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b. Upon completion of work and acceptance by City, Consultant shall have sixty(60)
<br /> days in which to submit final invoicing for payment. An extension may be granted by City upon
<br /> receiving a written request thirty (30)days in advance of said time limitation. The City shall
<br /> have no obligation or liability to pay any invoice for work performed which the Consultant fails
<br /> or neglects to submit within sixty(60)days, or any extension thereof granted by the City,after
<br /> 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 accepted high
<br /> professional practices and principles and in a manner consistent with a high level of care and
<br /> skill ordinarily exercised under similar conditions by members of Consultant's profession
<br /> currently practicing in California. By delivery of completed work,Consultant certifies that the
<br /> work conforms to the requirements of this Agreement and all applicable federal,state and local
<br /> laws and a high professional standard of care in California.
<br /> b. Consultant is responsible for making an independent evaluation and judgment of all
<br /> 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. Consultant shall
<br /> be responsible to the City for acts, errors,or omissions of Consultant's 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 high industry standards,or the
<br /> willful 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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