HomeMy WebLinkAboutSA RESO 2013-40RESOLUTION NO. 2013 — 40
RESOLUTION OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AS THE NATIONAL CITY REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY AUTHORIZING THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE AN ASSIGNMENT
AND ASSUMPTION OF AGREEMENT FOR LEGAL SERVICES
WITH THE LAW OFFICES OF EDWARD Z. KOTKIN
WHEREAS, on June 19, 2012, the Successor Agency to the Community
Development Commission as the National City Redevelopment Agency ("Successor Agency")
and the law firm of Cummins & White, LLP, entered into an Agreement for Legal Services (the
"Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, under the Agreement, Cummins & White, LLP, provided
professional services as legal counsel to the Oversight Board, existing and functioning
pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 34179 and other applicable law, to
oversee the affairs of the Successor Agency' and
WHEREAS, on February 26, 2013, the Chairman of the Oversight Board, under
authority provided by the Agreement, executed that certain "Addition of Key Personnel Under
the Agreement for Legal Services and Consent" ("Consent"), approving the addition of Edward
Z. Kotkin ("Kotkin"), as "key personnel" of Cummins & White, LLP, and allowing Kotkin, in his
capacity as an attorney "of counsel" with Cummins & White, LLP, to serve as legal counsel to
the Oversight Board; and
WHEREAS, with adequate advance notice to and without objection by the
Successor Agency and the Oversight Board, Cummins & White, LLP has elected to discontinue
the provision of legal services under the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Successor Agency's staff and legal counsel have considered
securing competent legal services to replace those provided by Cummins & White, LLP, and
requested Kotkin do so pending consideration by the Successor Agency and Oversight Board
of the Assignment and Assumption of Agreement for Legal Services with the Law Offices of
Edward Z. Kotkin; and
WHEREAS, the Assignment would assign the Agreement originally entered into
between the Successor Agency and Cummins & White, LLP to the Law Offices of Edward Z.
Kotkin upon similar terms as set forth in Exhibit A.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Successor Agency to the
Community Development Commission as the National City Redevelopment Agency hereby
authorizes the Chairman to execute the Assignment and Assumption of Agreement for Legal
Services attached and incorporated by this reference in this Resolution as Exhibit A; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Assignment shall take effect after the
Oversight Board approves this Assignment, and the same has been submitted to the
Department of Finance, subject to California Health and Safety Code Section 34179,
subdivision (h).
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Resolution No. 2013 — 40
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November 5, 2013
PASSED and ADOPTED this 5th day of Novemb , 13.
on Morrison, Chairman
ATTEST:
Michael R. Dalla, ity Clerk as
Secretary to the Successor Agency
AS TO FORM:
Silva
-v Counsel
Passed and adopted by the Successor Agency to the Community Development
Commission as the Redevelopment Agency of the City of National City, California, on
November 5, 2013 by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Boardmembers Cano, Morrison, Natividad, Rios, Sotelo-Solis.
Nays: None.
Absent: None.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY: RON MORRISON
Chairman of the Successor Agency to the
Community Development Commission
as the Redevelopment Agency of the
City of National City, California
By:
City Clerk Se ng as Secretary
to the Successor Agency
Deputy
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
RESOLUTION NO. 2013-40 of the Successor Agency to the Community Development
Commission as the Redevelopment Agency of the City of National City, California,
passed and adopted on November 5, 2013.
City Clerk Serving as Secretary
to the Successor Agency
By:
Deputy