ARCHITECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP, INC. (3)

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2. COMPENSATION a. City neither warrants nor guarantees any minimum or maximum compensation to Consultant under this Agreement. Consultant shall be paid only for actual services performed under this Agreement at the rates and charges identified in Exhibit B. Consultant is one of forty-eight (48) Consultants selected to provide environmental and planning services on an as needed basis under RFQ No. 20-100. The total compensation for services provided by all Consultants selected under RFQ No. 20- 100 is a collective amount not to exceed Two Million Six Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($2,650,000.00) during the term of the Agreement, including any extension periods. b. Payment by City shall be made within forty-five (45) days following receipt of proper invoice evidencing work performed, subject to City accounting procedures. Payment need not be made for work which fails to meet the standards of performance set forth in the Recitals and Scope of Work, which may reasonably be expected by City. 3. TERM This Agreement shall commence on the date first written above and continue for three (3) years until November 30, 2023, unless terminated earlier in accordance with Section 17, below. The term of this Agreement may be extended upon a writing executed by the City Manager and the City Attorney. 4. INIDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR Consultant shall, during the entire terns of this Agreement, be construed to be an independent contractor and not an employee of the City. This Agreement is not intended not shall it be construed to create an employer -employee relationship, a joint venture relationship, or to allow the City to exercise discretion or control over the professional manner in which Consultant performs the services which are the subject matter of this Agreement; however, the services to be provided by Consultant shall be provided in a manner consistent with all applicable standards and regulations governing such services. Consultant shall pay all salaries and wages, employer's social security taxes, unemployment insurance and similar taxes relating to employees and shall be responsible for all applicable withholding taxes. 5. OWNERSHIP OF MATERIALS This Agreement creates a non-exclusive and perpetual license for City to copy, use, modify, reuse, or sublicense any and all copyrights, designs, and other intellectual property embodied in plans, specifications, studies, drawings, estimates, and other documents or works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression, including but not limited to, physical drawings or data magnetically or otherwise recorded on computer diskettes, which are prepared or caused to be prepared by Consultant under this Agreement ("Documents & Data"). Consultant shall require all subcontractors to agree in writing that City is granted a non-exclusive and Page 2 of 9