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12. RECORDS Consultant shall keep records and invoices in connection with the work to be performed under this Agreement. Consultant shall maintain complete and accurate records with respect to the costs incurred under this Agreement and any services, expenditures, and disbursements charged to the City for a minimum period of three (3) years, or for any longer period required by law, from the date of final payment to Consultant under this Agreement. All such records and invoices shall be clearly identifiable. Consultant shall allow a representative of the City to examine, audit, and make transcripts or copies of such records and any other documents created pursuant to this Agreement during regular business hours. Consultant shall allow inspection of all work, data, documents, proceedings, and activities related to this Agreement for a period of three (3) years from the date of final payment to Consultant under this Agreement. 13. CONFIDENTIALITY If Consultant receives from the City information which due to the nature of such information is reasonably understood to be confidentialand/or proprietary, Consultant agrees that it shall not use or disclose such information except in the performance of this Agreement, and further agrees to exercise the same degree of care it uses to protect its own information of like importance, but in no event less than reasonable care. "Confidential Information" shall include all nonpublic information. Confidential information includes not only written information, but also information transferred orally, visually, electronically, or by other means. Confidential information disclosed to either party by any subsidiary and/or agent of the other party is covered by this Agreement. The foregoing obligations of non-use and nondisclosure shall not apply to any information that (a) has been disclosed in publicly available sources; (b) is, through no fault of the Consultant disclosed in a publicly available source; (c) is in rightful possession of the Consultant without an obligation of confidentiality; (d) is required to be disclosed by operation of law; or (e) is independently developed by the Consultant without reference to information disclosed by the City. 14. CONFLICT OF INTEREST CLAUSE a. Consultant represents that neither it nor any of its officers, partners or employees has a financial interest, as defined in Section 87103 of the Government Code, in the subject matter of this Agreement other than the right to receive payment from City for services rendered. b. Consultant agrees that it shall not make, participate in making, or in any way attempt to use its position as consultant to influence any decision of City in which Consultant kriows, or has reason to know, that any of its officers, partners or employees has a financial interest as defined in Section 87103 of the Government Code. c. Consultant warrants that neither Consultant nor any of its officers, partners or employees, has any financial interest in any real property, building or structure within 2,500 feet of the location of any project or assignment to which this Agreement may apply in the City of Santa Ana. Consultant agrees to disclose to City any financial interest in such property as may be acquired by its officers, partners or employees during the term of this Agreement. Page 6 of 12