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Authorization to Release RFQ for Legal Services <br />June 13, 2013 <br />Page 2 <br />recommend to the City Council two firms to provide services in the various broad practice areas <br />should qualified firms be identified: <br />1. General Tort Defense (personal injury and property damage) <br />2. Police Tort Defense (state and federal court) <br />3. Labor and Employment Transactions, Administrative Proceedings and Litigation <br />4. General Municipal Law Advisory Assistance <br />5. Revenue and Financing (bonds, Prop. 218 and taxation) <br />6. Code Enforcement, Receiverships and Prosecution of Code Violations <br />7. Successor Agency Assistance <br />8. Land Use and CEQA <br />The selected firms would enter into an agreement for a term of no more than three years. <br />Services would be rendered at the request of the CAO based on service needs. <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />The City currently contracts for outside counsel legal services at an estimated cost of $400,000 to <br />$500,000 for liability (account 08009051 62300); $50,000 for Red Light Camera enforcement <br />(account 01114405 62300); over $100,000 for Community Development activities and related <br />Successor Agency (account 67118021 62300); $100,000 for labor and employment (account <br />01109050 62300) and several hundred thousand for various other legal services. The City will <br />continue to incur costs in these areas and the amounts are budgeted through the Risk <br />Management Fund and various departments. The proposed CAO budget also reserves the costs <br />of one full-time attorney position for contract services. <br />APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS <br />Sonia R. Carvalho <br />City Attorney <br />Francisco Gutierrez <br />Executive Director <br />Finance & Management Services Agency <br />19E-2