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HomeMy WebLinkAboutContracts & Agreements_179-2016 MODIFICATION TO MS4 NPDES STORMWATER PERMIT RENEWAL PARTICIPATION AND JOINT DEFENSE AGREEMENT This Modification ("Modification")to the MS4 NPDES Stormwater Permit Renewal Participation and Joint Defense Agreement(`Agreement") is made and entered into as of the date it is signed by all parties to the Agreement by and between San Bernardino County Flood Control District,the County of San Bernardino, and the City of Big Bear Lake,the City of Chino, the City of Chino Hills, the City of Colton, the City of Fontana, the City of Grand Terrace,the City of Highland, the City of Loma Linda,the City of Montclair, the City Ontario, the City of Rancho Cucamonga,the City of Redlands, the City of Rialto,the City of San Bernardino, the City of Upland, and the City of Yucaipa, (collectively, the "Parties''or"MS4 Permittee Group") and Steptoe & Johnson, LLP. RECITALS A. Some of the Parties entered into the Agreement relating to renewal of that certain MS4 NPDES Permit and Waste Discharge Requirements for Area-wide Urban Stormwater Runoff, adopted January 29, 2010,NPDES No. 618036/Order No. R8-2010-0036, applicable to the San Bernardino County Flood Control District("SB1=CD"),the County of San Bernardino, and the incorporated cities of San Bernardino County within the Santa Ana Region ("MS4 NPDES Permit"); B. The SB FCD, as Principal Permittee engaged the services of Chris M. Amantea, Esq. who, at the tune, was a partner at the law firm Squire Patton Boggs,to assist SB FCD on legal and other issues related to renewal of the MS4 NPDES Permit, as well as on other matters necessary to representation of the MS4 Permittee Group in connection with negotiating the terms of the 2015 MS4 Permit; and C. Since that time,Mr. Amantea, has changed law firms and is now a partner at the law Erna of Steptoe &Johnson, LLP. Y AGREEMENT Pursuant to Paragraph 14.0 (Modification of Agreement) of the Agreement,the Parties desire and intend to modify the Agreement to retain Steptoe &Johnson, LLP as common counsel to advise the MS4 Permittee Group on legal and other issues related to the 2015 MS4 Permit and remove Squire Patton Boggs as common counsel. Mr. Amantea will remain as the partner responsible for overseeing and managing the legal services provided to SB FCD, as Principal Permittee and to the MS4 Permittee Group. Therefore,the Agreement is hereby modified to replace all references to Squire Patton Boggs (except for the references in Recital E of the Agreement),with Steptoe & Johnson, LLP. Except as modified herein, the terms and conditions of the Agreement remain unchanged. This Modification may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which, when so executed, is deemed to be an original and all of which taken together constitute one agreement. Steptoe&Johnson, LLP City of Chino Bv: By: Name: Name: Title: Title: Date: Date: San Bernardino County Flood Control City of Chino Hills District(Principal Permittee) Bv: By: Name: Name: Title: Title: Date: Date: County of San Bernardino Cite of Colton Bv: By: Name: Name: Title: Title: Date: Date: City of Big Bear Lake Cit} of Fontana By: By Name: Name: Title: Title: Date: Date: City of Grand Terrace City of Ontario By: By:_.____. Name: Name: Title: Title: Tate: Date: City of Highland City of Rancho Cucamonga fav: By: Name: Name: Title: _ Title:._._ —. Date: late: City of Lorna Linda City of Redlands Name:. Name; Pa,Ul W. FoSfipr Title: Title: Mayor Date: Tate: 9/6/16 City of Montclair City of Rialto Bv: _ Bv:. Name: Name: — Title:-- Title: Dale: Date: City of San Bernardino Bv: Name: Title: Tate: City of Grand Terrace City of Ontario By: By: Name: Name: Title: Title: Date: Date: City of Highland Cite of Rancho Cucamonga By: By: Name: Name: Title: Tittle: Date: Date: City of Loma Linda Cite of Redlands By: By: Name; Name; Title: Title: Date: Date: City of Montclair City of Rialto Bv; Bv: Name: Name: Title: Title: Date: Date: City of San Bernardino By-, Name: Title: Date: City of Upland Bv: Name: Title: Date: City of Yucaipa Bv: Name: Title: Date: