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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, INC.N-2020-120 MEMORANDUM To: Samantha Lambert, Risk Management Date: July 22, 2020 From: Julie Castro -Cardenas, Economic Development Specialist II Subject: Request to Waive Insurance Requirements for Community Engagement, Inc. The Community Engagement Inc. will be assisting in developing marketing materials and promoting food islands in Downtown Santa Ana through a consultant agreement (see attached), however, they will not be physically doing work in the City. Given that information, I would like to kindly request that the insurance requirements listed in Section 6 of the agreement be waived, if possible. Please let me know if you have any questions, happy to help. Questions or Concerns please contact: Julie Castro -Cardenas at 714-673-3619 or via email at Icastro-cardenaso_santa-ana.orgq 1�y � 9`YED \aS1gr :. � r•tt vl ��i1�151C7N �,t�ryE�ERT 0 N N INSURANCE NOT REQUIRED co WORK MAY PROCEED CLERK OF COUNCIL N-2020-120 CONSULTANT AGREEMENT l TTHS AGREEMENT its made and entered into this 2"d day of July, 2020, by and between Community Engagement, -Inc., a California 501(c)(3) non-profit organization ("Consultant'), and the City of Santa Ana, a charter city and municipal corporation organized and existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of California ("City"). RECITALS A. The City desires to retain the Consultant for marketing of outdoor dining in Downtown Santa Ana to community members in Santa Ana and in neighboring cities to promote the newly established Food Islands in the Downtown. B. Consultant represents that Consultant is able and willing to provide such services to the City. C. In undertaking the performance of this Agreement, Consultant represents that it is knowledgeable in its field and that any services performed by Consultant under this Agreement will be performed in compliance with such standards as may reasonably be expected from a professional consulting firm in the field. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual and respective promises, and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the parties agree as follows: 1. SCOPE OF SERVICES Consultant shall perform during the term of this Agreement, the tasks and obligations, including all labor, materials, tools, equipment, and incidental customary work, required to fully and adequately complete the services described and set forth in the Invoice attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference. 2. COMPENSATION A. City agrees to pay, and Consultant agrees to accept as total payment for its services for City, the rates and charges identified in Exhibit A. The total sum to be expended under this Agreement shall not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars-($ ` fi-.0tM) during the term of this Agreement. B. Payment need not be made for work that fails to meet the standards of performance set forth in the Recitals, which may reasonably be expected by Authority. 3. TERM This Agreement shall commence on the date first written above and terminate after one year, unless terminated earlier in accordance with Section 15, below. The term of this Agreement may be extended upon a writing executed by the City Manager and the City Attorney. 4. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR Consultant shall, during the entire term of this Agreement, be construed to be an independent contractor and not an employee of the City. This Agreement is not intended nor shall it be construed to create an employer -employee relationship, a joint venture relationship, or to allow the City to exercise discretion or control over the professional manner in which Consultant performs the services which are the subject matter of this Agreement; however, the services to be provided by Consultant shall be provided in a manner consistent with all applicable standards and regulations governing such services. Consultant shall pay all salaries and wages, employer's social security taxes, unemployment insurance and similar taxes relating to employees and shall be responsible for all applicable withholding taxes. 5. OWNERSHIP OF MATERIALS This Agreement creates a non-exclusive and perpetual license for City to copy, use, modify, reuse, or sublicense any and all copyrights, designs, and other intellectual property embodied in plans, specifications, studies, drawings, estimates, and other documents or works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression, including but not limited to, physical drawings or data magnetically or otherwise recorded on computer diskettes, which are prepared or caused to be prepared by Consultant under this Agreement ("Documents & Data"). Consultant shall require all subcontractors to agree in writing that City is granted a non-exclusive and perpetual license for any Documents & Data the subcontractor prepares under this Agreement. Consultant represents and warrants that Consultant has the legal right to license any and all Documents & Data. Consultant makes no such representation and warranty in regard to Documents & Data which were provided to Consultant by the City. City shall not be limited in any way in its use of the Documents and Data at any time, provided that any such use not within the purposes intended by this Agreement shall be at City's sole risk. 6. INSURANCE Prior to undertaking performance of work under this Agreement, Consultant shall maintain and shall require its subcontractors, if any, to obtain and maintain insurance as described below: A. Consultant shall maintain commercial general liability insurance which shall include, but not be limited to protection against claims arising from bodily and personal injury, including death resulting therefrom and damage to property, resulting from any act or occurrence arising out of Consultant's operations in the performance of this Agreement, including, without limitation, acts involving vehicles. The amounts of insurance shall be not less than the following: single limit coverage applying to bodily and personal injury, including death resulting therefrom, and property damage, in the total amount of $1,000,000 per occurrence, and in the aggregate. Such insurance shall (a) name the City, its officers, employees, agents, volunteers and representatives as additional insured(s); (b) be primary and not contributory with respect to insurance or self-insurance programs maintained by the City; and (c) contain standard separation ofinsured's provisions. B. Business automobile liability insurance, or equivalent form, with a combined single limit of not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence. Such insurance shall include coverage for owned, hired and non - owned automobiles. C. Worker's Compensation Insurance. In accordance with California state law, Consultant, if Consultant has any employees, is required to be insured against liability for worker's compensation or to undertake self-insurance. Prior to commencing the performance of the work under this Agreement, Consultant agrees to obtain and maintain any employer's liability insurance with limits not less than $1,000,000 per accident. D. The following requirements apply to the insurance to be provided by Consultant pursuant to this section: (i) Consultant shall maintain all insurance required above in full force and effect for the entire period covered by this Agreement. (ii) Certificates of insurance shall be furnished to the City upon execution of this Agreement and shall be approved in form by the City Attorney. (iii) Certificates and policies shall state that the policies shall not be cancelled or reduced in coverage or changed in any other material aspect without thirty (30) days prior written notice to the City. E. If Consultant fails or refuses to produce or maintain the insurance required by this section or fails or refuses to furnish the City with required proof that insurance has been procured and is in force and paid for, the City shall have the right, at the City's election, to terminate this Agreement. Such termination shall not affect Consultant's right to be paid for its time and materials expended prior to notification of termination. Consultant waives the right to receive compensation and agrees to indemnify the City for any work performed prior to approval of insurance by the City. INDEMNIFICATION To the fullest extent permitted by law, Consultant shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless City, its officers, agents and employees (collectively, the "indemnified parties") from and against any and all claims (including, without limitation, claims for bodily injury, death or damage to property), demands, obligations, damages, actions, causes of action, suits, losses, judgments, fines, penalties, liabilities, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, attorney's fees, disbursements and court costs) of every kind and nature whatsoever (individually, a claim; collectively, "claims"), which may arise from or in any manner related (directly or indirectly) to any work performed or services provided under this Agreement (including, without limitation, defects in workmanship and/or materials) or Consultant's presence or activities conducted performing the work (including the negligent and/or willful acts, errors and/or omissions of Consultant, its principals, officers, agents, employees, vendors, suppliers, contractors, subcontractors, anyone employed directly or indirectly by any of them or for whose acts they may be liable for any or all of them). Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall be construed to require Consultant to indemnify the indemnified parties from any claim arising from the sole negligence or willful misconduct of the indemnified parties. This indemnity shall apply to all claims and liability regardless of whether any insurance policies are applicable. The policy limits do not act as a limitation upon the amount of indemnification to be provided by the Consultant. 8. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INDEMNIFICATION Consultant shall defend and indemnify the City, its officers, agents, representatives, and employees against any and all liability, including costs, for infringement of any United States' letters patent, trademark, or copyright infringement, including costs, contained in the work product or documents provided by Consultant to the City pursuant to this Agreement. 9. 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. 10. CONFIDENTIALITY If Consultant receives from the City information which due to the nature of such information is reasonably understood to be confidential and/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 non-public 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. 11. CONFLICT OF INTEREST CLAUSE Consultant covenants that it presently has no interests and shall not have interests, direct or indirect, which would conflict in any manner with performance of services specified under this Agreement. 12. NON-DISCRIMINATION Consultant shall not discriminate because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, or disability, as defined and prohibited by applicable law, in the recruitment, selection, training, utilization, promotion, termination or other employment related activities. Consultant affirms that it is an equal opportunity employer and shall comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. 13. EXCLUSIVITY AND AMENDMENT This Agreement represents the complete and exclusive statement between the City and Consultant, and supersedes any and all other agreements, oral or written, between the parties. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and any attachments hereto, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. This Agreement may not be modified except by written instrument signed by the City and by an authorized representative of Consultant. The parties agree that any terms or conditions of any purchase order or other instrument that are inconsistent with, or in addition to, that terms and conditions hereof, shall not bind or obligate Consultant nor the City. Each party to this Agreement acknowledges that no representations, inducements, promises or agreements, orally or otherwise, have been made by any party, or anyone acting on behalf of any party, which are not embodied herein. 14. ASSIGNMENT Inasmuch as this Agreement is intended to secure the specialized services of Consultant, Consultant may not assign, transfer, delegate or subcontract any interest herein without the prior written consent of the City and any such assignment, transfer, delegation or subcontract without the City's prior written consent shall be considered null and void. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to limit the City's ability to have any of the services which are the subject to this Agreement performed by City personnel or by other consultants retained by City. 15. TERMINATION This Agreement may be terminated by the City upon thirty (30) days written notice of termination. In such event, Consultant shall be entitled to receive and the City shall pay Consultant compensation for all services performed by Consultant prior to receipt of such notice of termination, subject to the following conditions: A. As a condition of such payment, Consultant may be required to deliver to the City all work product completed as of such date, and in such case such work product shall be the property of the City unless prohibited by law, and Consultant consents to the City's use thereof for such purposes as the City deems appropriate. B. Payment need not be made for work which fails to meet the standard of performance specified in the Recitals of this Agreement 16. WAIVER No waiver of breach, failure of any condition, or any right or remedy contained in or granted by the provisions of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the party waiving the breach, failure, right or remedy. No waiver of any breach, failure or right, or remedy shall be deemed a waiver of any other breach, failure, right or remedy, whether or not similar, nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver unless the writing so specifies. 17. JURISDICTION - VENUE This Agreement has been executed and delivered in the State of California and the validity, interpretation, performance, and enforcement of any of the clauses of this Agreement shall be determined and governed by the laws of the State of California. Both parties further agree that Orange County, California, shall be the venue for any action or proceeding that may be brought or arise out of, in connection with or by reason of this Agreement. 18. PROFESSIONAL LICENSES Consultant shall, throughout the term of this Agreement, maintain all necessary licenses, permits, approvals, waivers, and exemptions necessary for the provision of the services hereunder and required by the laws and regulations of the United States, the State of California, the City of Santa Ana and all other governmental agencies. Consultant shall notify the City immediately and in writing of his inability to obtain or maintain such permits, licenses, approvals, waivers, and exemptions. Said inability shall be cause for termination of this Agreement. 19. NOTICE Any notice, tender, demand, delivery, or other communication pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be properly given if delivered in person or mailed by first class or certified mail, postage prepaid, or sent by facsimile or other telegraphic communication in the manner provided in this Section, to the following persons: To City: City Clerk City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza (M-30) P.O. Box 1988 Santa Ana, CA 92702-1988 Facsimile: (714) 647-6956 With courtesy copies to: City of Santa Ana Economic Development Division 20 Civic Center Plaza (M-25) Santa Ana, CA 92702 Facsimile: (714) 647-6549 and City Attorney City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza (M-29) P.O. Box 1988 Santa Ana, California 92702 Facsimile: (714) 647-6515 To Consultant: Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce 1631 W. Sunflower Ave., #C-35 Santa Ana, CA 92704 Facsimile: (714) 541-2238 Telephone: (7t4) 541-5353 A party may change its address by giving notice in writing to the other party. Thereafter any notice, tender, demand, delivery, or other communication shall be addressed and transmitted to the new address. If sent by mail, communication shall be effective or deemed to have been given three (3) days after it has been deposited in the United States mail, duly registered or certified, with postage prepaid, and addressed as set forth above. If sent by facsimile, communication shall be effective or deemed to have been given twenty- four (24) hours after the time set forth on the transmission report issued by the transmitting facsimile machine, addressed as set forth above. For purposes of calculating these time frames, weekends, federal, state, County or City holidays shall be excluded. 20. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS A. Each undersigned represents and warrants that its signature herein below has the power, authority and right to bind their respective parties to each of the terns of this Agreement, and shall indemnify City fully, including reasonable costs and attorney's fees, for any injuries or damages to City in the event that such authority or power is not, in fact, held by the signatory or is withdrawn. B. All Exhibits referenced herein and attached hereto shall be incorporated as if fully set forth in the body of this Agreement. {Signatures on following page} N-2020-120 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement the date and year first above written. ATTEST CITY OF SANTA ANA Daisy Gomez Kristine Ridge City Clerk City Manager APPROVED AS TO FORM Sonia R. Carvalho City Attorney By: Ryan . H ge Assist t City Attorney RECOMMENDED FOF APPROVAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, INC. Steven A. Mendoza athan Web Executive Director xecutive Director Community Development Agency Tax ID #: 27-09505151 Community Engagement, Inc. 3920 Birch Street, Suite 103 Newport Beach, CA 92660 Phone# 714-460-0826 •- Fax # 949-253-3125 MW The City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana, CA 92701 Attn: Julie Castro -Cardenas Invoice Date Invoice # 6/18/2020 23 Due Date 6/30/2020 Description Amount Graphic design for Marketing, Banners, & Flyers for Outdoor Dining $1,500.00 rymrm ICI R EVIr— APPROVED n.. r111 K , w, ns'NE.NT DiNISION LAMBERT www.communityengagement.org