RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the County Counsel, or designee, to execute, on behalf of the County and the Contra Costa County Water Agency, a joint defense and fee allocation agreement and a contract for legal services with The Freeman Firm, effective July 1, 2017, and a contract for legal services with Rossmann & Moore, LLP, effective July 21, 2017, in connection with California Department of Water Resources v. All Persons Interested in the Matter, etc., Sacramento County Superior Court Case No. 34-2017-00215965.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The County and Water Agency will be jointly responsible for one-seventh of the attorneys’ fees and costs charged by The Freeman Firm and Rossmann & Moore to represent the co-defendants in the litigation.
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