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violations, Mr, Silver and left. Wright have obtained numerous victories for public entity clients and have handled matters from inception dvough case disposition. For these services, Silver & Wright proposes a blended rate of $979 per hour for attorneys and $100 per hour for paralegals. 3, Graffiti Enforcement and Rcstittntion t $179 per knout, Graffiti is not just an eyesore fox communities, it also stifles the sense of safety and cohesion in a neighborhood and acts as a communication mechanists for gangs. Cleaning up graffiti costs cities and taxpayers tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars each year.. At Silver & Wright, we recognize that rides should not beat the brunt of these costs, especially in these lean economic times when fluids and personael are limited. As such, out attorneys have developed and successfully implemented cutting-edge ordinances that allow cities to comprehensively attack graffiti, recover their costs and deter graffiti in the fixture. Our strategy involves maxituizing a city's graffiti fighting powers under State law, We create tools for cities to recover their clean aap and investigation costa, then penalize the tuggers, and if a minor, the parents as well, in the last six months alone, we hsve obtained over $50,000 in judgments against tagrxs and their parents -- cost recovery that otherwise would have been lost. Moreover, unlike juvenile court restitution, our cost recovery process does not stop when the juvenile's probation ends. This means cities have at least a 10 year window for recovery instead of just a few months or a year. This approach leads to reduced graffiti, more parental responsibility and supervision over their minors, and allows the city to maintain a source of revenue to clean up gtsi£fiti. One city reported a 506/4 decrease ha graffiti expenses following these successful efforts. At the very least, this strategy sends a strong message to taggera and gang members that their conduct will not be tolerated. We would assist City stiff in developing and. implementing this program by drafting appropriate ordinances, worldng with enforcement officials to obtain the necessary evidence, prepare and issue demand letters to taggers and parents, conducting settlement negotiations, pursuing civil litigation to recover the city's costs and impose penalties, and helping the City enforce the judgment and recover its award, For these specialized and unique services, Silver & Wright proposes a blended hourly rate of $179 per hour for attorneys and $100 per, hour for paralegals. 4. Administrative Cost Recovery, Appeals and Nuisance Hearings A-T-JU,TF,: $850 per administrative hearing, $179 per hour for subsequent appeals. Ir. Silver and Mt, Wright have tremendous experience in. administrative proceedings, including cost recovery hearings, appeals of administrative fares and actions, and nuisance abatement hearings.