THIRD AMENDMENT TO
LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
AND
LIEBERT CASSIDY WHITMORE
This Third Amendment to Legal Services Agreement (“Third Amendment”) is entered into as of January 20, 2026 ( “Effective Date”) , by and between the City of Chula Vista (“City”) and Liebert Cassidy Whitmore (“Attorney”) (City and Attorney are collectively referred to herein as the “Parties”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Attorney has provided on call legal services on behalf of the City pursuant to a Legal Services Agreement between City and Attorney dated January 17, 2023 (“Original Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, Section 1 of the Original Agreement identifies an original one -year term, with an option to extend the Original Agreement for up to five additional one-year increments; and
WHEREAS, Section 3.1 of the Original Agreement states that the compensation amount on the agreement shall not exceed $40,000; and
WHEREAS, the City previously exercised the first of five options to extend the Original Agreement for a term of January 17, 2024 to January 16, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the City previously entered into a First Amendment to the Original Agreement on July 1, 2024 to adjust the hourly rates authorized on the contract; and
WHEREAS, the City previously entered into a Second Amendment to extend the Original Agreement for an additional one-year term through January 16, 2026, and to increase the not to exceed amount on the Legal Services Agreement to $50,000; and
WHEREAS, the City now wishes to amend the Legal Services Agreement to continue utilizing Attorney’s services, resulting in additional costs exceeding $50,000; and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to amend the Legal Services Agreement to reflect the not to exceed compensation amount, as further described below.
AMENDMENT
THE PARTIES AGREE TO AMEND THE AGREEMENT AS FOLLOWS:
1. The City hereby exercises third of five options to extend the Original Agreement for a term of January 17, 2026 to January 16, 2027.
2. Section 3.1 of the Original Agreement is amended to increase the total not to exceed amount from $50,000 to $100,000.
3. Costs that exceeded $ 50,000 that were incurred under the Original Agreement but prior to this Third Amendment are to be covered and compensated by this Third Amendment.
4. Except as expressly provided herein, all other terms and conditions of the Original Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
SIGNATURES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, by executing this Third Amendment where indicated below, City and Attorney agree that they have read and understood all terms and conditions of this Third Amendment, that they fully agree and consent to be bound by same, and that they are freely entering into this Third Amendment as of Effective Date.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
By: _____________________________
Marco A. Verdugo,
City Attorney
ATTORNEY
By: _____________________________
J. Scott Tiedeman,
Partner