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3. TERM This Agreement shall commence on June 1, 2017 and terminate on May 31, 2019, unless terminated earlier in accordance with Section 15, below. The term of this Agreement may be extended for two (2) additional one-year option periods by a writing executed by the City Manager and the City Attorney. 4. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR Contractor 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 an employer -employee relationship, a joint venture relationship, or to allow the City to exercise discretion or control over the professional manner in which Contractor performs the services which are the subject matter of this Agreement; however, the services to be provided by Contractor shall be provided in a manner consistent with all applicable standards and regulations governing such services. Contractor 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. OWNERSHIP OF MATERIALS This Agreement creates a non-exclusive and perpetual license for City to copy, use, modify, reuse, or sublicense any and all copyrights, designs, and other intellectual property embodied in plans, specifications, studies, drawings, estimates, and other documents or works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression, including but not limited to, physical drawings or data magnetically or otherwise recorded on computer diskettes, which are prepared or caused to be prepared by Contractor tinder this Agreement ("Documents & Data"), Contractor shall require all subcontractors to agree in writing that City is granted a non-exclusive and perpetual license for any Documents & Data the subcontractor prepares under this Agreement. Contractor represents and warrants that Contractor has the legal right to license any and all Documents & Data. Contractor makes no such representation and warranty in regard to Documents & Data which were provided to Contractor by the City. City shall not be limited in any way in its use of the Documents and Data at any time, provided that any such use not within the purposes intended by this Agreement shall be at City's sole risk. 5. BONDS Contractor shall supply a payment bond in the amount of fifty percent (50%) of the awarded total annual contract amount of the proposal prior to execution of the Agreement. Upon receipt of the payment bond, the proposal deposit will be returned. The proposal deposit is subject to be forfeited if Contractor fails to execute the written Agreement and furnish the required payment bond, or to satisfy any other conditions present within a reasonable time as determined by the City. The payment bond is to be renewed annually and submitted by the Contractor in the amount of 50% of the annual contract amount. INSURANCE Prior to undertaking performance of work under this Agreement, Contractor shall maintain and shall require its subcontractors, if any, to obtain and maintain insurance as described below: a. Commercial General Liability Insurance. Contractor shall maintain commercial general liability insurance naming the City, its officers, employees, agents, volunteers and representatives as additional insured(s) and shall include, but not be limited to protection