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City Attorney's Office <br />www.santa-ana.org/city-attorneys-office <br />Item # 23 <br />or City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Staff Report <br />November 21, 2023 <br />TOPIC: Agreements and Amendments to Agreements for Legal Services <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Approve Agreement for Legal Counsel Services and Approve a Separate Agreement for <br />Special Services: Training and Consulting Services with Liebert Cassidy Whitmore <br />(LCW); Approve Amendment to Agreement with Richards Watson & Gerson APC for <br />Legal Services; Approve Agreement with Ring Bender for Legal Services; and Approve <br />Agreement with Goldfarb & Lipman LLP for Legal Services (General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Authorize the City Manager to execute an Agreement with LCW to provide special <br />legal counsel services for an amount not to exceed $300,000 for a term beginning <br />November 21, 2023 and ending December 31, 2026 with one optional one-year <br />extension, subject to non -substantive changes approved by the City Manager and <br />City Attorney (Agreement No. 2023-XXX). <br />2. Authorize the City Manager to execute a separate Agreement for Special Services <br />with LCW to provide training and consulting services as a member of the Orange <br />County Employment Relations Committee, renewable annually, in an amount not to <br />exceed $5,000 plus a 5% annual increase, per year, subject to non -substantive <br />changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney (Agreement No. 2023- <br />XXX). <br />3. Authorize the City Manager to execute a first amendment to an agreement with the <br />law firm of Richards Watson & Gershon APC (RWG) for legal services for municipal <br />advisory and litigation services including, but not limited to, elections work and <br />employment matters, for the period of June 1, 2020 until May 31, 2024, in an amount <br />not to exceed $300,000 for a total amount not to exceed $550,000, subject to non - <br />substantive changes approved by the City Manager and the City Attorney <br />(Agreement No. 2023-XXX). <br />4. Authorize the City Manager to execute a legal services agreement with the law firm <br />of Ring Bender LLP for municipal litigation services, including but not limited to <br />