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1(b) RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - ISSUANCE OF A NON-APPEALABLE LEVEL II\nCOASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT (NO. 24-04) TO THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES FOR\nTHE BERTHS 302-305 ON-DOCK RAIL YARD EXPANSION PROJECT\nSummary: Staff requests that the Board of Harbor Commissioners (Board) approve a Level II non-\nappealable Coastal Development Permit (CDP) No. 24-04 to the City of Los Angeles Harbor\nDepartment (Harbor Department) for the proposed Berths 302-305 On-Dock Rail Yard Expansion\nProject (proposed Project). The proposed Project outlined in Application for Port Permit (APP) No.\n200602-086 will add five new loading tracks, expanding the Fenix Marine Services Container on-\ndock rail yard loading tracks from nine to fourteen. The new loading tracks would allow the facility\nto transport an additional 520,000 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEU) by rail per year that would\nhave otherwise left the facility via heavy-duty truck. On February 14, 2020, the U.S. Department of\nTransportation Maritime Administration (MARAD) awarded approximately $18 million of Port\nInfrastructure Development Program funds, and, on December 3, 2020, the California\nTransportation Commission awarded approximately $19 million of Trade Corridor Enhancement\nProgram funds, toward the proposed Project. In aggregate, approximately $37 million in grants have\nbeen awarded, approximately $15 million less than the anticipated total project cost of the\napproximately $52 million. The Harbor Department is financially responsible for the proposed\nProject.\nRecommendation: Board resolve to (1) hold a public hearing for the proposed Coastal Development\nPermit No. 24-04, a non-appealable Level II permit; (2) find that the Director of Environmental\nManagement has determined that the proposed action has been previously evaluated pursuant to\nthe California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in accordance with Article II, Section 2(i) of the\nLos Angeles City CEQA Guidelines; (3) find that the proposed project conforms with the Port of Los\nAngeles certified Port Master Plan; (4) upon closure of the public hearing, resolve to approve the\nissuance of CDP No. 24-04, consistent with the project description listed on APP No. 200602-086,\nand direct the Director of Planning and Strategy to execute and issue said permit on behalf of and\nas the designee of the Executive Director; and (5) adopt Resolution No.___________.