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Home My WebLink AboutReso. 1986 - 175 - Approving the lerre agreement between the city of redding and kadison pfaelzer woodard quinn & rossi for legal services . , . s .. ,• II I RESOLUTION NO. plc- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING APPROVING THE LETTER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF REDDING AND KADISON, PFAELZER, WOODARD, QUINN & ROSSI FOR LEGAL SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH REDDING HYDROELECTRIC MATTERS AT THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN SAME. � BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Redding as follows : 1 . That the City Council of the City of Redding hereby approves the attached Letter Agreement dated July 15 , 1986 , between the City of Redding and the firm of Kadison,' Pfaelzer, Woodard, Quinn & Rossi for further legal services in an amount not to exceed $25 , 000 . 00 ; and 2 . That the City Manager of the City of Redding is hereby authorized and directed to sign all necessary documents on behalf of the City of Redding, and the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to attest the signature of the .City Man ger and to impress the official seal of the City of Redding on th , aforesaid documents , when appropriate; and 3 . That a true copy of. the Letter Agreement deferred to herein is attached hereto and made a part hereof. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was introduced and read at a regular meeting of the City Council of. c' VI the City of Redding on the 21st day of July , 19 6 , and was duly adopted at said meeting by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Carter, Gard, Johannessen, & Dahl NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Fulton ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None 40 MIKE DAHL , Mayor City of Redding ATTEST: ETHEL A. NICHOLS, City Clerk FO' I''PROVED: 17/ RA DALL A. HAYS , Cit Attorney —2— •• . 410 • • • KADISON, PFAELZER• WOODARD, QUINN E ROSSI, A PARTNERSHIP INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS STUA RT L.KAOISON PHILIP N.FEDER LAWYERS MORRIS PFAEL'ER N R.WOODARDF ROGER B.COVEN• JOHN1913-19801 J.OUINN GARY J.HIGHLAND 2000 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W., , - THOMAS J.MCDERMOTT,JR. WILLIAM M HENSLEY cn OF COUNSEL RUSSEL I.KULLY DAVID A.SPROwL SUITE 7500 NORMAN E.JORGENSEN• ANTHONY J.80551 PEGGY K.00ACKER SHIFFRIN• HOWARD L.SCHWEITZER JOSEPH A.HURRAY,JR, DENNIS BRAGER WASHINGTON. D.C. 20006 • JACK R.SMITH• RICHARD S.COHEN DAVID S.EISEN ANTHONY M,VITTI • RICHARD C.SMITH JAMES I.HAM RICHARD K.SIMON C.RANDOLPH FISRBURN TELEPHONE (202) 152-8300 PA'.IL R.WALKERt KENT A.HALKETT c PHILIP J.MAUS •• JOEL E.BONNER TELELJPIER: (202) 466-4105 - LOS ANGELES OFFICE F. Ft:CHARD T.WILLIAMS BRUCE w.FRASER JAMES GOLDMAN DEBORAH H.EISENF� 707 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD MARGARET M MORROW NANCY B.SAMUELS TELEX: 504332 TERENCE 5.NONAN MARVIN T.GRIEF••• FORTIETH FLOOR JOHN G.JOHNSON.JR.• PATRICIA A.HOLBROOK , CARL W.NORTHROP" RAYMOND M.BIJKATY LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017 JAMES C.ROBERTS JANINE K.JEFFERY 12131 688-9000• 17141 75O-6OC2 LEE L.BL ACK MAN LISA 5.KANTOR TELECOPIER, 12131 688-9768 CRAIG N.HENTSCHEL MICHAEL E.SCHEINBERG July 15, 1986 TELEX, 67-3230 LAURF NCE J.HUTT TT STEVEN O.FARKAS. RKAS• • JOHN B.KI,E5 WILLIAM B.BRINCKLOE,JR, NORMAN A.PEOERSEN•• KATHLEEN D.SIMMONS ' HOWARO 0.BOLTZ,JR. DANIEL D.LAUFENBERG J.DAVID OSWALT KATHLEEN 0.ABERNATHY• NEWPORT BEACH OFFICE GREGORY C.FANT SANDRA J.BERGMANN . JOHN C.FUNK RACHELLE B.CHONG•• 1301 DOVE STREET PAUL B.GEORGE THOMAS H.KEELING LAWRENCE A.COX CHRISTIAN E.MARKEY III SUITE 500 POLLY HORN RHONDA L.NELSON _ NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA 92660 JEFFREY K.RIFFER KATHLEEN M,WHITE THOMAS K.BROWN PATRICK M.COSTELLO•• I 17141 851-0633•12131 688-9856 JACKSON O.HAMILTON M.JEANNETTE CLARY, TELECOPIER: 17141 851-9348 ELLEN 5.DEUTSCH• JULIE WARD RILEY K.TEMPLE* • MARK A.GALLAGHER•••• TELE%: 183577 [RIC L.DOBBERTEEN SANDRA E.PURNELL JOHN L.CARLTON DAVID C.SCHEPER MICHAEL C.KELLEY JAMES U.TROUP• }A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION •MCRBER OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BAR ••MEMBER OF CALIFORNIA AND O.C.BAR • - . FILE NUMBER: •••uFMBCR OF LOUISIANA BAR _ ••'•MEMBER OF MARYLAND BAR OTHERS ADMITTED IN CALIFORNIA Rick Coleman - City of Redding 760 Parkview Avenue Redding, California 96001 Re: - Renewal of Contract for Legal Services Dear Rick: As we discussed on the telephone this week, we have now exhausted the $25, 000 that was authorized by the Redding City Coun- cil on February 20, 1986 (Resolution No. 86-37) for legal- services to be provided by Kadison, Pfaelzer, ' Woodard, Ouinn & Rossi ( "Kadi- son11 ) on Redding hydroelectric matters at the Federal Energy Regu- latory Commission ( "FERC" ) . Accordingly, I .am now forwarding to you this letter proposing that we renew our contract. The renewed contract would, again, be for $25, 000. I also propose that the scope of work include electric transmission and rate proceedings. Our work for Redding in this area was previously covered by sepa- • rate contract (Resolution No. 86-50) . Amounts authorized to be expended under that contract have, also, been exhausted The amount authorized in February has been expended, primarily, • . on the litigation at FERC over the Spring .Creek Pumped Storage Pro- ject. During the winter and spring of , 1986, we continued to oppose Iron Mountain Mines ' attempt to block the Spring Creek project by obtaining an exemption for a small hydroelectric project on Spring Creek. As you know, our litigation effort has proven to be •success- ful : Iron Mountain Mines' exemption application was rejected by the FERC and, on June 13 , 1986, Redding was ' issued . a preliminary permit for the Spring Creek project. • • Rick Coleman July 15, 1986 Page Two There are still some aspects of the Redding/Iron Mountain Mines litigation that remain to be completed, however. IMM has filed an appeal of the issuance of the preliminary permit to Red- ding, and we now are required to respond to that appeal . Also, we are still awaiting FERC action on IMM' s petition for rehearing of the Commission' s denial of IMM' s exemption application. j We are now entering the licensing phase of the Spring Creek proceeding. As you know, licensing proceedings tend to be more complex than preliminary permit proceedings. This is especially true of projects that are as large and that have as much regional significance as the Spring Creek Pumped Storage Project. Extension of our contract will enable us to continue work into the licensing phase of the Spring Creek project. Additionally, extension of the contract with the expanded scope that I have proposed will enable us to continue too represent Redding in transmission and electric rate proceedings. lAs Redding' s load growth continues, PG&E' s rates and conditions of service will have increasing importance for the City. PG&E' s service to the City is, of course, regulated by the FERC, and we represented the City in PG&E' s last FERC rate case under separate contract. An extended contract that encompasses both hydroelectric and electric rale work will enable us to become involved promptly in ny ne:: rate proceeding that may arise at the EERC. Under our renewed contract, Kadison will continue to perform services on an "as requested" basis for Redding, and Kadison will bill Redding on a month-to-month basis . Services will be provided until we reach the dollar limit in our new contract. Our monthly statements will continue to provide you with a completeldescription of all activities undertaken on each matter for each month, and they will continue to contain a complete itemization of all costs. The established relationship between Kadison and Redding is a source of pride to myself and the firm. We very much enjoy the opportunity to provide service to Redding, and we look forward to continuing our. relationship. As I mentioned during our. telephone conversation today, our firm opened a Northern California office in Palo Alto this week. Hopefully, that will allow us, in one way or another, to provide even better service to Redding. If you have any questions, or if there are any points raised in this letter on which some amplification would be helpful, please let me know. - Dated : CITY OF REDDING Very truly yours, By: Mayor 61. Kr---"f"'"-1 ATTEST: Norman A. Pedersen ETHEL A. NICHOLS, City Clerk APPROVED: 4z, RA DALI, A. HAYS , Attorney