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<br /> <br />EXHIBIT A <br /> <br />TO <br />RESTATED AGREEMENT FOR CITY ATTORNEY AND SPECIAL COUNSEL <br />LEGAL SERVICES BETWEEN CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />AND <br />BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP <br /> <br />BILLING ARRANGEMENTS <br /> <br />1. Basic Legal Services - Description. Basic legal services shall include all services provided <br />to Client that are not otherwise specifically identified below as either Special Legal Services, Third <br />Party Reimbursable Legal Services, or Public Finance Legal Services (“Basic Legal Services”). <br />The Client shall pay for Basic Legal Services in the amount of $325,000 per year which <br />will be charged as a flat rate monthly retainer with a single page invoice. The City Council agrees <br />to conduct an additional evaluation on or before the end of the 21-22 Fiscal Year and if the results <br />are announced in public as positive then the Council may also announce an increase of the annual <br />amount to $350,000. <br />The Client shall also provide for one parking space at the Ross Annex Parking Garage and <br />for the use of City equipment such as a desktop computer and a mobile device such as an IPad or <br />similar device to assist the City Attorney when working on site. <br />2. Discretionary Basic Legal Services at Hourly Rates. Additional legal services may be <br />provided by BB&K at the discretion of the members of the Santa Ana City Attorney’s Office at <br />the following blended rates, in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars <br />($100,000) per year: <br />Attorneys $ 295.00 per hour <br />Paralegals & Law Clerks $ 160.00 per hour <br />Other Para-Professionals* $ 160.00 per hour <br />*Other titles may be used in our legal services. Please refer to section 6 of this Exhibit for those <br />other personnel titles and rates. <br /> Utility Matters at Hourly Rates. Certain matters identified at Utility Matters, such as but <br />not limited to the NPDES Program and Utility Enterprise matters, shall be billed at the following <br />rates: <br />Attorneys $ 300 / 325.00 per hour <br />Paralegals & Law Clerks $ 160.00 per hour <br />Other Para-Professionals* $ 160.00 per hour <br />*Other titles may be used in our legal services. Please refer to section 6 of this Exhibit for those <br />other personnel titles and rates.