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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION UTILlan UTILITY WORK BY HIGHWAY CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT occ 0619 (AT UTILITY EXPENSE) Subparagraph 3. e. for future use as the Contingency Fund. I. Upon final payment to the Contractor, the FDOT intends to have its final and complete accounting of all costs incurred in connection with the work performed hereunder within three hundred sixty (360) days. All project cost records and accounts shall be subject to audit by a representative of the UAO for a period of three (3) years after final close out of the Project. The UAO will be notified of the final cost. Both parties agree that in the event the final accounting of total project costs pursuant to the terms of this agreement is less than the total deposits to date, a refund of the excess will be made by the FDOT to the UAO in accordance with Section 215.422, Florida Statutes. In the event said final accounting of total project costs is greater than the total deposits to date, the UAO will pay the additional amount within forty (40) calendar days from the date of the invoice. The UAO agrees to pay interest at a rate as established pursuant to Section 55.03, Florida Statutes, on any invoice not paid within the time specified in the preceding sentence until the invoice is paid. 4. Claims Against UAO a. The UAO shall be responsible for all costs incurred as a result of any delay to the FDOT or its contractors caused by errors or omissions in the Plans Package (including inaccurate location of the Facilities) or by failure of the UAO to properly perform its obligations under this Agreement in a timely manner. b. In the event the FDOT's contractor provides a notice of intent to make a claim against the FDOT relating to the Utility Work, the FDOT will notify the UAO of the notice of intent and the UAO will thereafter keep and maintain daily field reports and all other records relating to the intended claim. C. In the event the FDOT's contractor makes any claim against the FDOT relating to the Utility Work, the FDOT will notify the UAO of the claim and the UAO will cooperate with the FDOT in analyzing and resolving the claim within a reasonable time. Any resolution of any portion of the claim directly between the UAO and the FDOT's contractor shall be in writing, shall be subject to written FDOT concurrence and shall specify the extent to which it resolves the claim against the FDOT. d. The FDOT may withhold payment of surplus funds to the UAO until final resolution (including any actual payment required) of all claims relating to the Utility Work. The right to withhold shall be limited to actual claim payments made by the FDOT to the FDOT's contractor. Out of Service Facilities No Facilities shall be placed out of service unless specifically identified as such in the Plans. The following terms and conditions shall apply to Facilities placed Out -of -Service: a. The UAO acknowledges its present and continuing ownership of and responsibility for out of service Facilities. b. The FDOT agrees to allow the UAO to leave the Facilities within the right of way subject to the continuing satisfactory performance of the conditions of this Agreement by the UAO. In the event of a breach of this Agreement by the UAO, the Facilities shall be removed upon demand from the FDOT in accordance with the provisions of Subparagraph e. below. C. The UAO shall take such steps to secure the Facilities and otherwise make the Facilities safe in accordance with any and all applicable local, state or federal laws and regulations and in accordance with the legal duty of the UAO to use due care in its dealings with others. The UAO shall be solely responsible for gathering all information necessary to meet these obligations. d. The UAO shall keep and preserve all records relating to the Facilities, including, but not limited to, records of the location, nature of, and steps taken to safely secure the Facilities and shall promptly respond to information requests of the FDOT or other permittees using or seeking use of the right of Page 5 of 9