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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-311 .' ~ (See Companion Reso. 1999-310 and CDC/1999-43) 1 . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 III 17 III 18 III 19 III RESOLUTION NO. 1999-311 RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN ,.. AGREEMENT WITH DAVID TURCH AND ASSOCIATES FOR FEDERAL REPRESENTATION SERVICES. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The Mayor of the City of San Bernardino is hereby authorized and directed to execute on behalf of said City an Agreement with David Turch and Associates regarding Federal Representation Services, a copy of which is attached hereto, marked Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth at length. SECTION 2. The authorization to execute the above referenced agreement IS rescinded if the parties to the agreement fail to execute it within sixty (60) days of the passage of this resolution. III 20 21 III III 22 23 III 24 III 25 III 26 III 27 28 1999-311 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH DAVID TURCH AND ASSOCIATES FOR FEDERAL REPRESENTATION SERVICES. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Mayor joint and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a r..gnl"r meeting thereof, held on the 6th day of December ,1999, by the following vote, to wit: Council Members: AYES ESTRADA x - LIEN x MCGINNIS x SCHNETZ x SUAREZ x ANDERSON x MILLER x NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT .s42IJd)tOJYYf.1~J)a;) /Qg;gb City Clerk (:; The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this ,9' I7^-- day of December , 1999. uJ Jud' h Valles, Mayor Cit of San Bernardino Approved as to 25 Form and legal content: 26 JAMES F. PENMAN, 27 ~~~t:: ') ~ 28 0 ' , " 1999-311 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING AGREEMENT This agreement is between the City of San Bernardino, California (San Bernardino) and David Turch and Associates (DTA) of Washington, D.C. Hereinafter, the term "parties" shall refer to both San Bernardino and DTA jointly. Whenever used in this document, the word agreement means contract; further, the words "firm (a)" or "company (ies)" mean any business entity, association, institution or government agency. 1. PURPOSE San Bernardino hereby engages the services ofDTA to advise, counsel and represent San Bernardino with, principally, but not limited to its affairs with the Legislative and Executive Branches of the Federal Government. DTA agrees to promote and represent the best interests of San Bernardino by acting as a liaison between the City and members of Congress, Congressional Committees and staff, the Executive Branch and other federal officials. In this capacity, DT A will be responsible for, but is not limited to providing San Bernardino with a federal legislative action agenda to be used as a basis for all federal funding requests; identifying and pursuing federal funding programs for San Bernardino programs; and notifying San Bernardino oflegislation, reports, hearing testimony and/or relevant regulatory activities that will impact its programs and operations. DTA further agrees to provide San Bernardino regular reports, outlining the status of all current and future work to be performed on behalf of the City. DTA will obtain the written and prior consent of San Bernardino in the event that DTA assigns or subcontracts any portion of its services it has agreed to provide San Bernardino as outlined in this agreement. DTA also agrees to comply with any and all laws, statutes, and regulations applicable to the services it will provide San Bernardino, including but not limited 1999-311 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 to, all reporting requirements imposed by law. All services provided by DTA will be on a non- exclusive basis. 2. TERM OF CONTRACT. This Contract shall be for a period of one year, commencing on the date first above shown and terminating one year thereafter, unless otherwise extended by both Parties. This contract may be terminated by any Party giving thirty (30) days written notice prior to the end of the term, to other Parties. 3. COMPENSATION. a. Ordinary: Compensation from San Bernardino to DTA is agreed to be Forty-five Thousand Dollars ($45,000) per year. Such compensation shall be paid by the City according to the following schedule: a. For services delineated above, San Bernardino shall pay DT A $45,000 for the term of the Agreement, payable in twelve (12) monthly installments of$3,750. The fee for services will cover all basic expenses incurred in Washington D.C. by the DTA on behalf of San Bernardino. b. Upon prior written approval ofthe Mayor or his/her designee, San Bernardino shall reimburse the DTA for such pre-approved travel expenses incurred in attending meetings outside the Washington D.C. area. c. San Bernardino will be billed on a monthly basis for out-of-pocket expenses and costs incurred by DTA on its behalf, up to $2,500 annually, in the course of providing services to San Bernardino pursuant to this Agreement. No other expenditures made by DT A shall be reimbursed by San Bernardino without the prior written approval of the Mayor or her designee. DT A agrees to bill San 2 1999-311 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Bernardino monthly for such expenses, such billing to be mailed on or before the fifth day of each calendar month. 4. CONFIDENTIALITY AND CONFLICT DTA has an established policy regarding the confidentiality of their clients. This policy extends to the information received regarding a specific project as well as information of a more general nature concerning a client's activities. Therefore, DT A agrees as an extension of the existing policy to hold confidential San Bernardino's affairs from the surrounding or overlapping public jurisdictions as well as from other clients. DT A further agrees to treat any and all information provided by San Bernardino for the purposes of this contract, as confidential, unless otherwise directed by San Bernardino. 5. FAILURE TO ENFORCE The failure of DTA or San Bernardino to insist upon strict performance of any of the terms and conditions herein shall not be deemed a waiver of any rights or remedies that DT A or San Bernardino may have and shall not be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach or default in the terms and conditions herein contained. 6. INDEMNIFICATION DTA shall indemnifY, defend, and hold harmless the City, its officers, employees and agents (including, without limitation, reasonable costs of defense and reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to City's performance of this agreement, except that such duty to indemnify, defend and hold harmless shall not apply where injury to person or property is caused by City's willful misconduct or negligence. City shall indemnifY, defend and hold harmless DTA, its officers, employees and agents (including, without limitation, reasonable costs of defense and reasonable attorney's fees) arising out of or related to Consultant's performance of this Agreement, except that such duty to indemnifY, defend and hold harmless 3 1999-311 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 shall not apply where injury to person or property is caused by Consultant's willful misconduct or negligence. The costs, salary and expenses of the City Attorney and members of his office in enforcing this Agreement on behalf of City shall be considered as "attorney's fees" for the purposes of this paragraph. 7. INSURANCE While not restricting or limiting the foregoing, during the term of this agreement, Consultant shall maintain in effect policies of comprehensive public, general and automobile liability insurance, in the amount of $1,000,000.00 combined single limit, and statutory Worker's Compensation coverage, and shall file copies of said policies with the City's Risk Manager prior to undertaking any work under this Agreement. City shall be set forth as an additional named insured in each policy of insurance provided hereunder. The Certificate of Insurance furnished to the City shall require the insurer to notify City of any change or termination in the policy. 8. NONDISCRIMINATION In the performance of this Agreement, and in the hiring and recruitment of employees, DTA shall not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, physical handicap, ethnic background or country of origin. 9. NO EMPLOYMENT San Bernardino shall perform work tasks provided by this Agreement but for all intents and purposes, DTA shall be an independent contractor and not an agent or employee of San Bernardino. 10. 'ENTIRE AGREEMENT This agreement supersedes any and all other agreements, either oral or in writing 4 1999-311 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 between the parties with respect to the subject matters herein. This contract may be modified or amended at any time only by the mutual consent of the parties, and shall be effective only if it is in writing and signed by all parties. Any modification or amendment to the contract shall become a permanent part of this agreement. The agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. II. NOTICES Any notice to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be deposited with the United Postal Service, postage prepaid and addressed as follows: City Administrator's Office 300 North D Street San Bernardino, CA 92418 Facsimile (909) 384-5138 TO THE CITY: 13 14 15 16 TO THE CONSULTANT: 17 18 11111 19 11111 20 11111 21 22 11111 23 11111 24 11111 25 11111 26 27 28 David Turch and Associates 517 2nd Street, Northeast Washington, D.C., 20002 5 " 1999-311 1 PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING AGREEMENT WITH DAVID TURCH AND ASSOCIATES 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 IN WITNESS THEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year set forth herein: CONSULTANT D~:;d~~ /~'~/-0;'1 Date BERNARDINO ~ I;;, kS ;;99~ { I Date ATTEST: 16 ~,'C1wJu Rachel Clar,k, City C.lerk" (J~p 'd;,,, 17 ~_ .Aam(j(;'t[L;trudlAl)(,~ hP. !k(J 18 J 19 Approved as to form and content: 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 " (7i~ es Penman, City Attorney 6