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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
i a Costa -
FROM: Silvano B. Marchesi, County Counsel County
By: David F. Schmidt, Deputy
DATE: February 13, 2001
SUBJECT: Approval of Contract Amendment with Gordon, DeFraga, Watrous & Pezzaglia,
Inc., for Blackhawk, Canyon Lakes and Wiedemann Ranch Geologic Hazard
Abatement District
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDATION:
Approve and authorize the Chair to execute on behalf of the Board of Supervisors (as
the Board of Directors) for the Blackhawk, Canyon Lakes and Wiedemann Ranch Geologic Hazard
Abatement Districts (the "GHADs"), a contract amendment with Gordon, DeFraga, Watrous &
Pezzaglia, Inc., for the provision of specialized expert legal services concerning particular GHAD
matters.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded by County geologic hazard abatement districts' funds.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND: This amendment will
allow the continued provision of specialized expert legal services to address particular GHAD matters
such as any claimed soil stabilization concerns and their appropriate resolution.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: :4aAff ( 46L4Jr
1,4ECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BO D APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED_ OTHER
UNANIM (ABSENT 1 I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY
OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED N THE MINUTES OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
AYES: NOES:
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ATTESTED
PHIL BATCHELOR,&ERK THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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cc:County Counsel(335-1800) BY DEPUTY
Risk Management
Bill Gray,General Manager
c/o County Counsel's Office
Gordon,DeFraga,Watrous&Pezzaglia
c/o County Counsel's Office
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CONTRACT AMENDMENT AGREEMENT
' (Purchase of Services)
1. Identification of Contract to be Amended.
Number: N/A
Effective Date: January 1,2001
Department: County Administrator
Subject: Legal Services
2. Parties, The County of Contra Costa, California (County), in its capacity as the
Board of Directors of the Blackhawk Geologic Hazard Abatement District, Canyon Lakes
Geologic Hazard Abatement District and Wiedemann Ranch Geologic Hazard Abatement
District,and the following named Contractor mutually agree and promise as follows:
Contractor: Gordon, DeFraga, Watrous&Pezzaglia, Inc.
Capacity: Law Firm Taxpayer ID#94-2293260
Address: P.O. Box 630,Martinez,CA 94553
3. Amendment Date. The effective date of this Contract Amendment Agreement is
January 1,2001.
4. . Amendment Specifications, The Contract identified above is hereby amended as set forth
in the "Amendment Specifications" attached hereto which are incorporated herein by
reference.
5. Signatures. These signatures attest the parties' agreement hereto:
COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA,CALIFORNIA
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ATTEST: Phil Batchelor,Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County Administrator
Chai eSigtie-dn -,'rD Depuiy
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ALLXN DeFRA ,Vic resident PETER D. rANd1kkAecretary
(Designate business capacity A) (Designate busines capacity B)
Note to Contractor: For Corporations(profit or nonprofit), the contract must be signed by two officers. Signature A
must be that of the president or vice-president and signature B must be that of the secretary or assistant secretary(Civil
Code Section 1190 and Corporations Code Section 313). All signature must be acknowledge as set forth on page two.
AMENDMENT SPECIFICATIONS
The County Board of Supervisors also serves as the Board of Directors for the Blackhawk
Geologic hazard .Abatement District, Canyon Lakes Geologic Hazard Abatement District and
Wiedemann Ranch Geologic Hazard Abatement District. Except as herein provided, Contractor
hereby agrees to provide legal services to the Blackhawk, Canyon Lakes and Wiedemann Ranch
Geologic Hazard Abatement Districts in accordance with all the terms and conditions of the contract
(effective date of January 1,2001)entered into between the County and Contractor.
The Districts' General Manager may assign various requests for particular items of legal
services (e.g., opinions, active litigation, etc.) to the Contractor after first obtaining the County
Counsel Office's review and approval for each particular item of work. Contractor billings for legal
services provided pursuant to this amendment shall be provided directly to the General Manager for
review, approval and payment with copies thereof concurrently provided to the County Counsel's
Office (attention: David Schmidt). Where an active litigation matter has been assigned, the
County's Risk Management division may be involved to provide related administrative assistance.
Contractor shall in a timely manner provide the County Counsel's Office (attention: David
Schmidt) with copies of all correspondence (letter, opinions, pleadings, etc.) produced concerning
assigned items of work.