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<br />- 2 - <br />3.2.7 Responding to inquiries and review for legal sufficiency ordinances, <br />resolutions, contracts, and administrative and personnel matters, as directed by the Client; <br />3.2.8 Representing and assisting on litigation matters, as directed by the Client. <br />Such services shall include, but shall not be limited to, the preparation for and making of <br />appearances, including preparing pleadings and petitions, making oral presentations, and preparing <br />answers, briefs or other documents on behalf of the Client, and any officer or employee of the <br />Client, in all federal and state courts of this State, and alternative dispute resolution officer, and <br />before any governmental board or commission, including reviewing, defending or assisting any <br />insurer of the Client or its agents or attorneys with respect to any lawsuit filed against the Client <br />or any officer or employee thereof, for money or damages. <br />ADDITIONAL SERVICES FOR AN ADDITIONAL FEE <br />3.2.9 BB&K’s Project 5 Program. Provides participants with memoranda <br />summarizing new changes in case law under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), <br />an annually updated set of CEQA notices and forms to aid participants in meeting CEQA’s <br />requirements, an annually updated set of Local CEQA Guidelines and a draft Resolution for <br />adopting Local CEQA Guidelines, memoranda summarizing pending and recently passed CEQA <br />legislation, and other CEQA resources and materials. Memoranda, forms, and guidelines are <br />provided to participating agencies via the CEQA Guidelines Client Portal, a secure website <br />providing an on-demand and continually updating library of CEQA resources. By providing our <br />Project 5 Program updates to a large pool of participants, BB&K is able to divide the overall cost <br />of the products among all participants and charge only a fraction of the total costs to the individual <br />client agencies. The Project 5 services will be included within the annual retainer and no additional <br />charges will be billed to the City for these special services. <br />3.2.10 BB&K’s Advanced Records Center Services. Through its new Advanced <br />Records Center (“ARC”), BB&K combines its legal acumen and experience with cutting-edge <br />technology to provide comprehensive and cost-effective support for non-routine records-related <br />matters. Specifically, at the Client’s option, the ARC team will assist Client with non-routine <br />Public Records Act Processing and Policy Drafting, as detailed below. <br />3.2.11 BB&K Trainings. Best Best & Krieger LLP offers a variety of trainings <br />to public agency and private business leadership and staff on topics required by law, as well as <br />preventative and educational legal topics. The trainings are interactive and can be given onsite, via <br />live webinar or virtual on-demand. Some of our most popular trainings include AB 1234 Ethics, <br />Workplace Civility and Sexual Harassment Avoidance Training, The Brown Act “Open Meetings <br />Law,” Crystalizing Your Agency’s CPRA Policies & Procedures and SB 1343 Sexual Harassment <br />Avoidance Training for Non-Supervisors. <br />3.2.12 BB&K’s Election Law Center Subscription Services. Participants in <br />BB&K’s Election Law Center will be given access to up-to-date election document templates, <br />including resolutions and other mandatory election documents. The annual subscription also gives <br />participants access to BB&K’s Election Law Center hotline, which participants can use for <br />guidance on day-to-day election law questions that arise during campaign and election season. <br />The annual fee shall be billed each December. The current fee is $1,950.