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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem No. 06 Sixth Amend Agrmnt for Legal ServicesText File City of Lake Elsinore 130 South Main Street Lake Elsinore, CA 92530 www.lake-elsinore.org File Number: ID# 17-139 Agenda Date: 4/11/2017 Status: Consent AgendaVersion: 1 File Type: ReportIn Control: City Council Agenda Number: 6) Page 1 City of Lake Elsinore Printed on 4/6/2017 JOINT REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL AND SUCCESSOR AGENCY To:Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council Honorable Chairperson and Members of the Successor Agency Date:April 11, 2017 Re:Sixth Amendment To Amended And Restated Agreement For Legal Services Recommendation That the City Council and the Successor Agency approve and authorize the Mayor/Chairperson to execute the Sixth Amendment to the Amended and Restated Agreement for Legal Services. Background City Attorney services are provided by the law firm of Leibold McClendon & Mann (LMM) with Barbara Leibold serving as the City Attorney and General Counsel to the Redevelopment Agency (now Successor Agency) since July 1, 1997. The City Attorney’s office advises City officials and staff regarding a variety of municipal law matters, land use and planning laws, public contracting requirements, public finance issues, and redevelopment dissolution procedures as well as negotiating and preparing contracts, ordinances and resolutions. The Agreement for Legal Services between the City/Successor Agency and LMM provides that the City Council annually review the City Attorney's performance. Such performance evaluation was conducted in closed session at the City Council’s meeting on March 28, 2017. Discussion The term of the existing Agreement for Legal Services ends on June 30, 2017. A Sixth Amendment has been prepared by the City Attorney and is attached for consideration by the City Council. Only two changes are reflected in the Sixth Amendment and all other terms and conditions remain the same. First, the term of the existing Agreement for Legal Services will be extended through June 30, 2023. Second, legal services provided as Issuer’s Counsel for Municipal Bonds shall be compensated at $395 per hour. Fiscal Impact Except for compensation for services provided as Issuer’s Counsel for Municipal Bonds which may be paid from the cost of issuance, the proposed Amendment does not change the financial terms for legal services and costs under the existing Agreement. Sixth Amendment to Amended and Restated Agreement for Legal Services April 11, 2017 Page 2 Prepared by:Barbara Leibold City Attorney/Agency Counsel Approved by:Grant Yates City Manager/Executive Director Attachments: Sixth Amendment @BCL@9C05B719 SIXTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT FOR LEGAL SERVICES This Sixth Amendment to the Amended and Restated Agreement for Legal Services (the “Amendment”), dated as of April 11, 2017 (the “Effective Date”), is by and among the City of Lake Elsinore (“City”) and the Successor Agency of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Lake Elsinore (the “Agency”), on the one hand (the Agency and the City are collectively referred to herein as “City”), and Leibold McClendon & Mann (“LMM”), on the other hand. RECITALS A.LMM serves as City Attorney of the City and General Counsel to the former Redevelopment Agency of the City of Lake Elsinore (now the Successor Agency) by way of the Amended and Restated Agreement for Legal Services dated as of September 27, 2005, as amended by the First Amendment dated April 8, 2008, the Second Amendment dated April 1, 2010, the Third Amendment dated August 9, 2011, the Fourth Amendment dated April 9, 2013 and Fifth Amendment dated April 22, 2014 (collectively, the “Agreement”). B.On March 28, 2017, the City Council evaluated the performance of LMM and based upon a positive review desires to extend the Agreement. AGREEMENT 1.Section 2 of the Agreement is amended to extend the Term of Agreement through June 30, 2023. 2.Exhibit B “Schedule of Charges” is amended only as to compensation for services provided as Issuer’s Counsel for Municipal Bonds which services shall be compensated at $395 per hour. 3.Except as provided herein, the terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this SixthAmendment to be executed on April 11, 2017. CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE: SUCCESSOR AGENCY OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE: ________________________________________________________ Robert E. Magee Robert E. Magee Mayor Chairperson ATTEST:LEIBOLD MCCLENDON & MANN, PC ____________________________________________________________ Susan M. Domen, MMC By:Barbara Z. Leibold City Clerk/Agency Secretary