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3. TERM <br />This Agreement shall commence on the date first written above for a one (1) year term, <br />with the option for the City to grant tip to two (2) one (1) year renewals, exercisable by a writing <br />by the City Manager and the City Attorney unless terminated earlier in accordance with Section <br />15, below. Extensions will not include any increase in compensation. Any increase in <br />compensation shall be addressed by amendment to the Agreement which may be subject to <br />approval by the City Council for the City of Santa Ana. <br />4. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR <br />Consultant shall, during the entire term of this Agreement, be construed to be an <br />independent contractor and not an employee of the City. This Agreement is not intended nor shall <br />it be construed to create an employer -employee relationship, a joint venture relationship, or to <br />allow the City to exercise discretion or control over the professional manner in which Consultant <br />performs the services which are the subject matter of this Agreement; however, the services to be <br />provided by Consultant shall be provided in a manner consistent with all applicable standards and <br />regulations governing such services. Consultant shall pay all salaries and wages, employer's social <br />security taxes, unemployment insurance and similar taxes relating to employees and shall be <br />responsible for all applicable withholding taxes. <br />5. OWNERSHIP OF MATERIALS <br />This Agreement creates a non-exclusive and perpetual license for City to copy, use, <br />modify, reuse, or sublicense any and all copyrights, designs, and other intellectual property <br />embodied in plans, specifications, studies, drawings, estimates, and other documents or works of <br />authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression, including but not limited to, physical <br />drawings or data magnetically or otherwise recorded on computer diskettes, which are prepared or <br />caused to be prepared by Consultant under this Agreement ("Documents & Data"). Consultant <br />shall require all subcontractors to agree in writing that City is granted a non-exclusive and <br />perpetual license for any Documents & Data the subcontractor prepares under this Agreement. <br />Consultant represents and warrants that Consultant has the legal right to license any and all <br />Documents & Data. Consultant makes no such representation and warranty in regard to <br />Documents & Data which were provided to Consultant by the City. City shall not be limited in <br />any way in its use of the Documents and Data at any time, provided that any such use not within <br />the purposes intended by this Agreement shall be at City's sole risk. <br />G. INSURANCE <br />Prior to undertaking performance of work under this Agreement, Consultant shall maintain <br />and shall require its subcontractors, if any, to obtain and maintain insurance as described below: <br />Coverage shall be at least as broad as: <br />1. Commercial General Liability (CGL): Insurance Services Office Form CG 00 01 <br />covering CGL on an "occurrence" basis, including products and completed operations, <br />property damage, bodily injury and personal & advertising injury with limits no less <br />Page 2 of 9 <br />