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7.6.3. The Advisory Board's proposal shall be submitted by Apr//1 of <br />each year to the County, the Cities and the board of NCRA, each o[ which shall hold public <br />discussions of the recommendations at Board, City Council and NCRA board meetings, <br />respectively. The Cities, County and NCRA board shall act on the recommendations within <br />sixty (60) days and shall determine only whether the recommendations are consistent with the <br />purposes set forth in Subsection 7.6.2. Concurrence by all four governing bodies shall be <br />necessary to fund the Advisory Board's proposed allocation. In the absence of concurrence, the <br />proposal shall be re/erred back to the Advisory Board for reconsideration. <br /> <br /> 7.7. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 14 of this Agreement, the <br />provisions of Subsections 7.3 through 7.6 inclusive may be amended by the unanimous written <br />agreement of all Parties other than WMAC. <br /> <br /> 7.8. The County shall take those reasonably available actions within its <br />authority to ensure that the fees imposed by the Amended Use Permit (pursuant to Conditions <br />No. 18. I and 18.2 of Exhibit "A" attached hereto) are included in the franchise rate base for each <br />franchisor or each jurisdiction which disposes of franchise solid waste at the ALRRF. <br /> <br /> 8. Releose and Waiver. Each Party releases and discharges each other Party and <br />their respective successors, assigns, officers, directors, members, agents, employees and <br />attorneys from any and all claims, liabilities, obligations, costs, expenses, actions and causes of <br />action, whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, which each Party now has or may <br />hold, based upon any fact, act or omission occurring prior to the date of this Agreement related <br />to the Consolidated Lawsuits, or in any way arising out of or in connection with: (a) the <br />County's approval of the 1996 Permit; (b) the environmental review performed in connection <br />with the 1996 Permit; (c) subsequent acts and omissions of the County with respect to such <br />approvals occurring prior to the date of this Agreement; and (d) the commencement, prosecution <br />or defense of the Consolidated Lawsuits. It is specifically agreed by the Parties that they are <br />expressly waiving all rights under section 1542 of the California Civil Code which provides: <br /> <br /> "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or <br /> suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which if known <br /> by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor." <br /> <br />This release shall not be construed to Ihnit the right of any Party to assert any claim or cause of <br />action arising in connection with any event, fact, circumstance, or violation of law occurring. <br />after the date of this Agreement. This release also shall not be construed to limit the fights of <br />any Party, or their members, representatives or agents, from taking positions adverse to each <br />other on matters other than the expansion of the ALRRF consistent with this Agreement and the <br />Amended Use Permit, as provided for in Section 4 of this Agreement. This release also shall not <br />be construed to limit the rights of the Parties to submit and negotiate claims for attorneys' fees <br />and costs arising out of the Consolidated Lawsuits, or to enforce the provisions of this <br />Agreement. <br /> <br /> 9. Acknowledgements and Warranties. The Parties acknowledge that they have <br />been represented by independent legal counsel throughout the negotiations that culminated in the <br />execution of this Agreement. The Parties further acknowledge that they have been fully advised <br /> <br /> I7 <br /> Final Altamont Settlement Agreement <br /> <br /> <br />