R-2020-0356 - 12/3/2020RESOLUTION NO. R-2020-0356
WHEREAS, on January 10, 2019, the City of Round Rock ("City") retained Herrera Law &
Associates, PLLC to advise and represent the City in relation to SOAR Docket No. 473-18-1422.WS /
PUCT Docket No. 48836 ("Docket No. 48836"); and
WHEREAS, Herrera Law & Associates, PLLC has submitted an updated engagement letter to
continue representation of the City in relation to Docket No. 48836; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to enter into said engagement letter with Herrera Law &
Associates, PLLC, Now Therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS,
That the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute on behalf of the City said
engagement letter with Herrera Law & Associates, PLLC, a copy of same being attached hereto as
Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein for all purposes.
The City Council hereby finds and declares that written notice of the date, hour, place and
subject of the meeting at which this Resolution was adopted was posted and that such meeting was
open to the public as required by law at all times during which this Resolution and the subject matter
hereof were discussed, considered and formally acted upon, all as required by the Open Meetings Act,
Chapter 5 51, Texas Government Code, as amended.
RESOLVED this 3rd day of December, 2020. If
CRAI�MORGY�'N, Mayor
City o Rounock, Texas
ATTEST:
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SARA L. WHITE, City Clerk
0112.20202, 00460445
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EXHIBIT
"A"
November 16, 260020
Mr. Stephen Sheets
C. ity Attornev —Round R0clK..Te-xas
^309 E. Main St.
Round Rock, Texas 78664
R F,.:: t3j)d.ated Enguotsment 1-401el- I'let-ween. CI*ty of Round Rook anti .1fer.re.1-a Law
Regarding I)o:cket No. 473-1.8-1-42.2w.WS! 111,`CT
Docket No. 48836.
[)car Mr. She.41, .
)n Jarv0, 9, thClity Council for the (-,'.itv of Rock., 'Fexas (Otyadop
ted
ReSOILItiOn No. R-2.0.19-0002 'in whiich it engaged OUr firm, Flerrera Law & Associates,
PLLC ("HLA" to 'advice. and represent the Citv reuiarding SOAH Docket No. 473_)-18-
.1422.WS / 11UCF Docket 'No. 488'_36, Ptiloma Lake 11imici t' - Pal irtility Dis IrIct 1V0.
Paloma Lake Ifunicipal I 1*11*�Y Di.vlrict No. 2, f'Ista Oaks Muntdm... 01 1 is Ic P
- 'I - 1111,71fiamson (-'.oant )�itlfunici I 1,7h itv.D* K 10, and 0711* tint pa Ist Ic tains )n o
( 16 ity ol'Round Rock in
Distri Xo.. .1 .1 A..[y)eating the R kin.1 att?,ma-<z 4ctions # the C.,
Iravis and Wdlhimson Counties ("Docket'No. 48836
.As. you kn-ow. Docket No. 488.36 liass notbeen resolved bv -way of settlement, the P bl* U Ic
TAIRRY ('o.mmisslon of 1'exas ("Coannission" or **Pt.TCT1 ) has disposed of several
direshold legal questions reaarding the scope of its review of the City's water and
%vastewater ratess, and has referred the case to the State Office of AdministratIve, I learings
SOAH. ) for a hear -mg on. the merits of the Pet -It complaint,,, "I"hus, this
letter is inteii.ded to con--fitrm the terms of our cont.inued engagement regarding our
" representation of the City N 'in relation to DockuE 48836*
As -kve did under our Inlitial engagement, -we wIll continue to review and fammitiianze
ourselves with the City's prl*or actions 'in its relatiotishi.j.i \,vith the Ilention.mg MUDs',
including, the City CouncIR's actions to set %who esale waterrates for the TIctition.ing
the contracts between the City and each. Pet I* ti oning MIJ.D... corresP ondence to and -from the
*14N flatory Act.,
Pet*i*t*i.oriin,,-t';,iM'(...,,:I')..s, andof course, the Texas Water Code,, the Public,YReUR.-
and tine Administrative Procedures Act. We also �vill contlinue to review P,.n*or decisions,
issued by the Commission relevant to the Petj.uoning.M'UT`.Ds,'* petition and relevant opini.ons
isstied by he Texas courts of appeals. Wevx�,,111 also reach out to Commissi*on StafT on an
Paloma Lake.municipal Utility 1)istdct No. 4. Paloma Lake: Municlpal I.Ai ti-ty, District No. 2, Vista Oaks
Municipal Utflity'District, W11111am.son County Municipal t"Itill-ty District 'No. 10, and. Williamson County
ing J'Ds"aand lindividually I'VI u nic i pal Uti I itv District N'o. 11, cam co I lect lively re. f rred -to ass the mon
as the
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inCity's water an.d.
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as., nStfth*.e-..ed s-- to as-s-.i.S.I.- -t.h- e Comm. -issai N -i-n n
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a s4o*ne b n. t der go .
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ShFrith
Nvasit e. w-* ate-. r -rates and: -the CayS contract-ual relation i-p . each. i-
C. ty.
e. nt, ng the-n s. Id'tio ly, i IS.* ext n repreS interests,A d -na-1th48836, 1n. phase of Docket No
for the hearing.he beS{�'by t*.he
fi H I-ision.
Ore.....menta
we. iWl prepare on.A ,lading to a.
that our its
missionend, i-n
t7ull. Com To . -the
ratty -filing package,
along with accompanying writt�n testimany,of theCity's
Mt3Dsinfothv- P*UCT
-ong
at 1*f-INq-from .
rates**respc�ndinre -. uest.s -forg -to re
Staff;
i3) presenting the C ty'sevidence hearixsgs betore SOAH and ttae { om
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0br�e�ingsarbriefs;W
.prepawringpoaviag. g i-ssuanc f SOAH"s
liei5) fc�llowin
praposai fi+�r dClslon�
6)preparing
anypast-decision
including
any
T HI SslAA.A6 revs..O 'Iof Co� onc -fi- order, we -W., iew
otionr artng.F01--iowing issuance
Frith the City the need, if any, for pursuing an appeal to the courts of' -the Commission°s
Fnal orc�er,
Whip I personally -w*1*1.1 pe OrM.- - much ofAhe -work on this. project other -awyI -ers and legal
viding y our services .-r -hIso in.tlss.istants ecUr firz��ma-y- workouEngg e-ment-'Lette A1.1kc►n+ this . project will d�an�d-irect.supervision.
MY,hourly rat
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be .eS-1'75.0.eu..per- and the for our eg. . i..d ato 0
.�50.�}
w�[Ir-a-_..t-*--*_ n-:-gring
'b,-*-'Iled at a,,. e.0 -Clservices0
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names th tuin -rWes -ic'h m.- eto $335,00- OUT. 'rhe-g -f r the o-t atto
o yinou. oWemu. �ent .-_ -0 may asi-sai-,A-. me -under tI*S..**.gag. Letter are noted glow:
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$3.35X-00
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aprt*se. mnount for our- servi*ces b-ut .-my. esti'mate. o curt toprovide
Iti'*s dI*...JC Iegal. fees
ec
-from -the Commissi.-on
to re s 'nterests in: this. u. a --f.'tnal: ordern -t- t-h-e C.-I fter
a - estimate
_0�lQ,.00stress -thnese: are -n $25`0-000,.00 to
range
.is in the ref .
and liven.naturethe Of rate proceeings be -ore the Connissionl e are n ot i
nii ion
afully-l�ti --ateV 1U.70-Wiloo, -estimate assu s -thne m4atte to- r vi more precis-,,.e amo, y, r sgroceedingbeforeSOAHand the CO-M*m_,i9si.on,. - - am-o- u-nt- ofour -fee,ss hi.g-xh-ly
i.n p�rticl�r
�ge�ders�anve: -troversy --iomng Son, 71 eg.r of con t.. hee. Petit pet. ti'von
iI ofasv��_ move tothis pcoceeding and
arise
Iscaverydisputes
te extent of- d.*' . -that
the -panties present in tie case.
the amount cif testimcany
9ratenmn.7T -I.Ingmv services was - 00 rPlea.w note that- effeefive ianua 1 .2.0 b .-for - $475:YPe.4--4.85,,00 per- hour, where. "it. remain....s. -OWeVer, because
tv.. was..
t. jug ra$ we
on Jar►.mi).2t}'20, myb
1.1,
ued-my-biiiingfor
we cont work on this.project in -the latter of 20 8 at my bi"Ifing rate of $450.00 in
'I"
-n .e j. e a -n crea iy b�llith-Is project at S.-4-50*00 through 2019 a. d most of.2020.35 Whn c. t c rem -en a ixx n n. t se m n
raie beginning, January 1., 202 i, we will. retain. nay biltin ra% of $485 per hour throughissuance of A find
order by the Commission.
?ot4
Gpu'utedEn�ugeent. Letter,it
Rr�urtc�.Rockw4l-iL.-�
�aeked
No. 48836
-tees wi11
and
eC re wi*11 watch our feese nse rv
NOn. - -t h.. less, wXPe closely. The fees for our sekthe. hourly rates I -note above..'i'hc�uh
be 'based on -t -he. kkimmewe spend woring on project114n.
Our rates are suba gject toe once a year,, we will maintain my bi ing rate tbiough will 1tssuance of a final. order by the �Commisslon. Generally, we.,b'I.I-t-.h.e.-C
spent
- on C3ur firm bills in minimum cane -tenth hour increments,
e wzll forward billing. statements monthly to you or towhere
you instruct
us.Our
statements-willcaptain a.de-scnption oaf the weincluding.the date the
service wrasproVtdedfih�
*the service,the amo unt ctf me involved, and
a description of the taskp�rfarmed, wmaples
-we
behalfo ions, d
x e..
de Ydal loriI6 -istance
our
have e p n - ..d. on- such as-andaccom,.--m-
d electronic
*Ielegal
telecom. mu M__ _cat-ions.,photocopies, f-acsim-i t"a x transmissions, an
..
2251t the
h e Pa+cct�rdancearch9 due.-o-Texas
Cwi.th "ment ..S
re-Se C. lar ''s. av, I .n. emetierdoge our clients or
amen. ed.. As a -n.t c ove nt Code, a. -.of course
meals whitraveling and our billing -rate. for travel time zs one whalf of our regular billing
rates.
We.have Pcrformed a check forconflIclsananoapparent
current conflicts.
I the termsfor e.n
.0' our services acceptable, pindicate
0 V.
0i - s-e cal:1 . mm- e_ so
an
not avc
f vou hc�uestianss, plea
-n
si-- ni. re. or, m
4�ediscuss-them.
l.
'We greatly- -the- opportunity -to provide#:base services, to. t�i�City and, ook
forward tc�wr�r-l.th you
.
Aldred Herrera
i'ricipal in theFtl*,M.
512-4"74-1492 (office)
512-474-25Z (fax)
51{mobile)
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pdizted
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e fter
i have read this 'Updated Engagement and agree to continue engagement of the
and 1* ameffera -PCer�ns-t�ve,
services a�f' Law & Assoc .LC under -the a-
. .- aut-ho - - "nzed to enter into this agreement.
Date, 2020
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