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8. RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - APPROVAL OF HARBOR COMMUNITY BENEFIT\nFOUNDATION’S AIR QUALITY MITIGATION PROGRAM, ROUND 3 GRANT AND THE\nTRANSFER OF AIR QUALITY MITIGATION PROGRAM FUNDS\nSummary: Staff requests approval of the Harbor Community Benefit Foundation’s (HCBF) selection\nof AERAS, STAX, AND 4G Management, Inc. to receive funding from the Air Quality Mitigation\nProgram, Round 3 and transfer $2,327,802.11, including a 10% administrative fee of $211,618.37,\nfrom the Air Quality Mitigation Fund (AQMF) to HCBF. The AQMF was established by the City of\nLos Angeles Harbor Department (Harbor Department) for the purpose of funding appropriate\nmitigation projects which address port-related air emissions. The HCBF, an independent nonprofit\norganization established to operate the AQMF, is responsible for identifying qualifying projects to\nreceive grant funding from the AQMF to be approved by the Board of Harbor Commissioners\n(Board). The HCBF Board of Directors has selected three grantees, AERAS, STAX, AND 4G\nManagement, Inc. to receive funding from the Air Quality Mitigation Program, Round 3 grants and\nis requesting Board approval of the award recipients and transfer of funds from the AQMF, in\naccordance with the requirements of the China Shipping Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)\napproved by Board Resolution 21-9929. The proposed projects have a Tidelands nexus and will\nmitigate air emissions impacts on the local communities of Wilmington and San Pedro. Upon the\ntransfer of funds from the AQMF to HCBF, HCBF will be financially responsible for the proposed\nprojects and for the disbursement of funds to the grantees in accordance with the China Shipping\nMOA and the Grant Agreements. The Harbor Department funded the original AQMF, and no\nadditional payments from the Harbor Department will be required to fund this request.\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 Harbor Community Benefit Foundation’s selection of three grantees\nto receive an award from the Air Quality Mitigation Program Round 3, funded by the Air Quality\nMitigation Fund; (3) authorize the Executive Director or his designee to execute a joint letter with\nthe Harbor Community Benefit Foundation to approve the distribution of funds in one lump sum\npayment of $2,327,802.11 from the Air Quality Mitigation Fund, managed by the California\nCommunity Foundation (CFF), to the Harbor Community Benefit Foundation to be used in\naccordance with Harbor Community Benefit Foundation’s request; and (4) adopt Resolution\nNo.____________.\nEngineering