DATE: April 11, 2023
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A. ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE DISTRICT FY2022-2023 BUDGET INCREASING THE EQUIPMENT OUTLAY AND OTHER CAPITAL APPROPRIATION ITEM BY $5,450,970 FOR SHORE POWER INSTALLATION AT NATIONAL CITY MARINE TERMINAL BERTH 24-10 AND 11 PROJECT, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.
B. RESOLUTION FINDING THE BOARD ACTION EXEMPT UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA), INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CEQA GUIDELINES SECTIONS 15301, 15303, AND 15304 AND APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND AWARDING CONTRACT NO. 2022-03 TO THE RYAN COMPANY INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,182,700 FOR THE SHORE POWER INSTALLATION AT NATIONAL CITY MARINE TERMINAL BERTHS 24-10 AND 11 PROJECT, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AS AUTHORIZED BY THE BOARD IN THE FY 2022 ECONOMIC RECOVERY PROGRAM APPROPRIATION.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The proposed project for Shore Power Installation at National City Marine Terminal is part of the San Diego Unified Port District's effort to comply in advance of the forthcoming California Air Resources Board (CARB) at berth regulations which require roll-on/roll-off vessels calling on California Ports to plug into a grid-based shore power system or use other emission-mitigating technology to reduce harmful emissions. This project advances electrification efforts to meet the CARB at berth regulations and is identified in the Maritime Clean Air Strategy (MCAS) as Ocean Going Vessels At-Berth Objective 2B (At the National City Marine Terminal, add a new shore power system with at least two plugs and/or an alternative technology that reduces ocean-going vessel emissions at berth by 2025). Ocean-going vessels contribute more than a third of the District's total diesel particulate matter emissions, according to the District's 2019 Emissions Inventory, thus the proposed project will improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions benefiting the communities within the vicinity of the working waterfront at National City Marine Terminal.
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