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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, <br />or 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 <br />and wages, employer's social security taxes, unemployment insurance and similar taxes relating <br />to employees and shall be responsible for all applicable withholding taxes. <br />5. [Intentionally left blank] <br />6. 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 />general liability insurance naming the City, its officers, employees, agents, <br />volunteers and representatives as additional Insured(s) and shall include, but not <br />be limited to protection against claims arising from bodily and personal Injury, <br />including death resulting therefrom and damage to property, resulting from any <br />act or occurrence arising out of Consultant's operations in the performance of <br />this Agreement, including, without limitation, acts involving vehicles. The <br />amounts of insurance shall be not less than the following: single limit coverage <br />applying to bodily and personal injury, including death resulting therefrom, and <br />property damage, in the total amount of $1,000,000 per occurrence, with <br />$2,000,000 in the aggregate. Consultant shall supply City with a fully executed <br />additional insured endorsement in substantially the form attached hereto as <br />Exhibit C upon execution of this Agreement. <br />b. Business automobile liability insurance, or equivalent form, with a combined <br />single limit of not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence. Such insurance shall <br />Include coverage for owned, hired and non -owned automobiles. <br />C. Worker's Compensation Insurance. In accordance with the provisions of Section <br />3700 of the Labor Code, Consultant, if Consultant has any employees, is <br />required to be insured against liability for worker's compensation or to undertake <br />self- insurance. Prior to commencing the performance of the work under this <br />Agreement, Consultant agrees to obtain and maintain any employer's liability <br />insurance with limits not less than $1,000,000 per accident, <br />d. If Consultant is or employs a licensed professional such as an architect or <br />engineer: Professional liability (errors and omissions) insurance, with a combined <br />single limit of not less than $1,000,000 per claim with $2,000,000 in the <br />aggregate. <br />r <br />