Report to Carson Reclamation Authority
Tuesday, May 01, 2018
Consent
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER AMENDMENT NUMBER 7 TO A SPECIAL COUNSEL ENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP FOR LEGAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES IN A NOT-TO-EXCEED AMOUNT OF $100,000 UP TO $140,000
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I. SUMMARY
The Authority originally contracted in May, 2016 with Greenberg Traurig, LLP (GT) to provide it and the Authority's legal counsel specific legal assistance in the procurement of a new Pollution and Remediation Legal Liability Policy and associated negotiations on the Environmental Protection Program Policy and with Tetra Tech, the environmental contractor. The firm continues to provide technical legal work to the CRA in a number of environmental areas.
In 2017, the CRA engaged GT to develop a Data and Information Project Management system for the project for an interactive single-source web portal for the master developer diligence and project management efforts. GT's Legal Project Management (LPM) Office developed the platform to conform the specifications to CRA's immediate needs in the most cost-effective manner possible. This is a service GT provides to their clients at a rate less than commercial data management services.
The original term of the Amendment No. 3 was from March 15, 2017 to March 15, 2018 and was for a not-to-exceed amount of $125,000. The CRA spent less than $100,000 from that contract.
This Amendment No. 7 extends the existing contract for an additional year at the not-to-exceed cost of $140,000.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
TAKE the following actions:
1. APPROVE Amendment No. 7 to the Special Counsel Engagement Agreement for Legal Project Management Services between the Carson Reclamation Authority and Greenberg Traurig, LLP in a not-to-exceed amount of $100,000 up to $140,000; and
2. AUTHORIZE Chairman to execute such Agreement in a form acceptable to the Authority Counsel.
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