ITEM 9 ATT 3 VALLEY AVE SOUNDWALL

(B) Location for Meet and Confer. The meet and confer conference will be scheduled at a location at or near City's principal office. (C) Written Statement After Meet and Confer. Within ten working days after the meet and confer has concluded, City will issue a written statement identifying which portion(s) of the Claim remain in dispute, if any. (D) Submission to Mediation. If the Claim or any portion remains in dispute following the meet and confer conference, within ten working days after the City issues the written statement identifying any portion(s) of the Claim remaining in dispute, the disputed portion(s) will be submitted for mediation, as set forth below. 7-05. Mediation and Government Code Claims. (A) Mediation. Within ten working days after the City issues the written statement identifying any portion(s) of the Claim remaining in dispute following the meet and confer, City and Contractor will mutually agree to a mediator, as provided under Public Contract Code section 9204. Mediation will be scheduled to ensure the mutual availability of the selected mediator and all of the individuals that each party requires to represent its interests. The parties will share the costs of mediation equally, except costs incurred by each party for its representation by legal counsel or any other consultants. (B) Government Code Claims. (1) Timely presentment of a Government Code Claim is a condition precedent to filing any legal action based on or arising from the Contract. (2) The time for filing a Government Code Claim will be tolled from the time the Contractor submits its written Claim until the time that Claim is denied in whole or in part at the conclusion of the meet and confer process, including any period of time used by the meet and confer process. However, if the Claim is submitted to mediation, the time for filing a Government Code Claim will be tolled until conclusion of the mediation, including any continuations, if the Claim is not fully resolved by mutual agreement of the parties during the mediation or any continuation of the mediation. 7-06. Tort Claims. This Section does not apply to tort claims and nothing in this Section is intended nor will be construed to change the time periods for filing tort -based Government Code Claims. 7-07. Arbitration. It is expressly agreed, under California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1296, that in any arbitration to resolve a dispute relating to this Contract, the arbitrator's award must be supported by law and substantial evidence. Valley Avenue Soundwall Repair Project (REBID), CIP No. 18437 Page 46