City Council

Item S508:\nFirst Amendment to Agreement for Legal Services with Nossaman LLP to Provide\nContinuing Legal Services as Outside Counsel.\n(Added 4/16/26)\nTotal Estimated Cost of Proposed Action and Funding Source:\nThis First Amendment to the agreement with Nossaman LLP will increase the not-to-\nexceed amount by $1,000,000 for a total not-to-exceed amount of $1,500,000.\nExpenditure of funds from Enterprise Funds, the Public Liability Fund, or the General\nFund.\nCouncil District(s) Affected: Citywide.\nProposed Actions:\n(R-2026-377)\nResolution authorizing approval of a First Amendment to the Agreement with Law Firm\nto increase the total not to exceed amount to $1,500,000.00 from $500,000.00. The\n$1,000,000.00 increase is necessary to allow the Law Firm to continue representing the\nCity in matters involving federal trespass on City-owned land, defense of an inverse\ncondemnation action related to outflows from the El Capitan Dam, and administrative law\nprocedures attendant to renewal of the NPDES permit for the Point Loma Wastewater\nTreatment Plant.\nCommittee Actions Taken: N/A\nOffice of the City Attorney: Jim McNeill, (619) 236-6220