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6 AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Blais & Associates, LLC
Grant Writing and Administration Services
This Amendment No. 2 to Agreement for Professional Services is made and entered into as of 5/28/2024 by and between the City of Lake Elsinore, a municipal corporation (“City), and Blais & Associates, LLC, a Corporation (“Consultant”).
RECITALS
A. The City and Consultant have entered into that certain Agreement for Professional Services dated 8/5/2020 (the “Original Agreement”). Except as otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings set forth for such terms in the Original Agreement.
B. The Original Agreement compensated the Consultant for Twenty-Four Thousand dollars ($24,000.00).
C. The Original Agreement had a term of seven (7) months, commencing on 8/5/2020 and ending on 6/30/2021.
D. On 7/1/2021, the City extended the Original Agreement on a 12-month basis by giving written notice to the Contractor, extending the agreement from 7/1/2021 to 6/30/2022.
E. Amendment No. 1 to the Original Agreement was executed on 12/14/2021 extending the agreement to 6/30/2024, with two additional twelve (12) month renewal terms and increasing compensation to forty thousand dollars ($40,000.00). Amendment No. 1 and the Original Agreement are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Amended Agreement.” F. The parties now desire to increase the payment for such services as set forth in this Amendment No. 2 and extend the term.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and conditions set forth herein, City and Consultant agree as follows:
1. Section 2c, Term, of the Amended Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
The term of this Agreement shall commence upon execution of this Agreement and shall continue in full force and effect until 6/30/2025, unless sooner terminated pursuant to the provisions of the Agreement (the “Term”).
The City may, at its sole discretion, extend the term of this Agreement on a 12-month basis not to exceed two additional twelve (12) month renewal terms by giving written notice thereof to Consultant not less than thirty (30) days before the end of the contract term, such notice to be exercised by the City Manager.
2. Section 3, Compensation, of the Amended Agreement, is hereby amended to add the following:
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of Amendment No. 2 and the 3 7
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6 term thereof, Consultant’s annual compensation, including any renewal term, shall not exceed Seventy Thousand dollars ($70,000.00) without additional written authorization from the City Council.
3. Except for the changes herein, all other terms and conditions of the Amended Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused Amendment No. 2 to be executed on the respective dates set forth below.
“CITY”
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, a municipal
corporation
“CONSULTANT”
Blaise & Associates, LLC
City Manager
Date:
Jordan Carter, President & CEO
Date: __
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
Assistant City Manager
Attachments: Exhibit A-2 – Consultant’s Proposal
EXHIBIT A-2
CONSULTANT’S PROPOSAL
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