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Resolution No. 82251 RESOLUTION NO. 8225 2 3 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 4 VERNON APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AMENDMENT NO. ONE TO AGREEMENT FOR LEGAL CONSULTING 5 SERVICES BY AND AMONG THE CITY OF VERNON, THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF VERNON AND THE 6 LAW OFFICES OF DAVID B. BREARLEY 7 8 WHEREAS, on July 3, 2002, the City Council of the City of 9 Vernon adopted Resolution No. 8018 approving and authorizing the 10 execution of an Agreement for Legal Consulting Services (the 11 "Agreement") with the Law Offices of David B. Brearley ("Brearley") 12 and the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Vernon (the "Agency") for 13 assistance on issues relating to municipal business and economic 14 matters, especially municipal utility and some redevelopment project 15 issues; and 16 WHEREAS, Brearley has requested that the term of the 17 Agreement be extended to and including June 30, 2004; and 18 WHEREAS, Bruce V. Malkenhorst has previously informed the 19 City Council that he is disqualifying himself from participating in 20 any manner, in activities relating to the consideration and/or 21 implementation of any contract by and between Brearley, the Agency and 22 the City of Vernon; and 23 WHEREAS, the City Council hereby declares that it has not 24 discussed this matter with Bruce V. Malkenhorst, the City 25 Administrator/City Clerk; and 26 WHEREAS, Eduardo Olivo ("Olivo"), the City Attorney of the 27 City of Vernon, has met with Brearley to discuss and negotiate on 28 behalf of the City Council an amendment to the Agreement; and 1 WHEREAS, Olivo has informed the City Council that he has 2 discussed and negotiated with Brearley an Amendment No. One to the 3 Agreement that he believes is fair and reasonable and recommends 4 approval of the proposed Amendment No. One to the Agreement; and 5 WHEREAS, the City of Vernon agrees to amend the Agreement 6 with Brearley in order to extend the term and desires to remove the 7 provision relating to medical insurance and annual -physical. 8 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE 9 CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS: 10 SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby 11 finds and determines that the recitals contained hereinabove are true 12 and correct. 13 SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby 14 declares that it has not requested and has not received any 15 information or assistance from Bruce V. Malkenhorst, City 16 Administrator/City Clerk, and is relying solely on the discussions 17 with Olivo concerning the negotiations with Brearley and is accepting 18 the recommendations of Olivo concerning said negotiations. 19 SECTION 3: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby 20 approves Amendment No. One to Agreement for Legal Consulting Services 21 with Brearley, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and 22 made a part hereof. 23 SECTION 4: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby 24 authorizes the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute said Amendment for, 25 and on behalf of, the City of Vernon. 26 SECTION 5: ' The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby 27 directs the City Clerk, or his designee, to send one fully executed 28 Amendment to: Law Offices of David B. Brearley 2440 S. Hacienda Blvd., Suite 223 Hacienda Heights, CA 91745 SECTION 6: The City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall certify to the passage of this resolution, and thereupon and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 6tn day of August, 2003. LEONIS C. MALB G, Ma or ATTEST: BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk - 3 - STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ss COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution No. 8225, was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Vernon at a regular meeting of the City Council duly held on Wednesday, August 6, 2003, and thereafter was duly signed by the Mayor of the City of Vernon. (SEAL) BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk - 4 - EXHIBIT 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 AMENDMENT NO. ONE TO AGREEMENT FOR LEGAL CONSULTING SERVICES BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF VERNON, THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR THE CITY OF VERNON AND THE LAW OFFICES OF DAVID B. BREARLEY THIS AMENDMENT NO. ONE TO THE AGREEMENT FOR LEGAL CONSULTING SERVICES (the "Amendment") is made, entered into and executed in triplicate originals, either copy of which may be considered and used as the original hereof for all purposes, as of this 6th day of August, 2003, BY AND BETWEEN -THE CITY OF VERNON, (hereinafter referred to as "City") 4305 Santa Fe Avenue Vernon, CA 90058 AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF VERNON, (hereinafter referred to as "Agency") 4305 Santa Fe Avenue Vernon, CA 90058 AND LAW OFFICES OF DAVID B. BREARLEY (hereinafter referred to as "Brearley") 2440 South Hacienda Blvd., #223 Hacienda Heights, CA 91745 RECITALS WHEREAS, David B. Brearley began serving City as its City Attorney on July 1, 1977; and WHEREAS, David B. Brearley retired as City Attorney of the City effective October 31, 1999, pursuant to the provisions of the Public Employees Retirement System; and WHEREAS, David B. Brearley upon his retirement became subject to the provisions of Government Code Section 21224, which limits his activities for City so that they shall not exceed 960 hours in any calendar year; and 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 WHEREAS, on July 3, 2002, City and Agency entered into an Agreement for Legal Consulting Services with the Law Offices of David B. Brearley (the "Agreement") for assistance on issues related to municipal business, economic matters, matters particularly related to City's municipal utilities and redevelopment issues; and WHEREAS, the term of the Agreement was for one year, up to and including June 30, 2003; and WHEREAS, Brearley, City and Agency desire to amend the Agreement to extend the term of the Agreement and remove the provision relating to medical insurance and annual physical for Brearley. NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION OF THESE MUTUAL COVENANTS, THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: Section IV of the Agreement entitled "TERM OF AGREEMENT AND TIME OF PERFORMANCE" is hereby amended to read as follows: "Brearley's services herewith shall commence on July 1, 2003, and shall terminate on June 30, 2004, unless otherwise terminated or extended." SECTION 2: Subsection 2 of Section V of the Agreement, entitled "Medical Insurance" is hereby deleted. SECTION 3: The Exhibit A, which is referred to in Section VI, entitled "METHOD OF PAYMENT", shall be amended to provide that deferred payments will apply to different deferred time periods in the future. (See attached Exhibit A.) SECTION 4: In all other respects, the terms and conditions of the Agreement shall be renewed in its entirety., - 2 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, City, Agency and Brearley have executed this Amendment as of the date first hereinabove set forth. ATTEST: BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: EDUARDO OLIVO, City Attorney (ATTEST: BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: IEDUARDO OLIVO, Legal Counsel By: LEONIS C. MALBURG, Mayor REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF VERNON By: LEONIS C. MALBURG, Chairman LAW OFFICES OF DAVID B. BREARLEY BY: DAVID B. BREARLEY - 3 - EXHIBIT A. EXHIBIT "A" LEGAL CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT JULY 1, 2003 - JUNE 30, 2004 CURRENT COMPENSATION EARNED PAYMENTS DEFERRED PAYMENTS 1. $20,000 JULY 2003 -0- 1 a pay $10,000 - July 15, 2006 lb pay $10,000 - August 15, 2006 2. $20,000 AUGUST 2003 -0- 2a pay $10,000 - September 15, 2006 2b pay $10,000 - October 15, 2006 3. $20,000 SEPTEMBER 2003 -0- 3a pay $10,000 - November 15, 2006 3b pay $10,000 - December 15, 2006 4. $20,000 OCTOBER 2003 -0- 4a pay $10,000 - January 15, 2007 4b pay $10,000 - February 15, 2007 5. $20,000 NOVEMBER 2003 -0- 5a pay $10,000 - March 15, 2007 5b pay $10,000 - April 15, 2007 6. $20,000 DECEMBER 2003 -0- 6a pay $10,000 - May 15, 2007 6b pay $10,000 - June 15, 2007 7. $20,000 JANUARY 2004 -0- 7a pay $10,000 - July 15, 2007 7b pay $10,000 - August 15, 2007 8. $20,000 FEBRUARY 2004 -0- 8a pay $10,000 - September 15, 2007 8b pay $10,000 - October 15, 2007 9. $20,000 MARCH 2O04 -0- 9a pay $10,000 - November 15, 2007 9b pay $10,000 - December 15, 2007 10. $20,000 APRIL 2004 -0- I Oa pay $10,000 - January 15, 2008 1 Ob pay $10,000 - February 15, 2008 11. $20,000 MAY 2004 -0- 1 la pay $10,000 - March 15, 2008 11 b pay $10,000 - April 15, 2008 12. $20,000 JUNE 2004 -0- 12a pay $10,000 - May 15, 2008 12b pay $10,000 - June 15, 2008 A-1 1 AMENDMENT NO. ONE TO AGREEMENT FOR LEGAL CONSULTING SERVICES BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF VERNON AND LAN OFFICES OF DAVID 8, BREARLEY 2 3 THIS AMENDMENT NO. ONE TO THE AGREEMENT FOR LEGAL CONSULTING 4 SERVICES (the "Amendment") is made, entered into and executed in 5 duplicate originals, either copy of which may be considered and used as'l 6 the original hereof for all purposes, as of this 16th day of July,_2003,, 7 BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF VERNON, (hereinafter 8 referred to as the "City") 4305 Santa Fe Avenue 9 Vernon, CA 90058 10 AND LAW OFFICES OF DAVID B. BREARLEY 11 (hereinafter referred to as "Brearley") 12 2440 South Hacienda Blvd., #223 13 Hacienda Heights, CA 91745 14 RECITALS 15 WHEREAS, David B. Brearley began serving the City as its City 16 Attorney on July 1, 1977; and 17 WHEREAS, David B. Brearley retired as City Attorney of the 18 City effective October 31, 1999, pursuant to the provisions of the 19 Public Employees Retirement System; and 20 WHEREAS, David B. Brearley upon his retirement became subject 21 to the provisions of Government Code Section 21224, which limits his 22 activities for City so that they shall not exceed 960 hours in any 23 calendar year; and 24 WHEREAS, on July 3, 2002, the City entered into an Agreement 25 for Legal Consulting Services with the Law Offices of David B. Brearley 26 (the "Agreement") for assistance on issues related to municipal 27 business, economic matters and matters particularly related to City's 28 municipal utilities; and .'4 1 WHEREAS, the term of the Agreement was for one year, up to 2 and including June 30, 2003; and 3 WHEREAS, Brearley and the City desire to amend the Agreement 4 to extend the term of the Agreement and remove the provision relating 5 to medical insurance and annual physical for Brearley. 6 NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION OF THESE MUTUAL COVENANTS, 7 THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE AS FOLLOWS: 8 SECTION 1: Section IV of the Agreement entitled "TERM OF 9 AGREEMENT AND TIME OF PERFORMANCE" is hereby amended to read as 10 follows: 11 "Brearley's services herewith shall commence on July 12 1, 2003, and shall terminate on June 30, 2004, unless I 13 otherwise terminated or extended." 14 SECTION 2: Subsection 2 of Section V of the Agreement, 15 entitled "Medical Insurance" is hereby deleted. 16 SECTION 3: The Exhibit A, which is referred to in Section 17 VI, entitled "METHOD OF PAYMENT", shall be amended to provide that 18 deferred payments will apply to different deferred time periods in the 19 future. (See attached Exhibit A.) 20 SECTION 4: In all other respects, the terms and conditions 21 of the Agreement shall be renewed in its entirety. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 K 1 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, City and Brearley have executed this 2 Amendment as of the date first hereinabove set forth. 3 CITY OF VERNON 4 5 By: LEONIS C. MALBURG, Mayor 6 7 ATTEST: 8 9 BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk 10 11 APPROVED AS TO FORM: 12 13 14 EDUARDO OLIVO, City Attorney 15 16 LAW OFFICES OF DAVID B. BREARLEY 17 18 BY: 19 DAVID B. BREARLEY 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3 - - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 EXHIBIT "A" LEGAL CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT JULY 1, 2003 - JUNE 30, 2004 CURRENT COMPENSATION EARNED PAYMENTS DEFERRED PAYMENTS 1. $20,000 JULY 2003 -0- la pay $10,000 - July 15, 2006 2. $20,000 AUGUST 2003 3. $20,000 SEPTEMBER 2003 4. $20,000 OCTOBER 2003 5. $20,000 NOVEMBER 2003 6. $20,000 DECEMBER 2003 7. $20,000 JANUARY 2004 8. $20,000 FEBRUARY 2004 1 9. $20,000 MARCH 2O04 10. $20,000 APRIL 2004 11. $20,000 MAY 2004 12. $20,000 JUNE 2004 lb pay $10,000 - August 15, 2006 -0- 2a pay $10,000 - September 15, 2006 2b pay $10,000 - October 15, 2006 -0- 3a pay $10,000 - November 15, 2006 3b pay $10,000 - December 15, 2006 -0- 4a pay $10,000 - January 15, 2007 4b pay $10,000 - February 15, 2007 -0- 5a pay $10,000 - March 15, 2007 5b pay $10,000 - April 15, 2007 -0- 6a pay $10,000 - May 15, 2007 6b pay $10,000 - June 15, 2007 -0- 7a pay $10,000 - July 15, 2007 7b pay $10,000 - August 15, 2007 -0- 8a pay $10,000 - September 15, 2007 8b pay $10,000 - October 15, 2007 -0- 9a pay $10,000 - November 15, 2007 9b pay $10,000 - December 15, 2007 -0- 1 Oa pay $10,000 - January 15, 2008 l Ob pay $10,000 - February 15, 2008 -0- l la pay $10,000 - March 15, 2008 l lb pay $10,000 - April 15, 2008 -0- 12a pay $10,000 - May 15, 2008 12b pay $10,000 - June 15, 2008 A-1 CITY COUNCIL LEONIS C. MALBURG Mayor THOMAS A. YBARRA Mayor Pro—Tem WM. 'BILL" DAVIS Councilman H. "LARRY" GONZALES Councilman W. MICHAEL MCCORMICK Councilman BRUCE V. MALKENHORST City Administrator/City Clerk FAX (323) 826-1438 f A j EDVJA D0 OLIVO ttorney Ol•� I Q 1,1 62) :869�488 V v KE SON Director of unity Services & Water X: (323) 826-1435 KENNETH J. DeDARIO Director of Utilities FAX: (323) 826-1425 STEVEN E. PARKER Fire Chief FAX: (323) 826-1407 CITY HALL BRUCE W. OLSON 4305 SANTA FE AVENUE, VERNON, CALIFORNIA 90058 Police Chief TELEPHONE (323) 583-8811 FAX: (323) 826-1481 July 17, 2003 ss Finance Committee Members City of Vernon 0 RE: Proposed Amendment No. One to Agreement for Legal Consulting Services with the Law Offices of David B. Brearley Honorable Members: As you know the City Council referred the above referenced matter to the Finance Committee for further review. A copy of the proposed agreement was given to each member of the Council on July 16, 2003. This matter will be on the July 22, Finance Committee Agenda and I am providing you a copy of the proposed resolution of the city council and the proposed amendment for your review prior to the meeting. If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact this office or the City Attorney. Very truly yours, 0 la!o J., ros o Chief Dep ty City Clerk CITY COUNCIL LEONIS C. MALBURG Mayor THOMAS A. YBARRA Mayor Pro—Tem WM. "BILL" DAVIS Councilman H. "LARRY" GONZALES Councilman W. MICHAEL MCCORMICK Councilman BRUCE V. MALKENHORST City Administrator/City Clerk FAX (323) 826-1438 CITY HALL 4305 SANTA FE AVENUE, VERNON, CALIFORNIA 90058 TELEPHONE (323) 583-8811 July 10, 2003 The Honorable City Council of the City of Vernon 4305 Santa Fe Avenue Vernon, California 90058 EDUARDO OLIVO City Attorney FAX: (562) 869-1883 KEVIN WILSON Director of Community Services & Water FAX: (323) 826-1435 KENNETH J. DeDARIO Director of Utilities FAX: (323) 826-1425 STEVEN E. PARKER Fire Chief FAX: (323) 826-1407 BRUCE W. OLSON Police Chief FAX: (323) 826-1481 Re: Amendment No. One to Agreement for Legal Consulting Services with Law Offices of David B. Brearley Gentlemen: As you know, we have entered into a consulting agreement with the Law Firm of David B. Brearley in connection with services related primarily to utility matters as well as assistance on various legislative and redevelopment issues. The term of the Agreement for Legal Consulting Services ends on June 30, 2003, and Mr. Brearley has requested that the Agreement be extended for another year. I request that approval of an amendment to the Agreement be placed on the agenda for the consideration of the City Council at its meeting of July 16, 2003. If you have any questions or comments, please contact me. Sincerely, Eduardo Olivo City Attorney EO:j1 CITY COUNCIL LEONIS C. MALBURG Mayor THOMAS A. YBARRA Mayor Pro—Tem WM. 'BILL" DAVIS Councilman H. "LARRY" GONZALES Councilman W. MICHAEL MCCORMICK Councilman BRUCE V. MALKENHORST City Administrator/City Clerk FAX (323) 826-1438 CITY HALL 4305 SANTA FE AVENUE, VERNON, CALIFORNIA 90058 TELEPHONE (323) 583-8811 August 19, 2003 Law Offices of David B. Brearley 2440 S. Hacienda Blvd., Suite 223 Hacienda Heights, CA 91745 EDUARDO OLIVO City Attorney FAX: (562) 869-1883 KEVIN WILSON Director of Community Services & Water FAX: (323) 826-1435 KENNETH J. DeDARIO Director of Utilities FAX: (323) 826-1425 STEVEN E. PARKER Fire Chief FAX: (323) 826-1407 BRUCE W. OLSON Police Chief FAX: (323) 826-1481 Re: Amendment No. One to Agreement for Legal Consulting Services by and between the City of Vernon, the Redevelopment Agency for the City of Vernon and the Law Offices of David B. Brearley Dear Mr. Brearley: Transmitted herewith is a duplicate original of the above referenced amendment approved by the Vernon'City Council on August 6, 2003. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please call Mr. Eduardo Olivo, City Attorney, at (323) 583-8811 ext. 310. Very truly yours, `Gloria J. rosco Chief Deputy City Clerk GJO/gm CC: Eduardo Olivo Dolores Fonseca Resolution No. 8225 Agreement No. 03-067