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4. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR <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 construed to create an employer-employee relationship, a joint venture relationship, or <br /> to allow the City to exercise discretion or control over the professional manner in which <br /> Consultant performs the services which are the subject matter of this 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 /> wages, employer's social security taxes, unemployment insurance and similar taxes relating to <br /> employees and shall be responsible for all applicable withholding taxes. <br /> 5. INSURANCE <br /> Prior to undertaking performance 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 /> a. Due to the nature of services provided, insurance is not required. <br /> b. Worker'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 /> 6. CONFIDENTIALITY <br /> If Consultant receives from the City information which due to the nature of such <br /> information is reasonably understood to be confidential and/or proprietary, Consultant agrees <br /> that it shall not use or disclose such information except in the performance of this Agreement, <br /> and further agrees to exercise the same degree of care it uses to protect its own information of <br /> like importance, but in no event less than reasonable care. "Confidential Information" shall <br /> include all nonpublic information. Confidential information includes not only written <br /> information, but also information transferred orally, visually, electronically, or by other means. <br /> Confidential information disclosed to either party by any subsidiary and/or agent of the other <br /> party is covered by this Agreement. The foregoing obligations of non-use and nondisclosure <br /> shall not apply to any information that (a) has been disclosed in publicly available sources; (b) is, <br /> through no fault of the Consultant disclosed in a publicly available source; (c) is in rightful <br /> <br /> possession of the Consultant without an obligation of confidentiality; (d) is required to be <br /> disclosed by operation of law; or (e) is independently developed by the Consultant without <br /> <br /> reference to information disclosed by the City. <br /> 2 <br /> <br />