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(3) <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS <br />UTILITY WORK BY HIGHWAY CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT <br />(AT UTILITY EXPENSE) <br />Pursue any other remedies legally available. <br />c. Termination of this Agreement shall not relieve either party from any obligations it has pursuant to other <br />agreements between the parties nor from any statutory obligations that either party may have with <br />regard to the subject matter hereof. <br />Force Majeure <br />Neither the CITY nor the IRC -PW shall be liable to the other for any failure to perform under this Agreement <br />to the extent such performance is prevented by an act of God, war, riots, natural catastrophe, or other event <br />beyond the control of the non-performing party and which could not have been avoided or overcome by the <br />exercise of due diligence; provided that the party claiming the excuse from performance has (a) promptly <br />notified the other party of the occurrence and its estimate duration, (b) promptly remedied or mitigated the <br />effect of the occurrence to the extent possible, and (c) resumed performance as soon as possible. <br />8. Sovereign Immunity/Claims <br />Nothing in this Agreement or any other contract documents shall be deemed to affect the rights, privileges, <br />and immunities of the City as set forth in § 768.28, Florida Statutes, nor shall be a waiver of City's sovereign <br />immunity, whether by contract or by law. The City's liability in all instances shall be limited to the monetary <br />amounts set forth in § 768.28, Florida Statutes. <br />When the IRC -PW receives a notice of claim for damages that may have been caused by the CITY in the <br />performance of services required under this Agreement, the IRC -PW will immediately forward the claim to <br />the CITY. The CITY and the IRC -PW will evaluate the claim and report their findings to each other within <br />fourteen (14) working days and will jointly discuss options in defending the claim. After reviewing the claim, <br />the IRC -PW will determine whether to require the participation of the CITY in the defense of the claim or to <br />require the CITY to defend the IRC -PW in such claim as described in this section. The IRC-PW's failure <br />to notify the CITY of a claim shall not release the CITY from any of the requirements of this section. The <br />IRC -PW and the CITY will pay their own costs for the evaluation, settlement negotiations, and trial, if any. <br />However, if only one party participates in the defense of the claim at trial, that party is responsible for all <br />costs. <br />9. Miscellaneous <br />a. Time is of essence in the performance of all obligations under this Agreement. <br />b. The CITY shall not be obligated to protect or maintain any of the Facilities to the extent the IRC- <br />PW's contractor has that obligation as part of the Utility Work pursuant to the IRC-PW's <br />specifications. <br />c. The IRC -PW may unilaterally cancel this Agreement for refusal by the CITY to allow public access <br />to all documents, papers, letters, or other material subject to the provisions of Chapter 119, Florida <br />Statutes, and made or received by the CITY in conjunction with this Agreement. <br />d. This Agreement constitutes the complete and final expression of the parties with respect to the <br />subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, or negotiations with <br />respect thereto, except that the parties understand and agree that the IRC -PW has manuals and <br />written policies and procedures which may be applicable at the time of the Project and the <br />relocation of the Facilities. <br />e. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Florida. Any provision hereof found <br />to be unlawful or unenforceable shall be severable and shall not affect the validity of the remaining <br />portions hereof. <br />f. All notices required pursuant to the terms hereof may be sent by first class United States Mail, <br />facsimile transmission, hand delivery, or express mail and shall be deemed to have been received <br />by the end of five business days from the proper sending thereof unless proof of prior actual receipt <br />Page 7 of 10 <br />