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4. RESOLUTION NO. - AWARD OF CONTRACT NO. 40001 TO KONE\nINC. FOR KONE ECOMOD ESCALATOR MODERNIZATION AT BERTH 93\nSummary: Staff requests approval of Contract No. 40001 with KONE Inc., a Delaware\ncorporation, for modernization of five (5) escalators located at Berth 93, Los Angeles World\nCruise Center. The proposed Contract would utilize an existing national cooperative contract\nfor such services between Kansas City, Missouri, and KONE, pursuant to Omnia Partners\ncooperative arrangement. The amount of this Contract shall not exceed $2,800,000. The City\nof Los Angeles Harbor Department (Harbor Department) will be financially responsible for the\npayment of costs incurred under the proposed Contract.\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 1 (1) and Class 2 (3) of the Los Angeles City CEQA Guidelines; (2) find that\nin accordance with City of Los Angeles Administrative Code Division 10, Chapter 1, Article 2,\nSection 10.15 (a) (8), the Harbor Department may enter into a cooperative purchase agreement\nwith KONE Inc. utilizing KONE’s current agreement for such services with Kansas City, Missouri,\nGeneral Services Department Contract No. EV2516 pursuant to Omnia Partners cooperative\narrangement; (3) find that in accordance with Los Angeles City Charter Section 1022, work under\nthe subject Contract can be performed more feasibly by independent contractors than by City\nemployees; (4) approve Contract No. 40001 with KONE for escalator modernization at Berth 93,\nLos Angeles World Cruise Center, in the amount of $2,800,000; (5) authorize the Executive\nDirector to execute and the Board Secretary to attest to Contract No. 40001 for and on behalf of\nthe Board; and (6) adopt Resolution No. .\nWaterfront & Commercial Real Estate