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14-1125_QUALITY CODE PUBLISHING_Personal Services AgreementPERSONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is made, entered into, and shall become effective this _day of ( s 2014, by and between the City of San Juan Capistrano (hereinafter referred to as the "City") and Quality Code Publishing (hereinafter referred to as the "Consultant"). RECITALS: WHEREAS, City desires to retain the services of Consultant regarding the City's proposal to provide on-going codification services for the City Clerk's office; and WHEREAS, Consultant is qualified by virtue of experience, training, education and expertise to accomplish such services. NOW, THEREFORE, City and Consultant mutually agree as follows: Section 1. Scope of Work. The scope of work to be performed by the City shall consist of those tasks as set forth in Exhibit "A," attached and incorporated herein by reference. To the extent that there are any conflicts between the provisions described in Exhibit "A" and those provisions contained within this Agreement, the provisions in this Agreement shall control. Section 2. Term. This Agreement shall commence on the effective date and shall be for a (3) three- year period of time with the option of three (3) one-year extensions. Section 3. Compensation. 3.1 Amount. Total compensation for the services hereunder shall not exceed $36,040. 3.2 Method of Payment. Subject to Section 3.1, Consultant shall submit monthly invoices based on total services and products which have been satisfactorily completed for such monthly period. The City will pay monthly progress payments based on approved invoices in accordance with this Section. 3.3 Records of Expenses — expenses shall not be reimbursed. Section 4. Independent Contractor. It is agreed that Consultant shall act and be an independent contractor and not an agent or employee of City, and shall obtain no rights to any benefits which accrue to City's employees. 4 'i_.i, : : .f:.. s -' :: is a: ,J . ii The experience, knowledge, capability and reputation of Consultant, its principals and employees were a substantial inducement for City to enter into this Agreement. Consultant shall not contract with any other entity to perform the services required without written approval of the City. This Agreement may not be assigned, voluntarily or by operation of law, without the prior written approval of the City. If Consultant is permitted to subcontract any part of this Agreement by City, Consultant shall be responsible to City for the acts and omissions of its subcontractor as it is for persons directly employed. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall create any contractual relationships between any subcontractor and City. All persons engaged in the work will be considered employees of Consultant. City will deal directly with and will make all payments to Consultant. Section 6. Chances to Scope of Work. For extra work not part of this Agreement, a written authorization from City is required prior to Consultant undertaking any extra work. In the event of a change in the Scope of Work provided for in the contract documents as requested by the City, the Parties hereto shall execute an addendum to this Agreement setting forth with particularity all terms of the new agreement, including but not limited to any additional Consultant's fees. Section i. Familiarity with Work and/or Construction Site.- RESERVE®. Time is of the essence in the performance of this Agreement. Section 9. Conflicts of interest. Consultant covenants that it presently has no interest and shall not acquire any interest, direct or indirect, which would conflict in any manner or degree with the performance of the services contemplated by this Agreement. No person having such interest shall be employed by or associated with Consultant. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Consultant agrees to protect, defend, and hold harmless the City and its elective and appointive boards, officers, agents, and employees from any and all claims, liabilities, expenses, or damages of any nature, including attorneys' fees, for injury or death of any person, or damages of any nature, including interference with use of property, arising out of, or in any way connected with the negligence, recklessness and/or intentional wrongful conduct of Consultant, Consultant's agents, officers, employees, subcontractors, or independent contractors hired by Consultant in the 2 performance of the Agreement. The only exception to Consultant's responsibility to protect, defend, and hold harmless the City, is due to the negligence, recklessness and/or wrongful conduct of the City, or any of its elective or appointive boards, officers, agents, or employees. This hold harmless agreement shall apply to all 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 Consultant. Section 13. Insurance. - DESERVE®. Section 14. Termination. As set forth in Exhibit "A," the City may terminate the supplement service by canceling in writing at least 60 days prior to the editorial cutoff date for any regularly scheduled supplement. Section 15. Notice. All notices shall be personally delivered or mailed to the below listed addresses, or to such other addresses as may be designated by written notice. These addresses shall be used for delivery of service of process: To City. City of San Juan Capistrano 32400 Paseo Adelanto San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 Attn: Maria Morris, City Clerk To Consultant: Quality Code Publishing 7701 15th Avenue N.W. Seattle, WA 98117 Attn: Nancy L. Helmer, President If any action at law or in equity is necessary to enforce or interpret the terms of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys` fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which he may be entitled. • a - •MIMI In the event of a dispute arising between the parties regarding performance or interpretation of this Agreement, this Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of California, the dispute shall be resolved in ®range County California by binding arbitration under the auspices of the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service ("JAMS"). 3 Section 1 B. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding and agreement between the parties and supersedes all previous negotiations between them pertaining to the subject matter thereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement. APPROVED AS TO FORM: Hans Van Ligten, City rneey-------- CONSULTANT By -- Aa N, Na elm6r, President 0 a i` 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE PART I - SCOPE OF SERVICES............................................................................................................3 SUPPLEMENTSERVICE..................................................................................................... 3-4 ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING & INTERNET SERVICES.....................................................4 SALES TO THIRD PERSON SUBSCRIBERS-. ...... ....... ....................................... ............. 4 BINDERS & TABBED DIVIDER PAGES...............................................................................5 REPRINTS..................................................................................................................................5 PART II - PRICES AND PAYMENT TERMS........................................................................................6 PART III - RECITATIONS AND SIGNATURES.................................................................................7 2 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROPOSAL Quality Code Publishing hereinafter referred to as "QCP," hereby agrees to research, edit, codify and publish the ordinances of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California, hereinafter referred to as "City," according to the following terms and conditions: PART I - SCOPE OF SERVICES 1. SUPPLEMENT SERVICES. QCP will provide ongoing updates for the City, on a regular schedule, as directed by the City. Ordinances will be forwarded to QCP as they are adopted. Prior to beginning a regularly scheduled supplement, QCP will contact the City to confirm that QCP has received all the necessary ordinances and if requested, provide a quote for the City's approval prior to starting the supplement. QCP's editors will prepare each supplement by completing the following steps: I.I. Editing. QCP will organize the new ordinances by subject and will insert all amendments into their proper places in the code text. Provisions that have been repealed shall be deleted from the code text. New ordinances shall be codified to match the style of the code. Any conflicts, inconsistencies, duplications or discrepancies created by the new material shall be brought to the attention of the City. 1.2. Proofreading. The revised pages will be proofread against the applicable ordinance to insure accuracy of content. QCP is responsible for the typographical correctness of the supplemented material. Any errors attributable to QCP will be corrected at no charge to the City. QCP will correct the error and ship the replacement pages to the City within five (5) business days of .notification of the error, unless the City requests the errors be corrected, at no charge, in the next regularly scheduled supplement. 1.3. Update Related Parts. All history notes, tables, cross-references and index entries will be updated to reflect the new material. 1.4. Publish Supplement Pages. The revised pages will be typeset to match the style and format of the code and printed on 20 lb. white bond paper (or equivalent) matching the existing code stock. Paper shall be made from 100% recycled paper and shall be recyclable. The supplement will be printed in the quantity specified by the City. QCP will contact the City prior to the printing of any supplement to confirm whether QCP or the City will be responsible for printing the supplement. Pricing has been provided for both 40 printed copies and 1 printed copy. (See section 6. a. i.) I.S. Insertion Guide. Each supplement will include a page with instructions for inserting the new pages and removing obsolete ones. 1..6. Frequency. The City may choose to supplement the code quarterly, semi- annually, annually, or on an "as -needed" basis. The City may change the supplement interval at any time. Frequency of supplementation does not affect the supplement rate. 1.7. Termination. The City may terminate the supplement service by canceling in writing at least 50 days prior to the editorial cutoff date for any regularly scheduled supplement. 2. ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING & INTERNET SERVICES. QCP will create a searchable Internet database for posting on QCP's website with a link to the City's site. As the code is updated, QCP will post the changes to your code on the Internet at the same time that QCP sends the City its printed supplements. QCP's online codes feature a robust full -text search engine utilizing advanced Boolean operators, wildeards, exact - phrase searching, and allow control over how results are ranked. Search results are displayed by code section, and search results feature search -term highlighting. A simplified user interface is also provided to allow the less -advanced user to easily create and combine "and," "or," and phrase search expressions. QCP's on-line service provides the user with the option of viewing and printing the code by either chapter or section. An example of QCP's Internet services can be viewed at www.gcode.uslcod sywestminsterl. No license is required for the browse and search options. QCP's Internet search facility, as well as our Web storage and delivery system, is custom-tailored to municipal code publication. The software is built upon the MySQL database server, the world's most popular open -source database software. MySQL is installed on more than 5 million web servers worldwide, and is used by organizations such as The Associated Press, Google and NASA. MySQL is renowned for its high speed, reliability, and compliance with industry standards. 2.1. CODEALERT (Optional). CodeAlert is an on -demand updating service that is designed to work in conjunction with the Internet copy of the City's Code. CodeAlert notifies the code user that a code section has been amended and provides a list of ordinances that have been passed, but not yet incorporated into the code. Sections of the cede that have been affected by an adopted ordinance will contain a warning at the beginning of the section with a link to both the ordinance and the CodeAlert page. This service assures the viewer the most accurate, up-to-date version of the code, no matter how frequently you choose to supplement. An example of our CodeAlert services can be viewed at www. q code. us/codeswestminster . 2.2. Code on CD-ROM. Subscribers to our electronic publishing services will receive an electronic copy of the code on CD after each printed supplement. The CD will contain the entire updated code in MS Word format. File format and software are subject to change to allow for improved technology, but no additional software licenses are required to use the CD. PDF files containing the exact images of supplement pages published by QCP are also included on the CD. QCP-published pages may be reproduced by printing these files from Adobe Reader. Familiarity with creating 2 -sided documents on your printer may be needed to duplicate actual code pages. SALES TO THIRD PERSON SUBSCRIBERS. If requested, QCP will assume all risk of producing and marketing the code and supplements to private subscribers. The City will designate QCP as the official publisher of its codes. 4. BINDERS AND TABBED DIVIDED PAGES. If requested, QCP can provide customized, D -Ring or 3 -Ring Binders. Binders are available in a selection of colors and will be imprinted on the cover and spine with an appropriate title. The City may also add a seal, logo or other artwork to the binder covers. Other binder styles, including heavy fluty, expandable post binders, in any quantity, are also available. Customized tabbed divider pages designating the individual titles are also available. 5. REPRINTS. Additional copies of individual code titles or the entire code are available at an extra cost. They may be ordered with printed paper covers or separate binders. PART lit - PRICES AND PAYMENT TERMS 6. ITEMIZED PRICING. a. Municipal Code Supplements: i. [ ] Charge per printed page, includes online updating (40 copies) ........................$19.00 or [ ] Charge per printed page, includes online updating (1 copy).............................$1.6.50 ii. Extra charge for map, chart, graphs & other graphic formats ........................ No Charge iii. Reprints of designated titles, per impression charge .................................................... 0.1.0 iv. Binders. (D -ging or 3 -ring heavy-duty) per binder ................... $75.00 Custom Tabbed Divider Pages per set...............................................................$1.5.00 b. Website Publishing Services. i. Annual website hosting fee ($40.00 per month) ................. $480.00 ii. Cost per page to update electronic code after each supplement ......................... No Charge C. CD-ROM Electronic Publishing of Code update. i. Initial creation of searchable database & PDF of current supplement ..............No Charge ii. Price to add the code in MS Word format..........................................................No Charge iii. CD of entire updated code in MS Word & PDF of each supplement .......................$25.00 d. Cost per book: Sale of Codes to Third Person Subscribers. i. Complete Code with binder & tabbed dividers........................................................$200.00 ii. Reprints, per impression charge, ................................. ......................................... ....... $0,10 e. Optional services. CodeAlert — Monthly updating...................................................................................$25.00 New Ordinances posted to the Internet, no links to title/chapter/section........... No Charge 7. Shipping and handling will be prepaid by OCP and invoiced to the City upon delivery. 8. If a sales tax is applicable to this work, the amount of such tax will be added to the costs quoted in this contract. 9. Payment Schedule: Balance due upon delivery of products and services to the City. Balances which remain unpaid more than 45 days after delivery are subject to a late charge of 1.5% per month. 6 PART III - RECITATIONS AND SIGNATURES I.O. PERSONNEL. Only experienced and qualified personnel will be employed in all editorial and codification work. QCP's Customer Relations Representative will consult the City when necessary and will steep the City informed of the progress of all codification work. 11. WARRANTY. QCP warrants only that the code will contain all of the currently effective ordinances provided to QCP by the City as revised and amended according to instructions from the City's Representative. 12. ASSIGNATION, INTEGRATION AND MODIFICATION, When executed by both QCs' and the City, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties. There are no other agreements or representations not set forth in this agreement. This agreement incorporates all prior negotiations, agreements and representations. This agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns. This agreement may not be modified except in writing, signed by QCP and the City. 13. TIME FOR COMPLETION. Time is of the essence. For the laws of the City to be effective, they must be accessible and easily available to the public. It is the intention of the company, with the cooperation of the City, to deliver each regularly scheduled supplement to the City within 30- 45 days after the established supplement cutoff date. 14. WAIVER. The waiver by any party of a breach of any provision of this agreement or the failure by any party to claim a breach of any provision of this agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any subsequent breach, or change the effect of or make that provision thereafter unenforceable in any way. 15. DURATION OF QUOTATION/SIGNATURES. This quotation and agreement constitutes a bid by Quality Code Publishing for the performance of the codification services described herein. If this quotation and agreement is executed by the City within 90 days of the date hereof, it shall be a binding contract between QCP and the City. Submitted August 14, 2014 by Quality, gdeTublishing t, By Nancy L. President Accepted by the City of San Juan Capistrano, CA By Title � � �v�trs.:;�'e� �� �E Date tc