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District Agreement No. 12-568 consultants or contractors and no liability will be assignable to STATE, its officers and employees by CITY under the terms of this Agreement or by third parties by reason of STATE's IQA activities. All work performed by STATE that is not direct IQA shall be chargeable against PROJECT funds as a service for which STATE will invoice its actual costs and CITY will pay or authorize STATE to reimburse itself from then available PROJECT funds. 3. The basic design features (as defined in Attachment 4 of the Scope of Work for PROJECT) shall comply with those addressed in the approved PSR/PR, unless modified as required for environmental documentation. 4. The design, right of way acquisition, and preparation of environmental documentation, including the investigative studies and technical environmental reports for PROJECT shall be performed in accordance with all applicable Federal and STATE standards and practices current as of the date of performance. Any exceptions to applicable design standards shall first be considered by STATE for approval via the processes outlined in STATE's Highway Design Manual and appropriate memoranda and design bulletins published by STATE. In the event that STATE proposes and /or requires a change in design standards, implementation of new or revised design standards shall be done as part of the work on PROJECT in accordance with STATE's current Highway Design Manual Section 82.5, "Effective Date for Implementing Revisions to Design Standards". STATE shall consult with CITY in a timely manner regarding effect of proposed and/or required changes on PROJECT. 5. CITY will be the CEQA Lead Agency and STATE will be a CEQA Responsible Agency. CITY will assess PROJECT impacts on the environment and CITY will prepare the appropriate level of environmental documentation and necessary associated supporting investigative studies and technical environmental reports in order to meet the requirements of CEQA. CITY will submit to STATE all investigative studies and technical environmental reports for STATE's review, comment, and concurrence as the CEQA Responsible Agency. The environmental document and/or categorical exemption determination, including the administrative draft, administrative final, and final environmental document, as applicable, will require STATE's review, comment, and concurrence as the CEQA Responsible Agency, prior to public availability. If, during preparation of preliminary engineering, preparation of the PS&E, performance of right of way activities, or performance of PROJECT construction, new information is obtained which requires additional environmental documentation to comply with CEQA, this Agreement will be amended to include completion of these additional tasks by CITY. 8. CITY agrees to obtain, as a PROJECT cost, all necessary PROJECT permits, agreements, and/or approvals from the appropriate regulatory agencies, unless the parties agree otherwise in writing. If STATE agrees in writing to obtain said 7 25H-9