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<br />4. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR <br /> <br />Consultant shall, during the entire term of this Agreement, be construed to be an <br />independent contractor and not an employee of the City. This Agreement is not intended nor <br />shall it be constnled to create an employer-employee relationship, a joint venture relationship, or <br />to allow the City to exercise discretion or control over the profe"ional manner in which <br />Consultant performs the services which are the subjeetmatter ofthis Agreement; however, the <br />services to be provided by Consultant shall be provided in a manner consistent with all <br />applicable standards and regulations governing such services. Consultant shall pay all salaries and <br />\vages, employer's social security taxes, unemplo)'ment insurance and similar taxes relating to <br />employees and shall be responsible for all applicable withholding lnxes. <br /> <br />5. INSURANCE <br /> <br />Prior to undeJiaking perfonnance of work under this Agreement, Consultant shall <br />maintain and shall require its subcontractors, if any, to obtain and maintain insurance as <br />described below: <br /> <br />3. Commercial General Liability Insurance. Consultant shall maintain commercial <br />general liability insurance naming the City, its officers, employees, agents, volunteers and <br />representatives as additional insured(s) and shall include, but not be limited to protection against <br />claims arising ITom bodily and personal injury, including death resulting therefrom and damage <br />to property, resulting from any act or occurrence arising out of Consultant's operations in the <br />performance of this Agreement, including, \<vithout limitation. acts involving vehicles. The <br />amounts of insurance shall be not less than the following: single limit coverage applying to <br />bodily and personal injury, including death resulting therefrom, and property damage, in the total <br />amount 01'$1,000,000 per occurrence. Consultant shall supply City with a fully executed <br />additional insured endorsement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C upon <br />execution of this ^greement and shall be approved in form by the City Attorney. <br /> <br />b. Business automobile liability insurance, or equivalent form, \\lith a combined single <br />limit of not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence.' Such insurance shall include cnverage for <br />o\vned. hired and non-o\vned automobiles. <br /> <br />c. \\lorker's Compensation Insurance. In accordance with the provisions of Section 3300 <br />of the Labor Code, Consultant, if Consultant has any employees, is required to be insured against <br />liability for worker's compensation or to undertake self-insurance. Prior to commencing the <br />performance of the work under this Agreement, Consultant agrees to obtain and maintain any <br />employer's liability insurance with limits not less than $1,000,000 per accident. <br /> <br />d. Prolessionalliability (errors and omissions) insurance, with a combined single limit of <br />not less than $1,000,000 per claim. <br /> <br />2 <br />