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4. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR <br />Provider shall, during the entire term of this Agreement, be construed to be an independent <br />contractor and not an employee of the City. This Agreement is not intended nor shall it be <br />construed to create an employer -employee relationship, a joint venture relationship, or to allow the <br />City to exercise discretion or control over the manner in which Provider performs the services <br />which are the subject matter of this Agreement; however, the services to be provided by Provider <br />shall be provided in a manner consistent with all applicable standards and regulations governing <br />such services. Provider shall pay all salaries and wages, employer's social security taxes, <br />unemployment insurance and similar taxes relating to employees and shall be responsible for all <br />applicable withholding taxes. Provider is not an agent, representative or employee of City and <br />Provider shall have no authority to act on behalf of the City. <br />5. INSURANCE <br />Prior to undertaking performance of work under this Agreement, Instructor shall maintain <br />and shall require subcontractors, if any, to obtain and maintain insurance, as described below, for <br />the entire Term of this Agreement, against claims for injuries to persons or damage to property <br />which may arise from or in connection with services, products and materials supplied. Total cost <br />of such insurance shall be borne by Instructor. <br />Minimum Scope and Limit of Insurance: <br />• Commercial General Liability (CGL): Insurance Services Office Form CG 00 <br />01covering CGL on an "occurrence" basis, including products and completed <br />operations, property damage, bodily injury and personal & advertising injury with <br />limits no less than $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate. Required <br />policy limits can be met with primary and umbrella/excess insurance policies. <br />• Automobile Liability: Insurance Services Office Form CA 00 01 covering Code 1 <br />(any auto), with limits no less than $1,000,000 per accident for bodily injury and <br />property damage. In the event Instructor does not maintain commercial automobile <br />liability insurance, City will accept evidence of personal automobile insurance. <br />• Workers' Compensation: as required by the State of California, with Statutory Limits, <br />and Employer's Liability Insurance with limit of no less than $1,000,000 per accident, <br />policy or employee, for bodily injury or disease. Coverage is not required if Instructor <br />has no employees and signs request to waive such insurance. <br />• Sexual Abuse or Molestation Liability (SAML): If the work will include contact with <br />minors, and the CGL policy referenced above is not endorsed to include affirmative <br />coverage for sexual abuse or molestation, Permittee shall obtain and maintain a policy <br />covering Sexual Abuse and Molestation with a limit of no less than $1,000,000 per <br />occurrence or claim. <br />• If Instructor maintains broader coverage and/or higher limits than the minimum <br />requirements for each line of coverage shown above, City requires and shall be entitled <br />to the broader coverage and/or the higher limits maintained by Instructor. Any available <br />insurance proceeds in excess of the specified minimum limits of insurance and <br />coverage shall be available to City. <br />Page 3 of 10 <br />