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4. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR Consultant shall, during the entire term of this Agreement, be construed to be an independent contractor and not an employee of the City. This Agreement is not intended nor shall it be construed to create anemployer-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. DELIVERY OF WORK PRODUCT Consultant shall deliver to City all work product which results from the services provided. Said work product shall be submitted in a hard copy and produced in a form compatible with City's computer system, as agreed between the Project Manager and Consultant. In regard to any copyrightable material produced as a deliverable under the Agreement, including but not limited to books, reports, plans and computer programs, which are produced as part or result of this project, the Consultant understands and shall ensure that all of Consultant's agents, contractors, and volunteer workers also understand that (a) other such material may not be copyrighted without prior review from the City: (b) the authors of all such material, whether copyrighted or not, award to the City, and to its officers, agents and employees acting within the scope of their official duties, as a condition of payment to the Consultant, aroyalty-free, nonexclusive, irrevocable license throughout the world for governmental purposes to disclose, publish, translate, reproduce, and use such materials. 6. INSURANCE Prior to undertaking performance of work under this Agreement, Consultant shall maintain and shall require its subcontractors, if any, to obtain and maintain insurance as described below: a. Commercial General Liability Insurance. Consultant shall maintain commercial general liability insurance which shall include, but not be limited to protection against claims arising from bodily and personal injury, including death resulting therefrom and damage to property, resulting from any act or occurrence arising out of Consultant's operations in the performance of this Agreement, including, without limitation, acts involving vehicles. The amounts of insurance shall be not less than the following: single limit coverage applying to bodily and personal injury, including death resulting therefrom, and property damage, in the total amount of $1,000,000 per occurrence. Such insurance shall (a) name the City, its officers, employees, agents, volunteers and representatives as additional insured(s); (b) be primary with respect to insurance or self-insurance programs maintained by the City; and (c) contain standard separation of insureds provisions.