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CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made and entered into this ___ f
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to as the "CITY") and the Genesis Work, Inc. (hereafter referred to as "CONSULTANT").
IN CONSIDERATION of the covenants hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
ARTICLE 1
SCOPE OF SERVICES
1.1 Project
CONSULTANT shall assist CITY by having Romi Boucher conduct a four hour
workshop with the CITY'S City Council regarding the CITY' goals, as described in the Scope of
Services, which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein by this reference (the
"Project").
1.2 Schedule of Work
Upon receipt of written Notice to Proceed from the CITY, CONSULTANT shall
prepare for and shall conduct the workshop on the date established by the City Manger.
ARTICLE 2
COMPENSATION
2.1 Fee
CITY agrees to compensate CONSULTANT the sum of two thousand eight
hundred fifty dollars and no cents ($2,850.00)for the services as described in Article 1.
2.2 Terms of Compensation
Within thirty days of the date of the when CONSULTANT submits its invoice to the
CITY following the date of the workshop, CITY shall pay the fee to CONSULTANT.
ARTICLE 3
INSURANCE
3.1 Automobile Liability
CONSULTANT shall at all times during the term of this Agreement obtain,
maintain, and keep in full force and effect, a policy or policies of Automobile Liability Insurance,
as required California by law.
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3.2 Worker's Compensation
CONSULTANT agrees to maintain in force at all times during the performance of
work under this Agreement any worker's compensation insurance that may be required by law.
ARTICLE 4
TERMINATION
4.1 Termination of Agreement
This Agreement may be terminated at any time, with or without cause, by either
Party upon thirty (30) days prior written notice. Notice shall be deemed served if completed in
compliance with Section 5.8.
ARTICLE 5
GENERAL PROVISIONS
5.1 Personnel
CONSULTANT represents that it has, or shall secure at its own expense, all
personnel required to perform CONSULTANT's services under this Agreement. CONSULTANT
shall provide Romi Boucher to conduct the workshop. CONSULTANT may associate with or
employ associates or subconsultants in the performance of its services under this Agreement, but
at all times shall CONSULTANT be responsible for its associates or subconsultants' services.
5.2 Assignment
Neither this Agreement nor any part thereof shall be assigned by CONSULTANT
without the prior written consent of the CITY.
5.3 Independent Contractor
CONSULTANT is and shall at all times remain, as to the CITY, a wholly
independent contractor.
5.4 Titles
The titles used in this Agreement are for general reference only and are not part
of the Agreement.
5.5 Entire Agreement
This Agreement, including any other documents incorporated herein by specific
reference, represents the entire and integrated agreement between CITY and CONSULTANT
and supersedes all prior negotiations, representations or agreements, either written or oral. This
Agreement may be modified or amended, or provisions or breach may be waived, only by
subsequent written agreement signed by both parties.
5.6. Construction
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5.6. Construction
in the event of any asserted ambiguity in, or dispute regarding the interpretation
of any matter herein, the interpretation of this Agreement shall not be resolved by any rules of
interpretation providing for interpretation against the party who causes the uncertainty to exist or
against the party who drafted the Agreement or who drafted that portion of the Agreement.
5.7 Severability
If any term or portion of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal, or otherwise
unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions of this Agreement
shall continue in full force and effect.
5.8 Notice
Except as otherwise required by law, any payment, notice or other
communication authorized or required by this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
deemed received on (a) the day of delivery if delivered by hand or overnight courier service
during CONSULTANT's or CITY's regular business hours or (b) on the third business day
following deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid,to the addresses listed below, or at
such other address as one party may notify the other.
To CITY:
Doug Willmore, City Manager
City of Rancho Palos Verdes -
30940 Hawthorne Blvd.
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
To CONSULTANT:
Romi Boucher
Genesis Work, Inc.
Address: 4923 Rupert Lane
La Canada, CA 91011
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the
date and year first above written.
Dated: / X0 15 GENESIS WORK, INC.
("CONSULTANT")
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Dated: CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
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City Manager
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Exhibit "A":
SCOPE OF SERVICES
Background Approach
We think that community leaders can set the best goals for their future by taking two
compatible approaches. The first approach I call the constructive communication approach:
People create meaning and action in relationship and in communication. Human organizing,
change and futures are conversational realities. When leaders want to maximize the best of a
community and culture and also have to demonstrate their responsibility for the direction,
productivity, flexibility, adaptiveness and morale of their organizations,they can cause desired
futures by the conversations they convene, reiterate and expand. Furthermore,they can begin
to shift the mindsets and culture so that an invented future and expanded capacities can be
sustained.
If people engage in conversations designed to bring forth what is best about the current
community and organization as well as the aspirational aspects of what the community or
organization could be for the future,then a desired future can be designed as a strategic focus
with goals, measures and action plans to realize and implement that created future. People
who engage in this reiteratively then begin to practice and demonstrate conversational
leadership.
The second approach,the SOAR (Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, Results), is the specific
conversational structure that helps people form an attractive strategic future as well as identify
the specific goals that would signify the future has been realized. The SOAR approach grew out
of the Appreciative Inquiry (AI) approach. AI is based on the premise that organizations grow in
the direction of what they inquire about and where they focus their attention. Research has
shown that when people study problems and conflicts,the number and severity of the
problems they identify actually increase. But when they study human ideals and achievements,
peak experiences, and best practices,these things—not the conflicts—tend to flourish.
By encouraging people to engage with certain kinds of questions, make shared meaning of the
answers, and act on the responses, Al supports systemic learning and change. New insights and
passion are simultaneous with the inquiry.
The major outcome of the SOAR approach is a more clearly specific future that calls forth the
passion and represents the vision of the group participants.
• Through collaborative conversations, people talk about the need for change, explore
new possibilities, and contribute to solutions.
• Through customized inquiries, conversations focus on moments of high performance
and deeply held values, best opportunities, aspirations for the future to generate a
collective strategic future vision.
• The main areas for realizing the vision are discerned by the group, and then
measurable results are generated, committed to and assigned that would signify that the
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vision has been realized by the end of the year's timeframe the Council has set.
The SOAR framework has been used in for profit, nonprofit, and governmental settings and in
four-hour to three-day planning sessions. Participants learn to identify the positive core of an
organization or community (strengths and opportunities), obtain clarity of values, vision, and
mission to align with initiatives, strategies, and action plans; plan and design; and identify
measurements that drive performance. Usually, participants achieve improved results in
productivity and communications, in that communication becomes more continuous and open.
It is possible to take this framework and repeat it with various constituencies to achieve greater
alignment, and further refinement of input for the tactical workout of the overall strategic
vision.
Request
The City Manager would like to convene the Rancho Palos Verdes City Council and Mayor to
invent a compelling strategic future based on the current strengths, perceived opportunities,
and best aspirations the elected officials have for next year for Rancho Palos Verdes so they
may set meaningful measurable results in terms of major goal areas in a facilitated Workshop
for 4 hours that will forward the City and community. He has asked Genesis Work, Inc. (GW) to
propose a Workshop facilitation that would further that end.
Invention of a Compelling Future Workshop
The articulation is made through inquiry and dialogue in a four-hour workshop. A visual idea of
the four categories of the strategic articulation looks like this:
trengt s
What have been some best Opportunities
examples of strong values lived What are some of the best
in RPV? Proudest moments of possible opportunities for our
high performance? various services to the
community?
Aspirations Results
From the future back, imagine the What are the measurable
kind and quality of government results that we would have to
service that further distinguished
RPV? Imagine the preferred future of have that would tell us we were
each of the community services the successful in accomplishing this
City provided the community. compelling future?
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