HomeMy WebLinkAboutSA RESO 2015-61RESOLUTION NO. 2015 — 61
RESOLUTION OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY
TO THE COMMUNITY MUNITY DEVELOPMMENT COMMIISSION
AS THE NATIONAL CITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT
FOR LEGAL SERVICES BETWEEN THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY
TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AS
THE NATIONAL CITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("SUCCESSOR AGENCY"),
THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY ("CITY'), AND THE LAW FIRM OF
MAZZARELLA & MAZZARELLA, LLP, SUPERSEDING THE PRIOR
AGREEMENT FOR LEGAL SERVICES BETWEEN THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY,
THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, AND MAZZARELLA LORENZANA, LLP,
CONTINGENT UPON STATE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE APPROVAL,
WITH NO INCREASE IN THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED
NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $250,000 FOR HOURLY FEES
WHEREAS, the City of National City and the former Community Development
Commission entered into an Agreement for Legal Services with Mazzarella Lorenzana, LLP,
effective November 21, 2011 ("2011 Agreement) for the not to exceed amount of $50,000 to
Pursue various claims against Rosenow Spevacek Group ("RSG') based on and related to the
work RSG performed in connection with the 2007 Redevelopment Plan Amendment; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to ABx1 26 and AB1484, the Successor Agency has an
obligation to minimize liabilities of its redevelopment agency; and
WHEREAS, the compensation to the firm was a combination of a lower hourly
rate for legal fees ($150/hour) in addition to a contingency fee (no greater than 20%); and
WHEREAS, on January 21, 2012, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2012-
31 approving a First Amendment to the 2011 Agreement to increase the not to exceed amount
by $200,000, for a total not to exceed amount of $250,000; and
WHEREAS, the firm has changed names and seeks to enter into a new
Agreement for Legal Services to reflect the name change from Mazzarella Lorenzana, LLP, to
Mazzarella & Mazzarella, LLP, reflect the current Successor Agency name in place of what was
formerly the Community Development Commission, and confirm the compensation structure of
the reduced hourly rate of $150 per hour with a not to exceed amount of $250,000 (no increase
from the original amount) in addition to a. educed contingency fee of up to 20%9.
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 an Agreement for Legal Services between the Successor
Agency to the Community Development Commission as the National City Redevelopment
Agency, the City of National City, and the Law Firm of Mazzarella & Mazzarella, LLP,
superseding the prior Agreement for Legal Services between the Successor Agency, City of
National City, and Mazzarella Lorenzana, LLP, contingent upon State Department of Finance
approval, with no increase in the previously approved not to exceed amount of $250,000 for
hourly fees.
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Resolution No. 2015 — 61
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PASSED and ADOPTED this 17"' day of March, 2015.
Ron Momson, Chairman
ATTEST:
Mic ael R. Dalla, tity Clerk as
Secretary to the Successor Agency
FORM:
Successor Agen& 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
March 17, 2015 by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Boardmembers Cano, Mendivil, Morrison, 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
U
City Clerk Servi g as Secretary
to the Successor Agency
By:
Deputy
HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
RESOLUTION NO. 2015-61 of the Successor Agency to the Community Development
Commission as the Redevelopment Agency of the City of National City, California,
passed and adopted on March 17, 2015.
City Clerk Serving as Secretary
to the Successor Agency
By: