\nto allow additional time for the Permanent Order to pass through the City Council approval\nprocess. This second Temporary Order, if approved, will expire in 90 days after the day it is\npublished or upon execution of the Permanent Order by the City Council, whichever occurs first.\nRecommendation: Board resolve to (1) find that the Director of Environmental Management has\ndetermined that the proposed action is categorically exempt from the requirements of the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Article III Class 1(31) of the Los Angeles\nCity CEQA Guidelines; (2) adopt a second Temporary Order No.____________ with an effective\ndate of December 1, 2023, to amend Port of Los Angeles Tariff No. 4, increasing rates to Section\nFour “Dockage”, Items 450 & 480; Section Five “Wharfage”, Items 550-001 through 550-801;\nSection Nine “Container Cranes” Item 900; Section Eleven “Charges for Occupancy of Office\nSpace, etc. In Transit Sheds and on Wharves and Wharf Premises””, Item 1100; Section Twelve\n“Water and Electricity”, Item 1200; Section Fifteen “Public Landings”, Items 1525 & 1530;\nSection Eighteen “General Rules and Regulations – Miscellaneous”, Item 1802; and Section\nNineteen “Commercial Fishing Vessel”, Items 1910 & 1930; (3) authorize the Board Secretary\nto certify the adoption of a second Temporary Order by the Board of Harbor Commissioners and\ncause the same to be published once in a newspaper printed and published in the City of Los\nAngeles, to take effect on December 1, 2023, for a period not-to-exceed 90 days pursuant to\nCity Charter Section 653(b); and (4) adopt Resolution No.____________.\nRegular Item (7)\nGoods Movement