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° Page 2 <br />STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT: The retention of experienced outside legal counsel and the <br />accurate tracking of all outside legal counsel expenditures supports all priorities of the City of <br />Riverside's Envision Riverside 2025 Strategic Plan. <br />This item aligns with each of the five Cross -Cutting Threads as follows: <br />1. Community Trust — Riverside is transparent and makes decisions based on sound <br />policy, inclusive community engagement, involvement of City Boards & Commissions, <br />and timely and reliable information. This report of outside legal counsel expenditures <br />supports and aids the making of such decisions. <br />2. Equity — Use of outside counsel that specialize in specific areas of the law benefits the <br />entire community by ensuring that such efforts comply with all aspects of the law. <br />3. Fiscal Responsibility — The City Attorney's Office is expending funds in a careful and <br />judicious manner balanced against the need for specialized legal counsel when the <br />circumstances warrant. <br />4. Innovation — The retention of specialized legal counsel to provide specialized legal <br />advice supports City innovation efforts by ensuring that such efforts comply with all <br />aspects of the law. <br />5. Sustainability & Resiliency — The retention of specialized legal counsel to provide <br />specialized legal advice supports City goals of sustainability and resiliency by ensuring <br />that such efforts comply with all aspects of the law. <br />FISCAL IMPACT: <br />FY20/21 <br />TOTAL <br />QTR 1 <br />QTR2 <br />QTR3 <br />QTR4 <br />TOTAL <br />687,692 <br />1,002,666 <br />893,398 <br />628,463 <br />$3,212,219 <br />FY21 /22 <br />QTR 1 <br />QTR 2 <br />QTR 3 <br />QTR4 <br />TOTAL <br />857,745 <br />553,639.77 <br />398,734.57 <br />226,474.52 <br />$1,985,590.36 <br />Prepared by: <br />Phaedra A. Norton, City Attorney <br />Attachment: Outside Counsel Expenditure Report <br />