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1. RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT NO. 22-\n9849 WITH THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY FOR A\nDIESEL EMISSION REDUCTION ACT GRANT TO FUND THE ZERO EMISSION\nSWITCHER LOCOMOTIVE PROJECT\nSummary: Staff requests approval of the First Amendment to the United States Environmental\nProtection Agency (EPA) Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) Grant Agreement No.\n98T27801 (City of Los Angeles Harbor Department Agreement No. 22-9849) to fund the Zero-\nEmissions Switcher Locomotive Project (Project) with Project partner Union Pacific Railroad\nCompany (UP). The proposed First Amendment updates the Project schedule and milestones\nand extends the term of the Agreement by two years to account for delays in the Project timeline\ndue to disruptions in the battery supply chain. All other terms and conditions remain the same,\nincluding the overall Project costs and participant commitments. On January 4, 2021, the Board\nof Harbor Commissioners (Board) accepted EPA DERA Grant Agreement No. 98T27801\nawarding $2,025,000 for Project expenditures and administrative costs. Under the terms of the\nGrant Agreement, the City of Los Angeles Harbor Department (Harbor Department) is\nresponsible for the administrative management of the Project. UP is financially responsible for\nall other Project costs. The Harbor Department is not required to commit any funding to the\nProject beyond staff time and resources to act as Grant Manager.\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) approve the First Amendment to Agreement No. 22-9849 between the\nHarbor Department and the EPA; (3) authorize the Executive Director to execute and the Board\nSecretary to attest to said Amendment with the EPA for and on behalf of the Board; and (4)\nadopt Resolution No.____________.\nEnvironmental Management