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Cesar Vargas and Associates <br />Page 2 of 16 <br />3.2 Responsibilities of Consultant. <br />3.2.1 Control and Payment of Subordinates: Independent Contractor. <br />The Services shall be performed by Consultant or under its supervision. Consultant will <br />determine the means, methods and details of performing the Services subject to the <br />requirements of this Agreement. City retains Consultant on an independent contractor <br />basis and not as an employee. Consultant retains the right to perform similar or <br />different services for others during the term of this Agreement. Any additional personnel <br />performing the Services under this Agreement on behalf of Consultant shall also not be <br />employees of City and shall at all times be under Consultant's exclusive direction and <br />control. Consultant shall pay all wages, salaries, and other amounts due such <br />personnel in connection with their performance of Services under this Agreement and <br />as required by law. Consultant shall be responsible for all reports and obligations <br />respecting such additional personnel, including, but not limited to: social security taxes, <br />income tax withholding, unemployment insurance, disability insurance, and workers' <br />compensation insurance. <br />3.2.2 [Intentionally left blank] <br />3.2.3 Conformance to Applicable Requirements. All work prepared by <br />Consultant shall be subject to the approval of City. <br />3.2.4 Substitution of Key Personnel. Consultant has represented to City <br />that certain key personnel will perform and coordinate the Services under this <br />Agreement. Should one or more of such personnel become unavailable, Consultant <br />may substitute other personnel of at least equal competence upon written approval of <br />City. In the event that City and Consultant cannot agree as to the substitution of key <br />personnel, City shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement for cause. As discussed <br />below, any personnel who fail or refuse to perform the Services in a manner acceptable <br />to the City, or who are determined by the City to be uncooperative, incompetent, a <br />threat to the adequate or timely completion of the Project or a threat to the safety of <br />persons or property, shall be promptly removed from the Project by the Consultant at <br />the request of the City. The key personnel for performance of this Agreement are Cesar <br />Vargas and any consultants on contract with his firm. <br />3.2.5 City's Representative. The City hereby designates Maria D. Huizar, <br />Clerk of the Council, or her designee, to act as its representative for the performance of <br />this Agreement ( "City's Representative "). City's Representative shall have the power to <br />act on behalf of the City for all purposes under this Contract. Consultant shall not <br />accept direction or orders from any person other than the City's Representative or his or <br />her designee. <br />3.2.6 Consultant's Representative. Consultant hereby designates Cesar <br />Vargas, or his designee, to act as its representative for the performance of this <br />25M -4 <br />