Item 20 - First Amendment to Legal Services Agreements

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Page 1 of 2 FIRST AMENDMENT TO LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT is entered into this 15th day of February, 2022, by and between Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP [ (“Attorneys”), and the City of Santa Ana, a charter city and municipal corporation duly organized and existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of California (“City”). Consultant and City are also referred to herein as “Parties” or individually as a “Party.” RECITALS A.On November 19, 2021, the City and Attorneys entered into a Legal Services Agreement (“Agreement”) N-2021-254 for Attorneys to represent the City and certain individual City defendants in pending litigation. B.The parties desire to amend the Agreement to increase the compensation of the Agreement, and to expand the scope of services to include additional pending litigation. THE PARTIES THEREFORE AGREE: 1.Section 1, RETENTION OF ATTORNEYS, will be amended to add civil litigation defense of employment related matters including, but not limited to, Santa Ana Police Officers Association, et al. v. City of Santa Ana, et al. (Orange County Superior Court Case No. 30-2021-01230134). 2.Section 2b, COMPENSATION, will be amended to increase total agreement compensation from fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars and zero cents ($750,000.00). 3.Except as hereinabove modified, the terms and conditions of said Agreement remain unchanged and in full force and effect. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this First Amendment to the Agreement the date and year first above written. ATTEST: CITY OF SANTA ANA _____________________________ _____________________________ Daisy Gomez Steven Mendoza Clerk of the Council Assistant City Manager [Signatures continue on the next page] EXHIBIT 1