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2. RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - GRANT ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL OF A\nCOOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF\nTRANSPORTATION FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION FOR THE ADVANCED\nTRANSPORTATION AND CONGESTION MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES\nDEPLOYMENT (ATCMTD) PROGRAM\nSummary: Staff requests that the Board of Harbor Commissioners (Board) accept and approve\na Cooperative Agreement with the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT)\nFederal Highway Administration (FHWA) to fund the Port of Los Angeles Gateway Project\n(Project). The Project is an extension of the City of Los Angeles Harbor Department’s Port\nOptimizer’s Control Tower, which will allow more effective and efficient management of returning\nempty containers, the planning of cargo pick-up, and the reporting of detention and demurrage.\nFurthermore, staff also requests that the Board authorize the Executive Director to execute\nfuture Cooperative Agreement Amendments to account for revised project schedules (not\nincluding term extension), and/or reduced project costs, for and on behalf of the Board, subject\nto the approval of the City Attorney as to form and legality. In August 2021, the City of Los\nAngeles Harbor Department (Harbor Department) submitted an application requesting\n$3,000,000 to fund the Project under the USDOT’s Advanced Transportation and Congestion\nManagement Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) Program. The USDOT awarded the Harbor\nDepartment the full amount of the grant request. The ATCMTD program requires that the Harbor\nDepartment provide matching funds in the amount of $3,000,000. Therefore, $2,500,000 will be\nprovided by the Harbor Department and $500,000 in in-kind services will be provided by Wabtec\nTransportation Systems, LLC if the proposed action is approved.\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) accept and approve the Cooperative Agreement between the City of Los\nAngeles Harbor Department and the United States Department of Transportation’s Federal\nHighways Administration for grant funding of $3,000,000; (3) authorize the Executive Director to\nexecute future Cooperative Agreement Amendments to account for revised project schedules\nwithin the existing 3-year term, and/or reduced project costs, for and on behalf of the Board,\nsubject to the approval of the City Attorney as to form and legality; (4) authorize the Executive\nDirector to execute and the Board Secretary to attest the said Agreement for and on behalf of\nthe Board; and (5) adopt Resolution No.____________.\nInformation Technology