Title:
Title
Supplemental Agreement for Legal Services for the 2035 General Plan Litigation
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FileID
File ID: 2019-01115
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Adopt a Resolution: 1) authorizing the City Manager or City Manager's designee to transfer $80,000 from the Community Development Department FY2018/19 available year-end resources in the General Fund (Fund 1001) to the General Plan Update Multi-year Operating Project (I22400000) for litigation services; and 2) authorizing the City Attorney or City Attorney's designee to execute a supplemental contract with Stoel Rives, LLP in an amount not to exceed $579,000 for litigation assistance with the lawsuit challenging the 2035 General Plan and associated Master Environmental Impact Report (MEIR).
Contact: Leslie Z. Walker, Senior Deputy City Attorney, (916) 808-5346; Brett Witter, Supervising Deputy City Attorney, (916) 808-5346, Office of the City Attorney
Body
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Supplemental Agreement 2015-2134-3
3-Resolution
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: Staff is seeking Council authorization for a supplemental legal services agreement with Stoel Rives, LLP in an amount not to exceed $579,000 for expenses associated with the 2035 General Plan lawsuit. The lawsuit brought by an unincorporated association, Citizens for Positive Growth and Preservation (CPGP), challenges City Council's March 3, 2015 approval of the 2035 General Plan and associated MEIR[DC1].
The City Attorney's Office maintains a pre-approved list of qualified outside counsel available to assist with litigation. Stoel Rives, LLP was selected as the most qualified firm to strongly represent and defend the City's interest in this lawsuit. This contract amount will cover expenses incurred since the initiation of the lawsuit through and including the hearing on the appeal of the trial court decision.
Staff recommends that the Council authorize the City Manager to tr...
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