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from any and all liability, demand, claim, action, or proceeding, whether actual, alleged, <br />or threatened, including by way of example but not exclusion, proceedings of an <br />administrative or regulatory nature and proceedings that may be associated with <br />alternative dispute resolution (an "Indemnified Claim") brought by third parties against <br />any City Indemnities (including any advisory agency of the City), to attack, set aside, <br />void, annul, or challenge the validity of any approvals granted for the Project, the <br />Environmental Document concerning the Project, or seeking damages which may arise <br />from the Environmental Document concerning the Project, or this Agreement. <br />In any defense of any City Indemnitees, City shall have the absolute right to <br />unilaterally select the legal counsel for such City Indemnitees (with the intention of using <br />one law firm to defend all City Indemnitees unless conflicts of interest preclude such <br />joint representation), and any experts or consultants deemed necessary by City in an <br />exercise of City's sole discretion. City shall work cooperatively with Developer's <br />attorney to avoid duplication of efforts, Developer shall reimburse City for one hundred <br />percent (100%) of the City's actual fees and costs in connection with the Litigation <br />("Fees and Costs"), Such Fees and Costs shall include, but not be limited to, all <br />reasonable court costs and attorneys' fees, including other City staff time, consultants or <br />experts, spent in regard to defense of an Indemnified Claim. <br />City shall render notice to the Developer of the existence of the Indemnified <br />Claim (a "Notice") and Developer shall reimburse City for one hundred percent (100%) <br />of the City's actual Fees and Costs. City shall cooperate fully with Developer in the <br />defense of any Indemnified Claim. In any Notice, City shall estimate the cost of its <br />defense, which shall include, but not be limited to, actual attorney fees, court costs, <br />expert witnesses and consultant fees, and all other costs that may arise out of, or be <br />incurred by City in the defense of an Indemnified Claim. Upon such Notice, Developer <br />shall promptly deposit funds equal to the first three (3) months of the Estimated Cost <br />with the City and shall make additional deposits as and when required to fund the <br />further costs of defending the City Indemnitees for such Indemnified Claim. Failure of <br />Developer to deposit such funds shall be deemed a material breach of this Agreement. <br />City shall refund, without interest, any unused portion of the deposits once litigation is <br />finally concluded or a dispute is resolved regarding an Indemnified Claim. <br />Developer's obligation under this Section 10 shall terminate upon the expiration <br />of all statutes of limitation challenging the City's approval of the Project if no litigation is <br />filed concerning the Project's Environmental Document or this agreement. <br />11. Compliance with Law. Developer will, at its sole cost and expense, <br />comply with all of the requirements of all federal, state, and local laws now in force, or <br />which may hereafter be in force, pertaining to this Agreement. <br />12. Waiver of Breach. Any express or implied waiver of a breach of any term <br />of this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of any further breach of the same or any <br />other term of this Agreement. <br />9 <br />