Res 2015-136/professional services agreement between the City and Surveying and Mapping, LLC for the provision of Surveying and Geospatial Services in connection with the Downtown Mobile LiDAR Survey Project

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(b) As to all acts or failures to act by either party to this Agreement, any applicable statute of limitations will commence to run and any alleged cause of action will be deemed to have accrued when the party commencing the cause of action knew or should have known of the existence of the subject act or failure to act. (c) The Consultant agrees not to use funds received by it under the terms of this Agreement for any partisan political activity or to further the election or defeat of any candidate for public office. (d) The Consultant hereby affirms that neither the Consultant, the Consultant's firm nor any of its associates or employees have made or agreed to make any valuable gift whether in the form of service, loan, thing, or promise to any person or any of his /her immediate family, having the duty to recommend, the right to vote upon, or any other direct influence on the selection of consultants to provide professional services to the City within the two years preceding the execution of this Agreement. A campaign contribution, as defined by the Texas Election Code or the San Marcos City Code will not be considered as a valuable gift for the purposes of this Agreement. The Consultant further agrees that none of its paid personnel will be employees of the City or have any contractual relationship with the City. All activities, investigations, and other efforts made by the Consultant pursuant to this Agreement will be conducted by employees, associates, or independent contractors of the Consultant. (e) In performing the services required under this Agreement, the Consultant will not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or ancestry. The Consultant agrees not to engage in employment practices which have the purpose or effect of discriminating against employees because of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability or ancestry. A breach of this covenant may be regarded as a default of the Consultant of this Agreement. (f) All references in this Agreement to any particular gender are for convenience only and will be construed and interpreted to be of the appropriate gender. The term "will" is mandatory in this Agreement. (g) Should any provision in this Agreement be found or deemed to be invalid, this Agreement will be construed as not containing the provision and all other provisions which are otherwise lawful will remain in full force and effect, and to this end the provisions of this Agreement are .declared to be severable. Paragraph and Section headings included in this Agreement are for convenience only and are not intended to define or limit the scope of any provisions of this Agreement. (h) All services provided pursuant to this Agreement are for the exclusive use and benefit of the City and this Agreement will not give rise to any rights in third parties. (1) The City of San Marcos is governed by the Texas Public Information Act (the "Act "), Chapter 552 of the Texas Government Code, as amended. This Agreement and all written information generated under this Agreement may be subject to release under the Act. The Consultant will not make any reports, information, data, etc. generated under this Agreement available to any individual or organization without the written approval of the City. 0) In the event that the performance by either the City or the Consultant of any of its obligations under this Agreement is interrupted or delayed by events outside of their control such as acts of God, war, riot or civil commotion, then the party is excused from such performance for the period of time reasonably necessary to remedy the effects of such events. CITY HALL e 630 EAST HOPKINS • SAN MARCOS, TEXAS 78666 e 512.393.8150 ® FACSIMILE 855.759.2846 SANMARCOSTX.GOV 18