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INSURANCE NOT ON FILE A-2023-209 <br />WORK MAY NOT PROCEED <br />CITY CLERK <br />DATE: DEC 0 4 2023 <br />(,RO (0) FIRST AMENDMENT TO LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH <br />RICHARDS WATSON & GERSHON APC <br />THIS FIRST AMENDMENT to the above -referenced agreement is entered into on November <br />21, 2023, by and between Richards Watson & Gershon, a California professional <br />corporation ("Attorneys"), and the City of Santa Ana, a charter city and municipal corporation <br />organized and existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of California ("City"). <br />Collectively City and Attorneys are also referred to as "the Parties". <br />RECITALS <br />A. The Parties entered into Agreement No. A-2020-081 ("Agreement") on April 21, 2020, to <br />provide legal services to the City, for general municipal law advisory and litigation matters <br />including, but not limited to, election and employment -related matters. <br />B. On May 16, 2023, the Parties exercised their option to extend the Agreement for an additional <br />one-year period until May 31, 2024. The Agreement is current and in -effect. <br />C. The parties now wish to amend the Agreement to increase the overall compensation to the <br />Agreement. No other changes are contemplated by this First Amendment. <br />The Parties therefore agree: <br />Section 2.a., Compensation, is hereby amended to increase the total compensation by three <br />hundred thousand dollars ($300,000). The total compensation amount for this Agreement shall <br />not exceed five hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($550,000). <br />2. Except as modified by this First Amendment, all terms and conditions of the Agreement shall <br />remain in full force and effect. <br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this First Amendment to the Agreement <br />on the date and year first written above. <br />APPROVED AS TO FORM <br />SONIA R. CARVALHO <br />City Attorney <br />L"WAI kayl t-i <br />Laura A. Rossini <br />Chief Assistant City Attorney <br />CITY 1 <br />%!/ <br />Tom Hatch <br />Interim City Manager <br />WATSON & GERSHON APC <br />Saskia T.3ksamura, Esq. <br />Shareholder '` <br />