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RESOLUTION NO. __________ - MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE \nCITY OF LOS ANGELES HARBOR DEPARTMENT AND THE LOS ANGELES POLICE \nDEPARTMENT FOR INTEROPERABLE RADIO COMMUNICATION \nTransmittal 1 \nSummary: Staff requests approval of Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the City of Los \nAngeles Harbor Department (Harbor Department) and the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) \nfor the purpose of enabling continued interoperable radio communication. The Harbor Department \nand the LAPD, in fulfilling their respective public safety, law enforcement, and emergency \nmanagement missions, frequently conduct coordinated responses and participate in joint \noperations. Interoperable radio communication is essential for sharing critical information and for \naffecting command and control when conducting these operations. Moreover, both parties would \nlike to enable continued interoperable radio communications through coordination and information \nsharing with regard to the radio communication and system technical information necessary to \nmaintain radio communications and plans. The intent of this MOA is to memorialize the \nunderstanding between the Harbor Department and the LAPD with respect to the information \nexchange necessary to facilitate continued interoperable radio communication. The MOA shall be \nin effect for three years. The MOA is administrative in nature and there will be no financial impact \nto the Harbor Department. \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 proposed MOA between the Harbor Department and the LAPD; \n(3) authorize the Executive Director to execute and the Board Secretary to attest to the MOA; and \n(4) adopt Resolution No.________. \nCommunity Relations \n4.