Los Angeles
Port of LA
Agenda Item 6
6. RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - AS-NEEDED EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND\nHAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS WITH OCEAN BLUE\nENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC., REPUBLIC DBA NRC ENVIRONMENTAL\nSERVICES INC., AND ANCON MARINE DBA ANCON SERVICES TO ADD OMITTED\nPAGE\nSummary: Staff requests approval of the proposed agreements (Agreements) with Ocean Blue\nEnvironmental Services, Inc. (Ocean Blue), Republic DBA NRC Environmental Services Inc.\n(NRC), and Ancon Marine DBA Ancon Services (Ancon) to provide as-needed emergency\nresponse and hazardous waste management services for the City of Los Angeles Harbor\nDepartment (Harbor Department) including support of Port Police, Construction and\nMaintenance (C&M), and Real Estate Division activities. This action will authorize three\nAgreements, each for a three-year term, with a combined total not-to-exceed amount of\n$9,000,000. The Harbor Department is financially responsible for payment of services incurred\nunder the Agreements. The Agreements were approved by the Board on September 7, 2023,\nbut staff later discovered the page titled, Schedule of Fees and Charges was missing from the\ncompensation exhibits in the submittals. This current action seeks approval and ratification of\nthe previously approved Agreements, which now includes the Schedule of Fees and Charges in\nExhibit D of all three Agreements and will supersede Resolution No. 23-10230 of the previous\naction.\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 that, in accordance with the City Charter Section 1022, work under\nthe subject Agreements can be performed more feasibly by independent consultants than by\nCity of Los Angeles employees; (3) approve and ratify Agreement No. 23-9976 with Ocean Blue\nEnvironmental Services, Inc. (Long Beach, CA), including the Schedule of Fees and Charges in\nExhibit D, for a term of three years for the total not-to-exceed amount of $3,250,000; (4) approve\nand ratify Agreement No. 23-9977 with Republic DBA NRC Environmental Services Inc. (Long\nBeach, CA), including the Schedule of Fees and Charges in Exhibit D, for a term of three years\nfor the total not-to-exceed amount of $3,250,000; (5) approve and ratify Agreement No. 23-9978\nwith Ancon Marine DBA Ancon Services (Signal Hill, CA), including the Schedule of Fees and\nCharges in Exhibit D, for a term of three years for the total not-to-exceed amount of $2,500,000;\n(6) adopt Resolution No.____________ which will supersede Resolution No. 23-10230.\nPort Police