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10. RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - APPROVE SECOND TEMPORARY ORDER TO\nAMEND PORT OF LOS ANGELES TARIFF NO. 4, “GENERAL RATE INCREASE”\nSummary: Staff requests approval of a second Temporary Order to amend Port of Los Angeles\nTariff No. 4 (Tariff), effective September 29, 2024, which would implement a 3.6 percent General\nRates Increase (GRI), applicable to Tariff No. 4 rated tariff items, excluding rated tariff items that\ncurrently have a scheduled rate increase. This second Temporary Order is being proposed within\nthe Board of Harbor Commissioners’ (Board) authority to adopt rates for up to 90 days. At the June\n6, 2024 Board meeting, the Board approved Temporary and Permanent Orders amending various\nsections of Tariff No. 4 increasing rated tariff items by 3.6 percent. Changes in the Tariff require\nCity Council approval. The City Council has not calendared and approved the Permanent Order\nand Ordinance. The first Temporary Order will expire on September 28, 2024; therefore, a second\nTemporary Order is proposed to allow additional time for the Permanent Order to pass through the\nCity Council approval process. This second Temporary Order, if approved, will expire in 90 days\nafter the day it is published or upon execution of the Permanent Order by the City Council, whichever\noccurs first.\nRecommendation: Board resolve to (1) find that the Director of Environmental Management has\ndetermined that the proposed action is categorically exempt from the requirements of the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Article III Class 1(31) of the Los Angeles City CEQA\nGuidelines; (2) adopt second Temporary Order No. ____________ with an effective date of\nSeptember 29, 2024, to amend Port of Los Angeles Tariff No. 4, increasing rates to Section Four\n“Dockage”, Items 450 & 480; Section Five “Wharfage”, Items 550-001 through 550-801; Section\nSeven ”Free Time, Wharf Demurrage, and Wharf Storage”, Items 780 and 790; Section Nine\n“Container Cranes” Item 900; Section Eleven “Charges for Occupancy of Office Space, etc. In\nTransit Sheds and on Wharves and Wharf Premises”, Item 1100; Section Twelve “Water and\nElectricity”, Item 1200; Section Fifteen “Public Landings”, Items 1525 & 1530; Section Eighteen\n“General Rules and Regulations – Miscellaneous”, Item 1802; and Section Nineteen “Commercial\nFishing Vessel”, Items 1910 & 1930; (3) authorize the Board Secretary to certify the adoption of\nsecond Temporary Order by the Board of Harbor Commissioners and cause the same to be\npublished once in a newspaper printed and published in the City of Los Angeles, to take effect on\nSeptember 29, 2024, for a period not-to-exceed 90 days pursuant to City Charter Section 653(b);\nand (4) adopt Resolution No._____________.