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Home My WebLink AboutMcDonough, Holland & Allen pc 2007-05-18Mi+k McDonough Holland & Allen PC Attorneys at Law Iris P. Yang Attorney at Law Sacramento Office 916.325.4576 tel 916.444.3826 fax iyang@mhalaw.com Sacramento 555 Capitol Mall 9th Floor Sacramento CA 95814-4692 tel 916.444.3900 toll free 800.403.3900 fax 916.444.8334 Oakland 1901 Harrison Street 9th Floor Oakland CA 94612-3501 tel 510.273.8780 toll free 800.339.3030 fax 510.839.9104 Yuba City 422 Century Park Drive Suite A Yuba City CA 95991-5729 tel 530.674.9761 fax 530.671.0990 May 18, 2007 David J. Rapport Ukiah City Attorney 405 West Perkins Street P.O. Box 488 Ukiah, CA 95482 MAy 1, 1 2007 BY: Re: Legal Representation Dear David: As I mentioned to you earlier this year, we need to update our legal services agreement with the City of Ukiah for general redevelopment consultation services as Dave Beatty has retired and our rates have changed since the prior 2001 agreement. We very much appreciate the opportunity to continue providing special counsel services on redevelopment matters. As before, litigation services are not included under this Agreement; and in the event the City desires to retain our firm for litigation, a separate agreement shall be entered into. I would be the principal attorney working on redevelopment matters as requested. My current billing rate is $285 per hour. Our Legal Assistants, Lynn Sleeper and Mamie Prock, who have performed services for the Agency under my supervision, are billed at $180 and $150 per hour, respectively. The firm annually reviews billing rates, so these rates may be increased over the course of our representation. Before any other members of this firm are asked to perform any significant work on these matters, we shall first obtain your consent to have them perform such work. All of the billing rates will be reflected in the bill we send you each month. Attached to this letter are our firm's Standard Terms of representation. Please read these carefully and let me know if you have any questions. The Standard Terms, along with the terms set forth in this letter, constitute the entire agreement for our representation, so by signing this letter you are agreeing to these terms. Please return the original letter in the enclosed envelope. You may keep the enclosed copy of this letter and Standard Terms for your records. No advance against fees are being required at this time. However, we do reserve the right to request an advance should it be deemed necessary at any time in the future. 1014632vl 04513/0001 www.mhalaw.com AuiA~ McDonough Holland & Allen Pc Attorneys at Law David J. Rapport May 18, 2007 Page 2 Please call if you have any questions. Very truly yours, McDONOUGH HOLLAND & ALLEN PC Attorneys at Law V ` Oao- By: Iris P. Yang IPY:jjh Enclosures cc: Brent Smith The undersigned hereby approves the foregoing agreement for legal services, comprised of this letter and the accompanying Standard Terms. Dated: 8' / ~ _ , 2007 CITY OF UKIAH D By: r~z'- ~ z Name: vid J. Ra port Title: City Attorney 1014632vl 04513/0001 AAi+k McDonough Holland & Allen Pc Attorneys at Law Sacramento 555 Capitol Mall 9th Floor Sacramento CA 95814-4692 tel 916.444.3900 toll free 800.403.3900 fax 916.444.8334 Oakland 1901 Harrison Street 9th Floor Oakland CA 94612-3501 tel 510.273.8780 toll free 800.339.3030 fax 510.839.9104 Yuba City 422 Century Park Drive Suite A Yuba City CA 95991-5729 tel 530.674.9761 fax 530.671.0990 MHA Standard Terms Agreement This statement of standard terms, along with the teens stated in the accompanying letter, constitutes the Agreement for Legal Services ('Agreement') between you and McDonough Holland & Allen PC 1. Effective Date The Agreement is effective the date we first performed services on your behalf. If we have performed legal services at your request while waiting for you to sign and return this Agreement, you will still be required to pay for those services even if you decide not to sign and return this Agreement. 2. Fees for Legal Services Our fees for legal services are based on the total amount of time expended on all work necessary to your representation, multiplied by the hourly rate then in effect for the person performing the work. We. charge for our time in minimum units of 0.1 hours. Our current hourly rates for attorneys, paralegals, and 'other personnel are reflected in the accompanying letter or on the billing statement. These rates are reviewed and adjusted periodically. If MHA revises its rates while this Agreement is in effect, the revised rates will be applied to the services rendered thereafter and the applicable rates will be reflected in each subsequent bill that you receive. From time to time, those assigned to work on your matter may need to confer among themselves concerning your representation. When that occurs, each person will charge for the time expended in conference. It may on occasion be necessary or advisable for more than one person to attend a meeting, court hearing or other proceeding and each will charge for the time that is spent in making those appearances. We also will charge for waiting time in court and elsewhere and for all travel time both out of town and locally. Time spent on the telephone discussing your matter, including telephone calls with you, also will be billed, as will. conferences with others such as investigators, consultants, or experts. 3. Advance Against Fees Before undertaking a representation, we may request the payment of an advance against fees and we may request the payment of additional advances from time to time thereafter. The initial deposit, as well as any future deposits, will be held. in our trust account to be applied against the fees and costs that you incur. Any fee deposits remaining at the conclusion of this representation after payment of all fees and cos[:-, will be returned to you. Our billings will be made against this advance, which you will replenish in the amount of the monthly billing, within thirty (30) days of the date of that billing. Failure to replenish the advance against fees will be cause for MHA to withdraw from your representation. 4. Costs We will incur on your behalf various costs and expenses in performing legal services under this Agreement. Miscellaneous expenses are covered by a standard administrative charge, currently set at 4%, which compensates the cost of normal photocopying, long distance telephone calls, regular mail postage, telecopy charges and other expenses as to which individual itemization is impractical. Costs specific to your matter such as investigation and filing fees, process server fees, required costs of travel, out-of-town lodging and meals, courier and express delivery and mail services, deposition and court reporter fees, computerized legal research, major photocopying, conference calls and staff overtime, as needed, are itemized and will appear on your monthly statement as separate items. All costs and. expenses are billed at our cost. In some instances, invoices for outside services will be sent directly to you for payment. 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