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Contract Number 6. Terms. Consultant shall begin work September 1, 2013. The term of this Agreement shall expire on August 31, 2015 unless renewed as provided here in. The work as described in Exhibit A, Scope of Work, shall be completed by deadlines for specific projects as established by the parties. City and Contractor shall retain the right to renew the Agreement for up to three (3) additional one-year periods. This Agreement may be renewed only by mutual agreement If the parties agree that the terms shall continue, any compensation rate increases shall be limited to no more than the Consumer Price Index for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose area covering the 24-month period ending the July prior to Agreement renewal. 7. Compensation. For the services to be rendered hereunder, City shall pay Consultant not more than Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) as described more particularly in Exhibit A. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, in the evert that City alters the schedule for services to be rendered by Consultant, City acknowledges and agrees that in order for Consultant to meet such new time schedule or scope of work, Consultant may be required to incur overtime or to subcontract work to one or more designers. If Consultant believes that overtime costs will be incurred in order to meet City's revised schedule, Consultant shall notify City. City shall then notify Consultant whether to proceed with the revised schedule. In the event that overtime is incurred due to rush or last minute changes, Consultant will notify City for pre-authorization to be paid overtime. City shall pay Consultant at the overtime rate of $112.50 per hour for all time over 8 hours in any day worked by Consultart or Consultant's subcontractor. Payment shall be made at the conclusion of each project, upon receipt of Consultant's invoice and approval of the Community Services Director or his or her designee. a. Invoices submitted to City for payment must contain a brief description of work performed, percentage of work completed, and number of hours .o complete the project, rate and other expenses. Payment shall be made within thirty (30) days of receipt of Consultant's invoice. b. Upon completion of work and acceptance by City, Consultant shall have thirty (30) days in which to submit final invoicing for payment. An extension may be granted by City upon receiving a written request fifteen (15) daya in advance of said time limitation. The City shall have no obligation or liability to pay any invoice for work performed which the Consultant fails or neglects to submit within thirty (30) days, or any extension thereof granted by the City, after the work is accepted by the City. 8. Changes. City may request, from time to time, changes in the scope of services to be provided by Consultant. Any changes and related fees shall be mutually agreed upon between City and Consultant and shall be the subject of a written amendment to this Agreement. 9. Consultant's Status. In the performance of the obligations set forth in this Agreement, Consultant shall have the status of an independent contractor anc Consultant shall not be considered to be an employee of the City for any purpose. All persons working for or under the direction of Consultant are its agents, servants, and employees and are not agents, servants, or employees of City. 10. Termination of Convenience of City. The City may terminate this Agreement at any time by mailing a notice in writing to Consultant that the Agreement is terminated. Said Agreement shall then be deemed terminated and no further work shall be performed by Page 2