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® FIRST AMENDMENT TO LEGAL COUNSEL SERVICES
0 L A 0 CO) AGREEMENT WITH CARPENTER, ROTHANS & DUMONT, LLP
po v L i�u.N✓" THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT is entered into on this 3r1 day of September
2019, by and between Carpenter, Rothans & Dumont ("Attorneys"), and the City of Santa Ana, a charter
city and municipal corporation duly organized and existing under the Constitution and laws of the State
of California ("City").
RECITALS
A. The parties entered into Agreement #A-2017-070 dated April 18, 2017 ("Agreement") by which
Attorneys agreed to provide City with Legal Services and related matters for a three (3) year term through
April 17, 2020. The Agreement is current and in effect.
B. Attorneys have advised that their hourly billing rates were raised and effective October 1, 2019,
they will be implementing those rates. As a result, the parties agree to amend the current Agreement for
legal services to reflect Attorneys' new rates effective October I, 2019. The increase in the hourly rates
will not increase the not -to -exceed compensation amount provided in the Agreement.
Now, therefore, in consideration of the mutual and respective promises, and subject to the terms and
conditions of said Agreement, except as herein modified, the parties agree as follows:
THE PARTIES THEREFORE AGREE:
I. Section 2, COMPENSATION, shall be amended to increase the hourly billing rate by
$25/hour from $200 an hour to $225 an hour for attorney billing effective October], 2019. Therefore,
the new hourly attorney -billing rate will be $225 an hour during the remainder of the term of the
Agreement and any extensions thereto. The parties agree and understand that this increase in the hourly
billing rate will not affect the not -to -exceed amount referenced in the Agreement.
Except as hereinabove modified, the terms and conditions of said Agreement remain unchanged
and in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this First Amendment to the
Agreement the date and year first above written.
GClerk of the Counci I
OMEZ
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
SoVR&ho, ity Attorney
M. Schwarzmann
Senior Assistant City Attorney
OF SANTA ANA
KRISTINE RIDGE -
City Manager
CARPENTER ROTHANS & DUMONT
By: Steven J. Rothans, Esq.
Title: Partner
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