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<br />CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS <br />CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REQUEST <br />MEETING DATE: I January 14, 2008 <br /> <br />X Action D Discussion Dlnformation DRefer to: <br /> <br />Legal Department <br /> <br />DESCRIPTION: <br />Resolution authorizing and approving a Legal Services Agreement with Jim Mathews of <br />Mathews & Freeland, LLP for legal services related to a Memorandum of Understanding <br />and possible water supply agreement with the City of Irving. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND INFORMATION: <br />Jim Mathews is a partner with the law firm of Mathew & Freeland LLP in Austin, Texas. He started his career <br />in the Environmental Law Section of the Texas Attorney General's office eventually becoming the Section <br />Chief. He left the Attorney General's office in 1987 to enter private practice. Mr. Mathews has twenty (20) <br />years of water law experience and co-sponsors the University of Texas Annual Conference on Texas Water <br />Law. Some clients that he has represented on raw water supply contracts are: Greater Texoma Water <br />Authority, City of Greenville (Sabine River Authority), City of Longview, and the San Antonio Water Authority. <br /> <br />LEGAL REVIEW: ~ <br /> <br />MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION: <br />