BAKERSFIELD WELL & PUMP COMPANY 1 - 2011

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r ` 6. INDEMNIFICATION Contractor agrees to and shall indemnify and hold harmless the City, its officers, agents. employees, consultants. special counsel. and representatives from liability: ( l) for personal injury, damages, just compensation, restitution, judicial or equitable relief arising out of claims for personal injury. including health, and claims for property damage, which may arise from the direct or indirect operations of the Contractor or its contractors, subcontractors, agents, employees, or other persons acting on their behalf which relates to the services described in section 1 of this Agreement. and (2) from any claim that personal injury. damages, just compensation, restitution, judicial or equitable relief is due by reason of the terms of or effects arising from this Agreement. This indemnity and hold harmless agreement applies to all claims for damages, just compensation, restitution, judicial or equitable relief suffered, or alleged to have been suffered, by reason of the events referred to in this Section or by reason of the terms of, or effects, arising from this Agreement. The Contractor further agrees to indemnify, hold harmless. and pay all costs for the defense of the City, including fees and costs for special counsel to be selected by the City, regarding any action by a third party challenging the validity of this Agreement, or asserting that personal injury, damages, just compensation, restitution, judicial or equitable relief due to personal or property rights arises by reason of the terms of, or effects arising from this Agreement. City may make all reasonable decisions with respect to its representation in any legal proceeding. 7. CONFIDENTIALITY If Contractor receives from the City information which due to the nature of such information is reasonably understood to be confidential and /or proprietary. Contractor agrees that it shall not use or disclose such information except in the performance of this Agreement, and further agrees to exercise the same degree of care it uses to protect its own information of like importance. but in no event less than reasonable care. "Confidential information" shall include all nonpublic information. Confidential information includes not only written information, but also information transferred orally. visually. electronically. or by other means. Confidential information disclosed to either party by any subsidiary and /or agent of the other party is covered by this Agreement. The foregoing obligations of non -use and nondisclosure shall not apply to any information that (a) has been disclosed in publicly available sources: (b) is. through no fault of the Contractor disclosed in a publicly available source: (c) is in rightful possession of the Contractor without an obligation of confidentiality; (d) is required to be disclosed by operation of law: or (e) is independently developed by the Contractor without reference to information disclosed by the City. 8. CONFLICT OF INTEREST CLAUSE Contractor covenants that it presently has no interests and shall not have interests, direct or indirect. which would conflict in any manner with performance of services specified under this Agreement. 9. NOTICE Any notice, tender, demand, delivery, or other communication pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be properly given if delivered in person or mailed by first class or certified mail, postage prepaid, or sent by telefacsimile or other telegraphic communication in the manner provided in this Section, to the following persons: To City: Clerk of the City Council City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza (M -30)