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r CAA PLANNING General Conditions and Schedule of Fees Standard Billing Rates Effective January 1, 2017* Classification Hourly Rate Principal $250 Principal Planner 1 $240 Principal Planner 11 $150 Project Manager $140 Associate Planner 1 $100 Associate Planner II $85 Graphics Manager $75 Assistant Planner $65 Planning Assistant $35 *Rates are subject to revision effective January 1 of each year General Conditions 1. Reimbursable expenses (travel accommodations including rental vehicles and regularly scheduled commercial airline flights, food and lodging, blueprinting and reproduction, delivery/courier, supplies, extensive mailing postage, etc.) are billed at cost and are in addition to the estimated fee for the project. 2. Automobile mileage outside Orange County will be billed at $0.54 per mile. 3. Hourly rates apply to work time as well as travel time and waiting time that occurs at public hearings. Rates increase 50% for depositions or court testimony, 4. Invoices will be submitted monthly for work in progress or upon completion of work. Invoices are payable upon receipt and are due within fifteen (15) days of the date of the invoice. Any invoice unpaid after thirty (30) days shall be subject to the maximum monthly interest charge provided by law on amounts thirty (30) days past due. If Client fails to pay Consultant within forty-five (45) days after invoice is rendered, client agrees Consultant shall have the right to consider such default in payment a material breach of the entire agreement, and, upon written notice, the duties, obligations, and responsibilities of Consultant under this agreement are terminated. 5. Client hereby agrees that the balance on an invoice is correct and binding unless the Client notifies the Consultant in writing within ten (10) days of the date of billing and informs Consultant of alleged incorrect item; provided, however, that the foregoing shall apply only to the description of work performed as set forth in the invoice, and if after such ten (10) day period Client discovers a mathematical error in the invoice, Client shall not be bound by the erroneous balance, which Consultant hereby agrees to correct. 6. Consultant makes no warranty as to its findings, except that the work is performed using generally accepted methods. 7. Consultant makes no warranty that the project will be approved by any governmental agency, nor endorsed by any citizens group. 8. Client agrees to limit the Consultant's liability to the Client and to all Contractors and Subcontractors on the project due to Consultant's material, willful, and grossly negligent acts, errors, or omissions, to the sum of $50,000 or to the Consultant's fee, whichever is less. 9. In the event either party commences legal action to enforce this Agreement of the General Conditions, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred in the action, in addition to all other relief to which the prevailing party is entitled. 10. In the event of a mid -phase contract suspension, billings will be prorated to reflect tasks in progress, except where a task was completed early, in which case it will be billed as if the task were complete. 11. Client agrees and concurs that Consultant is obligated to only Client to perform and/or receive direction or instructions on the project, and that Consultant is not obligated to perform and/or take direction or instructions from Client's other Consultants or Subconsultants without prior written notification and concurrence by Consultant. 12. Agreements/contracts may be assigned by CAA to any other person(s), firm(s), corporation(s) or other entities without the prior express written approval of the other party.