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Meeting Name: Legal and Claims Committee Agenda status: Final - Revised 1
Meeting date/time: 5/13/2024 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: MEETING DELAYED 1:15 P.M.
09:00 a.m. EOT 11:00 a.m. LEG 12:30 p.m. Break 01:00 p.m. Legal 02:30 p.m. OWS
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Not available Meeting Extra1: Not available  
Agenda packet: Agenda Packet Agenda Packet
Meeting video: eComment: Not available  
Attachments:
File #Agenda #TypeTitleActionResultAction DetailsVideo
21-3311 A.Manager ReportGeneral Counsel's report of monthly activities   Roll call Video Video
21-3312 A.MinutesApproval of the Minutes of the Legal and Claims Committee for April 9, 2024 (Copies have been submitted to each Director, any additions, corrections, or omissions)   Action details Video Video
21-3344 7-6Board Letter for ActionAuthorize contracts for Bond Counsel services with Anzel Galvan LLP; Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Nixon Peabody LLP, and Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP; Co-Bond Counsel services with Amira Jackmon and Law Offices of Alexis S.M. Chiu; and Disclosure Counsel services with Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, P.C. for the period ending June 30, 2027; the General Manager has determined that this action is exempt or otherwise not subject to CEQA   Action details Not available
21-3345 8-5Confidential Board Letter for ActionReceive report on litigation in In re: Aqueous Film-Forming Foams Products Liability Litigation, Master Docket No.: 2:18-mn-2873-RMG, and settlements in: (1) City of Camden, et al. v. 3M Company, Civil Action No.: 2:23-cv-03147-RMG; and (2) City of Camden, et al. v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company (n/k/a EIDP, Inc.), et al., Civil Action No.: 2:23-cv-03230-RMG; and provide direction on response to proposed settlements in: (1) City of Camden, et al. v. Tyco Fire Products LP, et al., Civil Action No.: 2:24-cv-02321-RMG; and (2) other future cases; and authorize an increase in maximum amount payable under contract for legal services with Marten Law LLP in the amount of $150,000 for a total amount not to exceed $550,000; the General Manager has determined that the proposed action is exempt or otherwise not subject to CEQA [Conference with legal counsel – existing litigation; may be heard in closed session pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)]. [SUBJECT REVISED 5/8/2024] approvedPass Action details Video Video
21-3468  Public Hearing8-5 Contract increaseapprovedPass Action details Video Video
21-3373 a.Oral Presentation OnlyReport on San Diego County Water Authority v. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, et al., San Francisco County Superior Court Case Nos. CPF-10-510830, CPF-12-512466, CPF-14-514004, CPF-16-515282 , CPF-16-515391, CGC-17-563350, and CPF-18-516389; the appeals of the 2010 and 2012 actions, Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District Case Nos. A146901, A148266, A161144, and A162168, and California Supreme Court Case No. S243500; the petition for extraordinary writ in the 2010 and 2012 actions, Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District Case No. A155310; the petition for extraordinary writ in the second 2016 action, Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District Case No. A154325 and California Supreme Court Case No. S251025; the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California v. San Diego County Water Authority cross-complaints in the 2014, 2016, and 2018 actions; and the appeals of the 2014, 2016, and 2018 actions, Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District Case No. A170156 [Conference with legal counsel – existing litigation; to be heard in closed    Action details Video Video