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<br />3.1.3 Construction cost does not include the compensation of the Consultant and the <br />Consultant's consultants, or other costs which are the responsibility of the City as provided <br />in Article 2. <br /> <br />3.2 RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONSTRUCTION COST <br /> <br />3.2.1 Evaluations of the City's Project budget and detailed cost estimates, if any, prepared <br />by the Consultant, will represent the Consultant's best judgment as a design professional <br />familiar with the construction industry. <br /> <br />3.2.2 A fixed limit of construction cost for this Project will be established by the City's <br />representative after consulting with the Consultant. The Consultant will be permitted to <br />include contingencies for design, bidding and price escalation, to determine what materials, <br />equipment, and types of construction are to be included in the construction contract <br />documents, to make reasonable adjustments in the scope of the Project and to include in <br />the construction contract documents alternate bids to adjust the construction cost to the <br />fixed limit. The fixed limit of construction cost may be increased by the City. <br /> <br />3.2.3 If the lowest bona fide bid exceeds the Consultant's most recent approved cost <br />estimate established as a condition of this Agreement, the City will (1) give written approval <br />of an increase in such fixed limit, (2) authorize rebidding of the Project within a reasonable <br />time, or (3) cooperate in revising the Project scope and quality to reduce the construction <br />cost. During the development of the Project through the phases described by Article 1 of <br />this Agreement and prior to the City's final approval of construction contract documents, <br />the Consultant will monitor the established probable construction cost in relation to the <br />established fixed limit. <br /> <br />If necessary, the Consultant will implement construction cost savings measures or <br />otherwise endeavor to limit probable construction cost to the level of available funds set <br />by the City. <br /> <br />ARTICLE 4 <br />REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES. <br /> <br />4.1 Reimbursable expenses, including such things as expenses for plotting, <br />reproduction of documents, auto travel mileage, delivery charges, long distance <br />communications, freight, and additional State accessibility review are included in the <br />Consultant's basic services compensation. Reimbursable expenses in excess of <br />$1,000.00 are to be charged to the City by the Consultant at the Consultant's standard <br />hourly rates upon the City's prior written approval. <br /> <br />ARTICLE 5 <br />PAYMENTS TO THE CONSULTANT <br /> <br />10 <br />