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ORIGINAL Attachment 1 C JONES HALL A Professional Law Corporation AGREEMENT FOR LEGAL SERVICES (Disclosure Counsel for City of Redwood City Public Financing Authority Water Revenue Bonds, Series 2006A) f\ &. . THIS AGREEMENT FOR LEGAL SERVICES is made and entered into this 2J. day of Febt\J(\~ 2.0 0 Co ,-2e96, by and between the CITY OF REDWOOD CITY (the "City"), and JONES HALL, A P FESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION, San Francisco, California ("Attorneys"). WITNESSETH WHEREAS, the City proposes to undertake a water revenue financing to be issued in early 2006 (the "Bonds") payable from the revenues of the City's water enterprise purposes for the purpose of financing certain improvements to the City's water enterprise; and WHEREAS, the City has determined that Attorneys are specially trained and experienced to provide services as Disclosure Counsel in connection with the preparation of the disclosure necessary for the sale of the Bonds, and Attorneys are willing to provide such services; and WHEREAS, the public interest, economy and general welfare will be served by this Agreement for Legal Services. NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY AGREED, as follows: 1. Duties of Attorneys. Attorneys shall provide legal services in connection with the preparation of the Official Statement to be used in connection with the offering and sale of the Bonds. Such services shall include the following: (a) Prepare the Official Statement (both preliminary and final) for the financing; (b) Confer and consult with the officers and administrative staff of the City as to matters relating to the Official Statement; (c) Attend all meetings of the City and any administrative meetings at which the Official Statement is to be discussed, deemed necessary by us for the proper exercise of our due diligence with respect to the Official Statement, or when specifically requested by the City to attend; (d) Prepare a due diligence checklist appropriate for the financing, and review all materials requested thereby; (e) Prepare, in the event of a competitive sale, the official notice of sale and bid form and, in the event of a negotiated sale, the bond purchase contract; (f) On behalf of the City, prepare a continuing disclosure certificate of the City to assist the purchaser of the Bonds with compliance with the provisions of Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 15c2-12; and (g) Subject to the completion of proceedings to our satisfaction, provide a letter addressed to the underwriter and the City that, although we will not have undertaken to determine independently or assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Official Statement, in the course of our participation in the preparation of the Official Statement, we have been in contact with representatives of the City and others, concerning the contents of the Official Statement and related matters and, based upon the foregoing, nothing has come to our attention to lead us to believe that the Official Statement (except for any financial or statistical data or forecasts, numbers, charts, estimates, projections, assumptions or expressions of opinion included therein, and information relating to The Depository Trust Company and its book-entry system, as to which we will express no view) as of the date of the Official Statement or the date of the closing contains any untrue statement of