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I accepted by U.S. Postal Service Express Mail, Federal Express, United Parcel Service, or other 2 expedited delivery service. 3 C. Each party shall notify the other party, in writing, within twenty-four (24) hours of becoming 4 aware of any occurrence of a serious nature which may expose either party to liability. Such occurrences 5 shall include, but not be limited to, accidents, injuries, or acts of negligence, or loss or damage to any 6 County property in possession of CITY. 7 D. For purposes of this Agreement, any notice to be provided by COUNTY may be given by 8 ADMINISTRATOR. 9 10 IV. SEVERABILITY 11 If a court of competent jurisdiction declares any provision of this Agreement or application thereof 12 to any person or circumstances to be invalid or if any provision of this Agreement contravenes any 13 Federal, State, or County statute, ordinance, or regulation, the remaining provisions of this Agreement or 14 the application thereof shall remain valid, and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain 15 in full force and effect, and to that extent the provisions of this Agreement are severable. 16 17 V. STATUS OF THE PARTIES 18 COUNTY shall at all times be deemed to be an independent contractor and shall be wholly 19 responsible for the manner in which it performs its duties under this Agreement. Nothing herein 20 contained shall be construed as creating the relationship of employer and employee, or principal and 21 agent, between CITY and COUNTY or any of their respective agents, subcontractors, or employees. 22 COUNTY assumes exclusively the responsibility for the acts of its employees. COUNTY and its 23 employees shall not be entitled to any rights and/or privileges of CITY employees, and shall not be 24 considered in any manner to be CITY'S employees. Likewise, CITY assumes exclusively the 25 responsibility for the acts of its employees, and they shall not be considered in any manner to be 26 COUNTY'S employees. 27 28 VI. TERM 29 A. The term of this Agreement shall commence and terminate as specified on Page 3 of this 30 Agreement, unless otherwise sooner terminated as provided in this Agreement; provided, however, 31 COUNTY shall be obligated to perform such duties as would normally extend beyond this term, 32 including but not limited to, obligations with respect to confidentiality, indemnification, audits, reporting 33 and accounting. 34 B. The term of this Agreement shall be automatically extended for a 180-day period through 35 December 31, 2006, if a successor Agreement between the parties is not in force by July 1, 2006, and no 36 notice of non -renewal has been given by either CITY or COUNTY in accordance with the Termination 37 paragraph of this Agreement. 5 of 7 XACONTRACT 2005Wnimal Care Services-Master-05-06-HH.Doc ACSiKKO6