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C. 88

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Sharon L. Anderson, County Counsel
Date:	November 14, 2017

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Amendment to Contracts with Goldfarb & Lipman LLP

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 11/14/2017

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor

ABSENT:

Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Kate Andrus, Deputy County Counsel, 335-1824
cc:	Kara Douglas, Assistant Deputy Director, Conservation and Development Kate Andrus, Deputy County Counsel

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: November 14, 2017
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE County Counsel, or designee to execute on behalf of Contra Costa County and the County in its capacity as the Successor Agency to the Contra Costa County Redevelopment Agency, amendments to existing agreements for specialized professional legal services with Goldfarb & Lipman to create categories of billing rates, rather than a billing rate for each individual service provider.

FISCAL IMPACT:

There is no fiscal impact. The amendment replaces a list that sets forth the names and rates of individual attorneys and implements billing rates based on the service provider’s billing category.

BACKGROUND:

The contracts being amended are for legal services related to the County’s affordable housing programs. Each contract includes an exhibit that identifies by name every attorney with Goldfarb & Lipman. Since the contracts were executed, and subsequently amended, some of the names have changed. Each contract, as amended, will establish billing rates based on job classifications. The contracts are also being amended to (i) provide for the payment of reasonable costs and expenses in the same manner that they are paid under other attorney contracts, and (ii) eliminate references to “org” numbers. The process used by staff to assign legal expenses to a particular source of funds will not change.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Payment for work performed, and expenses incurred, by the firm may be wrongfully delayed for withheld.