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AGREEMENT FOR LEGAL SERVICES <br />1. Representation. The undersigned cities, in consideration of legal services <br />already rendered and to be rendered in the future by McDonough, Holland & Allen, a <br />Professional Corporation ("Attorneys"), desire to retain Attorneys to represent them <br />collectively in challenging the validity of the Continuous Operating Covenant <br />Agreement and related agreements by and among the City of Corona, the City of <br />Corona Redevelopment Agency and Robertson's Ready Mix (the "Disputes"). The <br />undersigned cities are hereinafter referred to individually as "'Client" and collectively as <br />"Clients." Attorneys accept the representation of Clients in the Dispute and are in the <br />process of investigating, researching and gathering information relative to the issues <br />involved, but Attorneys have not and will not make any guarantees regarding the <br />outcome of the Disputes. <br />2. Attorneys' Fees; Apportionment; Billing. <br />(a) Attorneys' fees for legal services rendered to Clients in connection <br />with the Disputes shall be calculated according to McDonough, Holland & Allen's <br />current billing rates. Gerald Ran-dza's current billing rate is $185 per hour; Dick <br />Brandt's is $235 per hour and Anne Pollack's is $125 per hour. Other attorneys and <br />paralegals will work on an as -needed basis. <br />(b) Each Client shall pay its pro rata share of all Attorneys' fees and <br />other costs, including fees of consultants and experts relative to the Disputes, in <br />accordance with the Client Pro Rata Share Schedule attached hereto as Attachment <br />No. 1 as such may be amended. A Client desiring to withdraw from the representation <br />shall provide written notice of such withdrawal to the Attorneys and to the other <br />Clients. The effective date of withdrawal ("Effective Date") shall mean the date <br />Attorneys receive the withdrawing Client's written not -ice of withdrawal. A <br />withdrawing Client shall be responsible for payment of its pro rata share of those <br />Attorneys' fees and other costs incurred prior to the Effective Date. Immediately upon <br />the Effective Date, the Client Pro Rata Share Schedule shall automatically be deemed to <br />be amended and the pro rata share of each of the remaining Clients increased <br />proportionately, such that the sum total of the remaining Clients' pro rata shares <br />continues to equal one hundred percent (100%). <br />(c) Clients acknowledge and agree that, for administrative convenience <br />purposes, all of Attorneys' fees and other costs will be billed to the City of Moreno <br />Valley and passed along by the City of Moreno Valley to the other Clients in accordance <br />with the Client Pro Rata Share Schedule, as such may be amended. Each Client shall <br />pay its proportionate share of the total fees and costs to the City of Moreno Valley <br />within thirty (30) days of the billing statement date. The Clients further agree that the <br />City of Moreno Valley may terminate such centralized billing arrangement at any time <br />by notice to Attorneys. Following such termination, Attorneys shall individually bill <br />each Client its proportionate share of the total Attorneys' fees and other costs as set <br />forth in the Client Pro Rata Share Schedule, as such may be amended. Nothing herein <br />shall be deemed to create any liability on the part of the City of Moreno Valley to pay <br />any of Attorneys' fees or other costs other than its pro rata share of such fees and costs. <br />