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b. Upon completion of work and acceptance by City, Consultant shall have sixty
<br />(60) days in which to submit final invoicing for payment. An extension may be granted by City
<br />upon receiving a written request thirty (30) days in advance of said time limitation. The City
<br />shall have no obligation or liability to pay any invoice for work performed which the Consultant
<br />fails or neglects to submit within sixty (60) days, or any extension thereof granted by the City,
<br />after the work is accepted by the City.
<br />6. Sufficiency of Consultant's Work.
<br />a. Services shall be performed by Consultant in accordance with generally
<br />accepted high professional practices and principles and in a manner consistent with a level of
<br />care and skill ordinarily exercised under similar conditions by members of Consultant's
<br />profession currently practicing in California. By delivery of completed work, Consultant
<br />certifies that the work conforms to the requirements of this Agreement and all applicable federal,
<br />state and local laws and a high professional standard of care in California.
<br />b. Consultant is responsible for making an independent evaluation and judgment
<br />of all conditions affecting performance of the work, including without limitation site conditions,
<br />existing facilities, seismic, geologic, soils, hydrologic, geographic, climatic conditions,
<br />applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, and all other contingencies or design
<br />considerations. Data, calculations, opinions, reports, investigations, and other similar
<br />information provided by the City relating to site, local, or other conditions is not warranted or
<br />guaranteed, either expressly or implied, by the City.
<br />c. Consultant's responsibilities under this section shall not be delegated.
<br />Consultant shall be responsible to the City for acts, errors, or omissions of Consultant's
<br />subconsultants.
<br />d. Whenever the scope of work requires or permits review, approval, conditional
<br />approval or disapproval by the City, it is understood that such review, approval, conditional
<br />approval or disapproval is solely for the purposes of administering this Agreement and
<br />determining whether the Consultant is entitled to payment for such work, and not be construed as
<br />a waiver of any breach or acceptance by the City of any responsibility, professional or otherwise,
<br />for the work, and does not relieve the Consultant of responsibility for complying with the
<br />standard of performance or laws, regulations, industry standards, or from liability for damages
<br />caused by negligent acts, errors, omissions, noncompliance with industry standards, or the willful
<br />misconduct of Consultant.
<br />7. Ownership of Work. All reports, work data, plans, drawings, specifications, designs,
<br />photographs, images, works of authorship and all other documents completed or partially
<br />completed by Consultant in the performance of this Agreement ("materials") shall become the
<br />property of City. Consultant agrees that all copyrights which arise from creation of the work
<br />pursuant to this Agreement shall be vested in the City, and Consultant waives and relinquishes
<br />all claims to copyright or other intellectual property rights in favor of the City. All materials
<br />shall be delivered to the City upon completion or termination of the work under this Agreement.
<br />If any materials are lost, damaged or destroyed before final delivery to the City, the Consultant
<br />shall replace them at its own expense. Any and all copyrightable subject matter in all materials
<br />is hereby assigned to the City and the Consultant agrees to execute any additional documents that
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