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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05843 - RIVERSIDE COUNTY INDIAN GAMING FY 2008-09 SDF GRANT AGR PP QI p� o� a I RIVERSIDE COUNTY INDIAN GAMING LOCAL COMMUNITY BENEFIT COMMITTEE (CBC) AGREEMENT GRANT OF FUNDS—Fiscal Year 2008/2009 3 4 RECIPIENT: Palm Springs Fire Department(AG02-09) 5 The local jurisdiction designated above ("Reci ien ) is hereby ap proved for a grant of funds in an 6,, amount not to exceed $317,540.00 as sponsored by Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and certified by the Riverside County Indian Gaming Local Community Benefit Committee ("Committee"), 7 pursuant to California 2003 Senate Bill 621 ("SB 621"), California 2005 Senate Bill 288 ("SB 288") and California 2009 Assembly Bill 158 ("AB 158")to provide services as set forth in Attachment A (attached 8 hereto and in the Application Form for fiscal year 2008/09, with attachments thereto,) as incorporated 91 herein by reference, subject to the following terms and conditions: 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 IS IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Committee and Recipient have executed this Agreement. 19 Authorized Signature For Committee: Authorized Signature For Recipient: 20 21 Printe a of Person Signing: Printed Name of Person Si 22 ROY WILSON ✓iD /Y. ��%4�JF 23 Title: Title: 24 Chairman, Community Benefit Committee Date: Date- MAR MAR 3112009 26 _... 27 FORM PPROVED OU COUNSEL 28 N11NH C.TRAN XrF 1 1. NOTICES All correspondence and notices required or contemplated by this grant shall be delivered to the 2 respective parties at the addresses set Forth below and are deemed submitted one day after their deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid: 3 4 Committee: Recipient: County of Riverside Executive Office Palm Springs Fire Department 5 Attn: Jennifer Sargent Chief Slake Goetz 4080 Lemon Street, 0' 300 N. Cielo Road 6 Riverside, California 92501 Palm Springs, CA 92262 7 Or to such other address(es) as the parties may hereafter designate- 8 91 2. SOURCE AND SCOPE OF FUNDING A. This grant award (`Agreement") is valid and enforceable only if sufficient fiords are available 10 to the Committee from the California State's Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund for the 11 purposes of this program. In addition, this Agreement is subject to any additional restrictions, limitations, or conditions enacted by the State of California, which may affect the provisions, 12 terms or funding of this Agreement in any manner. B. It is mutually agreed that if the State does not appropriate sufficient funds for the program, this 13 Agreement shall be amended to reflect any reduction in funds. 14 C. The Committee retains the option to amend this Agreement to reflect any reduction of funds. D. The grant funds shall be disbursed directly to the Recipient by the State Controller's Office. 15 16 3• TERM The term of this Agreement shall be from February 9, 2009,to and including June 30, 2009, 17 Recipient shall perform all work and requirements as stated in Paragraph 6 (below)by June 30, 2009, 18 however, the completion date for projects may be extended by Committee. Recipient of multi-year grants shall also perform all work and requirements as stated in Paragraph 6 by June 30"' of each year, 19 however, the completion date for projects may be extended by Committee. This Agreement shall be subject to termination by Committee immediately upon notice to the Recipient. Funds shall not be 20 automatically renewed by Committee upon or after the term of the Agreement except by either formal 21 amendment or certified grants on multiyear basis as expressly approved by the Committee. 22 4. TERMINATION 23 1) Termination for cause: a. Due to Default or Breach of Agreement. Upon default by the Recipient in the 24 performance of this Agreement or material breach of any of its provisions, Committee 25 may, at the Committee's sole discretion, terminate this Agreement by written notice, which sball be effective upon receipt by Recipient. 26 b. Due to State's Non-Appropriation. Termination may occur if no funds or insufficient funds are available for payments. Termination shall be effective immediately upon 27 written notification of a decrease or elimination of funds. 28 1 S. DEFMTIONS "Recipient" means any city, county or special district to which an Agreement is awarded and which 2 shall be accountable to the Committee for the use of funds provided. 3 6. SCOPE OF WORK/PERFORMANCE AND REQUIREMENTS OF RECIPIENT 4 A. Incorporation by Reference of the Application Submission of Recipient. The 5 application subinission of Recipient is hereby incorporated by reference to the extent that the application has not been altered or amended by the provisions of Attachment A hereto- 6 B. Requirements per S.B. 621, S.B. 288 and A.B. 158. 7' (1) Recipient shall not use any part of this grant money for any purpose that would support or fund, directly or indirectly, any effort related to opposition or challenge to 8' Indian gaming in the state, and, to the extent any awarded grant is utilized for any g, prohibited purpose by any local government, upon notice given to the county by any tribe from whose Individual Tribal Casino Account (ITCA) the awarded grant went toward that 10 prohibited use,the grant shall terminate immediately and any moneys not yet used shall again be made available for qualified nexus grants. 11 (2) Recipient shall provide notice to the public, either through a slogan, signage, or 12 other mechanism, which states that the local government project received funding from the 13 Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund and which further identifies the particular Individual Tribal Casino Account from which the grant is derived. For Recipients of the 14 20% discretionary grants from non-SDP-paying tribes, a list of all Riverside County paying tribes shall be credited on such public notice, in addition to the Tribe to which 15 application was made. 16 17 7. REIINIBURSEMENT OF FUNDS Notwithstanding any other provision herein, upon request of the Committee,Recipient agrees to fully is reimburse any and all funds received from the State Controller's Office where such finds are not or have not been utilized by Recipient, as determined by the Committee, for the purpose intended by SB 19 621, SB 288 and AB 158. The terms and conditions of reimbursement shall be the sole discretion of 20 the Committee and/or the State. 21 8. FISCAL AUDIT, REPORT AND RECORDS 22 A. Every Recipient of funds shall provide the Committee a copy of a quarterly financial report. A 23 template for the quarterly financial report will be provided to recipient. A quarterly financial report shall be submitted to the Committee on: May 15, 2009. 24 B. Every Recipient of funds shall provide the Committee a copy of their annual financial audit covering the fiscal year in which funds are received or services provided, pursuant to this 25 Agreement. Such audit shall be performed by an independent auditor, using generally accepted accounting principles. 26 C. Every Recipient of funds shall provide the Committee an annual report of services performed 27 through the use of the grant funds. This report shall contain all information required to enable the Committee to perform its duties. 28 D. The financial audit and report of services performed shall be submitted to the Committee Chairperson, or designee, on or before August 31, 2009. I E. The Committee reserves the right to conduct its own audit pertaining to the use of grant moneys by the Recipient. 2 F. Every three years the State Auditor shall conduct an audit regarding the allocation and use of Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund moneys by the Recipient. Recipient shall fully 3 cooperate with this audit and shall provide all requested information and/or documentation- G. Recipient shall retain such reports and all records associated with this Agreement for at least 4 five (5) years following the close of the fiscal year for which this Agreement is in effect or 5 until any County, State or Federal audit(s) is/are completed, whichever is later. This obligation is not tenninated upon termination of this Agreement, whether by recision or 6 otherwise. Recipient agrees to require any subcontractors to retain all records associated with the Agreement for the same time period- 7 H. Books and records shall be maintained in accordance with general accounting standards for 8 books and record keeping. 91 9. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF DOCUMENTS 10 Recipient acknowledges and agrees that information, communications, and documents given by or to the Committee, and meetings involving Committee members or staff may be subject to applicable law I I on public disclosures and/or public meetings. Recipient shall use its best efforts to cooperate with the 12 Committee in order that it may fully comply with the requirements of such laws and regulations. 13 10. GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE 14 A. This Agreement and its construction and interpretation as to validity, performance and breach shall be construed under the laws of the State of California. hi the event any provision in this 15 Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or 16 unenforceable, the remaining provisions will nevertheless continue in full force without being impaired or invalidated in any way. 17 B. The provision of the Government Claims Act (Government Code Section 900 et seq.) must be followed, first, for any disputes under this Agreement. 18 C. All actions and proceedings arising in connection with this Agreement shall be tried and litigated exclusively in state or federal (if pennitted by law and a party elects to fle an action 19 in federal court) courts located in the County of Riverside, State of California. 20 21 11. SUBCONTRACTOR FOR WORK OR SERVICES A_ Committee does not recognize subcontractors under this Agreement. Committee holds 22 Recipient solely responsible for the performance of all duties and obligations under this 23 Agreement. Recipient agrees and understands that Committee does not enter into, or assume any legal relationship with any subcontractor of Recipient for performance under this 24 Agreement. Recipient agrees to remedy any and all breaches of any agreements with any subcontractor, and further agrees that Recipient may not look to Committee for any payment, 25 liability, or assistance in the remedy of any actual or alleged breach. B_ Any and all subcontractor(s) shall conform to all requirements of the Committee and any 26 Agreement between the Recipient and Committee. Copies of subcontractor agreements 27 between participating third parties, if any, and Recipient, shall be submitted to the Committee within 30 calendar days from the start date of the Agreement. 78 C. An organizational chart should be provided by Recipient, for any new Agreement term, illustrating the roles and responsibilities of each subcontractor. Copies of all subcontractor 1 permits, employee licenses or business, state and/or clinic licenses shall be on file with the Recipient in order for the subcontractor to perform the proposed services. Subcontractor 2 agreements shall be updated each Agreement term. y 12. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR 4 It is understood and agreed that Recipient is an independent contractor and that no relationship of 5 employer-employee exists between the Recipient and Committee. Neither Recipient nor Recipient's officers, agents, employees or subcontractors shall be entitled to any benefits payable to employees of 6 Committee, including Worker's Compensation. Recipient agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Committee for any cost or expense the Committee may incur as a result of any claim wherein the 7 claimant alleges any employee/employer relationship exists between the Claimant and the Committee. 8 9 13. INDEMNIFICATION 10 Recipient shall indemnify and hold harmless the Committee from any liability whatsoever, including 1 I but not limited to, properly damage, bodily injury, or death, based or asserted upon any services of 12 Recipient, its officers, employees, subcontractors, agents or representatives arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement and Recipient shall defend at its sole expense and pay all costs and 13 fees, including but not limited to, attorney fees, cost of investigation, defense and settlements or awards, on behalf of the Committee in any claim or action based upon such liability. 14 With respect to any action or claim subject to indemnification herein by Recipient,Recipient shall, at 15 their sole cost, have the right to use counsel of their choice and shall have the right to adjust, settle, or 16 compromise any such action or claim without the prior consent of Committee; provided, however, that any such adjustment, settlement or compromise in no manner whatsoever limits or circumscribes 17 Recipient's indemnification to the Committee as set forth herein. 18 Recipient's obligation hereunder shall be satisfied when Recipient has provided Committee the appropriate form of dismissal relieving the Committee from any liability for the action or claim 19 involved. 20 The specified insurance limits required in this Agreement shall in no way limit or circumscribe 21 Recipient's obligations to indemnify and hold harmless the Committee herein from third party claims. 22 In the event there is conflict between this clause and California Civil Code Section 2782, this clause shall be interpreted to comply with Civil Code 2782. Such interpretation shall not relieve the 23 Recipient from indemnifying the Committee to the fullest extent allowed by law. 24 25 26 27 28 1 14. 11VSURANCE 2 Without limiting or diminishing the Recipient's obligation to indemnify or hold the Committee hannless,Recipient shall procure and maintain or cause to be maintained, at its sole cost and expense, 3 the following insurance coverage during the term of this Agreement. 4 A. Workers' Compensation: 5 If the Recipient has employees as defined by the State of California, the Recipient shall maintain 6 statutory Workers' Compensation Insurance (Coverage A) as prescribed by the laws of the State of California. Policy shall include Employers' Liability (Coverage B) including Occupational Disease with 7 limits not less than$1,000,000 per person per accident. The policy shall be endorsed to waive subrogation in favor of the Committee, and, if applicable, to provide a Borrowed Servant/Altemate S Employer Endorsement. 9 B. Commercial General Liability: 10 Commercial General Liability insurance coverage, including but not limited to, premises liability, 11 contractual liability, products and completed operations liability, personal and advertising injury, cross liability coverage and employment practices liability, covering claims which may arise from or out of 12 Recipient's performance of its obligations hereunder. Policy shall name the Committee as an Additional Insured. Policy's limit of liability shall not be less than $1,000,000 per occurrence combined single 13 limit. If such insurance contains a general aggregate limit, it shall apply separately to this agreement or be no less than two (2)times the occurrence limit. 14 C. Vehicle Liability: 15 16 1f Recipient's vehicles or mobile equipment are used in the performance of the obligations under this Agreement, then Recipient shall maintain liability insurance for all owned, non-owned or hired 17 vehicles so used in an amount not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence combined single limit. If such insurance contains a general aggregate limit, it shall apply separately to this agreement or be no less IS than two (2)times the occurrence limit. Policy shall name the Committee as an Additional Insured. 19 D. General Insurance Provisions - All lines: 20 1) Any insurance carrier providing insurance coverage hereunder shall be admitted to the 21 State of California and have an A M BEST rating of not less than A: Vlii (A:8)unless such requirements are waived, in writing, by Riverside County Risk Manager. If the County's Risk 22 Manager waives a requirement for a particular insurer such waiver is only valid for that specific insurer and only for one policy tenn. 23 2) The Recipient's insurance carrier(s) must declare its insurance deductibles or self-insured 24 retentions. If such deductibles or self-insured retentions exceed $500,000 per occurrence such �5 deductibles and/or retentions shall have the prior written consent of the County of Riverside's Risk Manager before the commencement of operations under this Agreement. Upon notification of 26 deductibles or self insured retention's unacceptable to the Committee, and at the election of the Country's Risk Manager,Recipient's carriers shall either; 1) reduce or eliminate such deductibles 27 or self-insured retention's as respects this Agreement with the Committee, or 2) procure a bond which guarantees payment of losses and related investigations, claims administration, and defense 28 costs and expenses. I 3) Recipient shall cause Recipient's insurance carrier(s)to furnish the County of Riverside with either 1)a properly executed original Certificate(s) of Insurance and certified original copies of 2 Endorsements effecting coverage as required herein, and 2) if requested to do so orally or in writing by the County Risk Manager, provide original Certified copies of policies including all 3 Endorsements and all attachments thereto, showing such insurance is in full force and effect_ Further, said Certificate(s) and policies of insurance shall contain the covenant of the insurance 4 carrier(s)that thirty(30) days written notice shall be given to the County of Riverside prior to any 5 material modification, cancellation, expiration or reduction in coverage of such insurance. In the event of a material modification, cancellation, expiration, or reduction in coverage, this Agreement 6 shall tenninate forthwith, unless the Committee receives, prior to such effective date, another properly executed original Certificate of Insurance and original copies of endorsements or certified 7 original policies, including all endorsements and attachments thereto evidencing coverage set forth herein and the insurance required herein is in full force and effect. Recipient shall not commence 8 operations until the Committee has been furnished original Certificate(s) of Insurance and certified 9 original copies of endorsements and, if requested, certified original policies of insurance including all endorsements and any and all other attachments as required in this Section. An individual 10 authorized by the insurance carrier to do so, on its behalf, shall sign the original endorsements for each policy and the Certificate of Insurance. 11 4) It is understood and agreed to by the parties hereto and the insurance company(s), that the 12 Certificate(s) of Insurance and policies shall so covenant and shall be construed as primary 13 insurance, and the Committee's insurance and/or deductibles and/or self-insured retentions or self- insured programs shall not be construed as contributory. 14 5) Recipient shall pass down the insurance obligations contained herein to all tiers of 15 subcontractors working under this Agreement. 16 6) The insurance requirements contained in this Agreement may be met with a program(s) of self-insurance acceptable to the Committee. 17 7) Recipient agrees to notify Committee of any claim by a third party or any incident or event 18 that may give rise to a claim arising from the performance of this Agreement. 19 20 15. ASSIGNMENT 21 This Agreement shall not be assigned by Recipient, either in whole or in part, without prior written consent of Committee, as approved and authorized by formal action of the Committee. 22 Z3 16. ALTERATION AND/OR AMENDMENT No alteration, amendment, or variation of the terms of this Agreement shall be valid unless made in 24 writing and signed by the parties hereto, and no oral understanding or agreement not incorporated 25 herein shall be binding on any of the parties hereto. Only the Committee, by formal action, may authorize any alteration or revision to this Agreement on behalf of the Committee. The parties 26 expressly recognize that individual Committee members, advisory committee members, or staff to the Committee is without authorization to either change or waive any requirements of this Agreement 27 without fortnal action of the Committee. 28 1 17. 'WAIVER AND SEVERA ILITY Any waiver by Committee of any breach of any one (1) or more terms of this Agreement shall not be 2 construed to be a waiver of any subsequent or other breach of the same tern of any other term herein. In the event any provision in this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, 3 void, or tmenforceable, the remaining provisions will nevertheless continue in full force without being 4 impaired or invalidated in any way. 5 18. OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS 6 Upon the Agreement approval by the Committee, one (1) completed set of this document will be sent to the Recipient. Such copy shall be the officially approved Agreement for the conduct of the 7 approved project- s 9 19. ENTIRE AGREEMENT This Agreement constitutes the entire Agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject 10 matter hereof and all prior or contemporaneous Agreements of any kind of nature relating to the same 11 shall be deemed to be merged herein. Any modifications to the terms of this Agreement shall be by the provisions of the section entitled"Alteration and/or amendment" herein. 12 13 20, CERTHaICATION OF AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE THIS AGREEMENT Recipient certifies that the individual signing herein has authority to execute this Agreement on behalf 14 of Recipient, and may legally bind Recipient to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and any 15 attachments hereto. 16 21. COMPLIANCE WITH LAW 17 Recipient shall, at its sole cost and expense, comply with all County, State, and Federal law now in 18 force or which may hereafter be in force with regard to this Agreement. The judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction, or the admission of Recipient in any action against Recipient, whether 19 Committee is a party thereto or not,that Recipient has violated any such ordinance or statute, shall be conclusive of that tact as between Recipient and Committee. 20 21 22. CONFLICTS IN INTERPRETATION 22 In the event of conflict in interpretation by the parties of the provisions contained in the numbered sections of this Agreement and the provisions contained in the Attachments hereto,the provisions of ?3 the numbered sections of this Agreement shall prevail over those in Attachments hereto. 24 25 26 27 28 1 ATTACHMENT A. 3 SCOPE OF WORK/PERFORMANCE TARGET OUTLINE, 4 5 This grant request is for the SDF to fund three (3) Firefighter/Paramedics that are stationed at Fire Station 4441 which provides direct fire and emergency medical service 6 to the Spa Resort Casino. This is a continuation of the Multi-Year grant that was approved in 2003/04, 7 �I 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 21 I RIVERSIDE COUNTY INDIAN GAMING LOCAL COMMUNITY BENEFIT COMMITTEE (CBC) 2 AGREEMENT GRANT OF FUNDS—Fiscal Year 2008/2009 3 4 RECIPIENT: Palm Springs Fire Department(AG03-09) 5 The local jurisdiction designated above ("Recipient") is hereby approved for a grant of funds in an 6 amount not to exceed $38,241.00 as sponsored by Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and certified by the Riverside County Indian Gaming Local Cormnunity Benefit Committee ("Committee-), pursuant 7 to California 2003 Senate Bill 621 ("SB 621"), California 2005 Senate Bill 288 ("SB 288") and California 2008 Assembly Bill 159 ("AB 158") to provide services as set forth in Attachment A (attached hereto and 8 in the Application Form for fiscal year 2008/09, with attachments thereto,) as incorporated herein by 9 reference, subject to the following terms and conditions: 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 IS IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Committee and Recipient have executed this Agreement. 19 Authorized Signature for Committee: Authorized Signature for Recipient: 20 21 Printe of Person Signing: Printed Name of Person , g: 22 ROX W SON 23 Title: Title. 24 Chairman, Community Benefit Committee Date. Date: 25 MAR 312009 26 27 FORM APPROVED CJUNTY C,0U1VSEL SY: �Ga/�* a/6� 28 MINH C. TRAN UATF 1 1. NOTICES All correspondence and notices requited or contemplated by this grant shall be delivered to the 2 respective parties at the addresses set forth below and are deemed submitted one day after their deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid. 3 Committee: Recipient: 4 County of Riverside Executive Office Palm Springs Fire Department 5 Attn: Jennifer Sargent Chief Blake Goetz 4080 Lemon Street, 01 300 N, Cielo Road 6 Riverside, California 92501 Palm Springs, CA 92262 7 Or to such other address(es) as the parties may hereafter designate. 8 9 2. SOURCE AND SCOPE OF FUNDING A. This grant award ("Agreement") is valid and enforceable only if sufficient funds are available 10 to the Committee from the California State's Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund for the 11 purposes of this program. In addition, this Agreement is subject to any additional restrictions, limitations, or conditions enacted by the State of California, which may affect the provisions, 12 terms or funding of this Agreement in any manner. B. It is mutually agreed that if the State does not appropriate sufficient funds for the program, this 13 Agreement shall be amended to reflect any reduction in funds. C. The Committee retains the option to amend this Agreement to reflect any reduction of funds. 14 D_ The grant funds shall be disbursed directly to the Recipient by the State Controller's Office. 15 16 3. TERM The term of this Agreement shall be from February 9, 2009, to and including June 30, 2009. 17 Recipient shall perform all work and requirements as stated in Paragraph 6 (below)by June 30, 2009, 18 however, the completion date for projects may be extended by Committee. Recipient of multi-year grants shall also perform all work and requirements as stated in Paragraph 6 by June 30 of each year, 19 however, the completion date for projects may be extended by Committee, This Agreement shall be subject to termination by Committee immediately upon notice to the Recipient. Funds shall not be 20 automatically renewed by Cotrunittee upon or after the term of the Agreement except by either formal 21 amendment or certified grants on multiyear basis as expressly approved by the Committee. 22 4. TERMINATION 23 1) Termination for cause: a. Due to Default or Breach of Agreement. Upon default by the Recipient in the 24 performance of this Agreement or material breach of any of its provisions, Committee 25 may, at the Committee's sole discretion, terminate this Agreement by written notice, which shall be effective upon receipt by Recipient. 26 b. Due to State's Non-Appropriation. Termination may occur if no funds or insufficient funds are available for payments. Termination shall be effective immediately upon 27 written notification of a decrease or elimination of funds. 28 1 5. DEFINITIONS "}recipient"means any city, county or special district to which an Agreement is awarded and which 2 shall be accountable to the Committee for the use of funds provided. 3 6. SCOPE OF WORK/PERFORMANCE AND REQUIREMENTS OF RECIPIENT `l A. Incorporation by Reference of the Application Submission of Recipient. The application submission of Recipient is hereby incorporated by reference to the extent that the 5 application has not been altered or amended by the provisions of Attachment A hereto. 6 B. Requirements per S.S. 621, S.B. 288 and A.B. 158. 7 (1) Recipient shall not use any part of this grant money for any purpose that would support or fund, directly or indirectly, any effort related to opposition or challenge to 8 Indian gaming in the state, and, to the extent any awarded grant is utilized for any 91 prohibited purpose by any local government, upon notice given to the county by any tribe from whose Individual Tribal Casino Account (ITCA)the awarded grant went toward that 10 prohibited use,the grant shall terminate immediately and any moneys not yet used shall again be made available for qualified nexus grants. 11 (2) Recipient shall provide notice to the public, either through a slogan, signage, or 12 other mechanism, which states that the local government project received funding from the 13 Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund and which further identifies the particular Individual Tribal Casino Account from which the grant is derived. For Recipients of the 14 20% discretionary grants from nou-SDF-paying tribes, a list of all Riverside County paying tribes shall be credited on such public notice, in addition to the Tribe to which 15 application was made. 16 17 7. REIMBURSEMENT OF FUNDS Notwithstanding any other provision herein, upon request of the Committee, Recipient agrees to fully 18 reimburse any and all finds received from the State Controller's Office where such fimds are not or have not been utilized by Recipient, as determined by the Committee, for the purpose intended by SB 19 621, SB 288 and AB 158. The terms and conditions of reimbursement shall be the sole discretion of 20 the Committee and/or the State. 21 S. FISCAL AUDIT, REPORT AND RECORDS 22 A. Every Recipient of funds shall provide the Committee a copy of a quarterly financial report. A template for the quarterly financial report will be provided to recipient. A quarterly financial 23 report shall be submitted to the Committee on. May 15, 2009. 24 B. Every Recipient of funds shall provide the Committee a copy of their annual financial audit covering the fiscal year in which funds are received or services provided, pursuant to this, 25 Agreement. Such audit shall be performed by an independent auditor, using generally accepted accounting principles. 26 C, Every Recipient of funds shall provide the Committee an annual report of services performed 27 through the use of the grant funds. This report shall contain all information required to enable the Committee to perform its duties. 28 D. The financial audit and report of services performed shall be submitted to the Committee Chairperson, or designee, on or before August 31, 2009. I E. The Committee reserves the right to conduct its own audit pertaining to the use of grant moneys by the Recipient- 2 F. Every three years the State Auditor shall conduct an audit regarding the allocation and use of Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund moneys by the Recipient. Recipient shall fully 3 cooperate with this audit and shall provide all requested information and/or documentation. G_ Recipient shall retain such reports and all records associated with this Agreement for at least 4 five (5) years following the close of the fiscal year for which this Agreement is in effect or 5 until any County, State or Federal audit(s) is/are completed, whichever is later. This obligation is not terminated upon termination of this Agreement, whether by recision or 6 otherwise. Recipient agrees to require any subcontractors to retain all records associated with the Agreement for the same time period. 7 H. Books and records shall be maintained in accordance with general accounting standards for 8 books and record keeping. 9 9. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF DOCUMENTS 10 Recipient acknowledges and agrees that information, communications, and documents given by or to the Committee, and meetings involving Committee members or staff may be subject to applicable law 11 on public disclosures and/or public meetings. Recipient shall use its best efforts to cooperate with the 12 Committee in order that it may fully comply with the requirements of such laws and regulations. 13 10. GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE 14 A. This Agreement and its construction and interpretation as to validity, performance and breach shall be construed under the laws of the State of California_ In the event any provision in this 15 Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or 16 unenforceable, the remaining provisions will nevertheless continue in full force without being impaired or invalidated in any way. 17 B. The provision of the Government Claims Act (Government Code Section 900 et seq.) must be followed, first, for any disputes under this Agreement. 1s C. All actions and proceedings arising in connection with this Agreement shall be tried and litigated exclusively in state or federal (if permitted by law and a party elects to file an action 19 in federal court) courts located in the County of Riverside, State of California. 20 21 11. SUBCONTRACTOR FOR WORK OR SERVICES A_ Committee does not recognize subcontractors under this Agreement_ Committee holds 22 Recipient solely responsible for the performance of all duties and obligations under this 23 Agreement. Recipient agrees and understands that Committee does not enter into, or assume any legal relationship with any subcontractor of Recipient for performance under this 24 Agreement_ Recipient agrees to remedy any and all breaches of any agreements with any subcontractor, and further agrees that Recipient may not look to Committee for any payment, 25 liability, or assistance in the remedy of any actual or alleged breach. B. Any and all subcontractor(s) shall conform to all requirements of the Committee and any 26 Agreement between the Recipient and Committee. Copies of subcontractor agreements 27 between participating third parties, if any, and Recipient, shall be submitted to the Committee within 30 calendar days from the start date of the Agreement. 28 C. An organizational chart should be provided by Recipient, for any new Agreement term, illustrating the roles and responsibilities of each subcontractor. Copies of all subcontractor f permits, employee licenses or business, state and/or clinic licenses shall be on file with the Recipient in order for the subcontractor to perform the proposed services. Subcontractor 2 agreements shall be updated each Agreement term. 3 12. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR 4 It is understood and agreed that Recipient is an independent contractor and that no relationship of 5 employer-employee exists between the Recipient and Committee. Neither Recipient nor Recipient's officers, agents, employees or subcontractors shall be entitled to any benefits payable to employees of 6 Committee, including Worker's Compensation. Recipient agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Committee for any cost or expense the Committee may incur as a result of any claim wherein the 7 claimant alleges any employee/employer relationship exists between the Claimant and the Committee. 8 9 13. INDEMNIFICATION 10 Recipient shall indemnify and hold harmless the Committee from any liability whatsoever, including I I but not limited to, property damage, bodily injury, or death, based or asserted upon any services of 12 Recipient, its officers, employees, subcontractors, agents or representatives arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement and Recipient shall defend at its sole expense and pay all costs and 13 fees, including but not limited to, attorney fees, cost of investigation, defense and settlements or awards, on behalf of the Committee in any claim or action based upon such liability. 14 With respect to any action or claim subject to indemnification herein by Recipient,Recipient shall, at 15 their sole cost, have the right to use counsel of tbeh choice and shall have the right to adjust, settle, or 16 compromise any such action or claim without the prior consent of Committee, provided, however, that any such adjustment, settlement or compromise in no manner whatsoever limits or circumscribes 17 Recipient's indemnification to the Committee as set forth herein. 18 Recipient's obligation hereunder shall be satisfied when Recipient has provided Committee the appropriate fonn of dismissal relieving the Committee from any liability for the action or claim 19 involved. 20 The specified insurance limits required in this Agreement shall in no way limit or circumscribe 21 Recipient's obligations to indemnify and hold harmless the Committee herein from third party claims. 22 In the event there is conflict between this clause and California Civil Code Section 2782, this clause shall be interpreted to comply with Civil Code 2782. Such interpretation shall not relieve the 23 Recipient from indemnifying the Committee to the fullest extent allowed by law. 24 25 26 27 28 1 14. INSURANCE 2 Without limiting or diminishing the Recipient's obligation to indemnify or hold the Committee harmless,Recipient shall procure and maintain or cause to be maintained, at its sole cost and expense, 3 the following insurance coverage during the term of this Agreement. 44 A. Workers' Compensation: 5 If the Recipient has employees as defined by the State of California, the Recipient shall maintain statutory Workers' Compensation Insurance (Coverage A) as prescribed by the laws of the State of 6 California. Policy shall include Employers' Liability (Coverage B) including Occupational Disease with 7 limits not less than $1,000,000 per person per accident. The policy shall be endorsed to waive subrogation in favor of the Committee, and, if applicable, to provide a Borrowed Servant/Altemate 8 Employer Endorsement. 9 B. Cormmercial General Liability: 10 Commercial General Liability insurance coverage, including but not limited to, premises liability, 11 contractual liability, products and completed operations liability, personal and advertising injury, cross liability coverage and employment practices liability, covering claims which may arise from or out of 12 Recipient's performance of its obligations hereunder. Policy shall name the Committee as an Additional Insured. Policy's limit of liability shall not be less than $1,000,000 per occurrence combined single 13 limit. If such insurance contains a general aggregate limit, it shall apply separately to this agreement or be no less than two (2) times the occurrence limit. 14 C. Vehicle Liability: 15 16 If Recipient's vehicles or mobile equipment are used in the performance of the obligations under this Agreement, then Recipient shall maintain liability insurance for all owned, non-owned or hired 17 vehicles so used in an amount not less than$1,000,000 per occurrence combined single limit. If such insurance contains a general aggregate limit, it shall apply separately to this agreement or be no less I8 than two (2)times the occurrence limit. Policy shall name the Committee as an Additional Insured. l9 D. General Insurance Provisions -All lines' 20 1) Any insurance carrier providing insurance coverage hereunder shall be admitted to the 21 State of California and have an A M BEST rating of not less than A: VIII (A:8) unless such requirements are waived, in writing, by Riverside County Risk Manager. If the County's Risk 22 Manager waives a requirement for a particular insurer such waiver is only valid for that specific insurer and only for one policy term. 23 2) The Recipient's insurance carder(s) must declare its insurance deductibles or self-insured 24 retentions. if such deductibles or self-insured retentions exceed 5500,000 per occurrence such 25 deductibles and/or retentions shall have the prior written consent of the County of Riverside's Risk Manager before the commencement of operations under this Agreement. Upon notification of 26 deductibles or self insured retention's unacceptable to the Committee, and at the election of the Country's Risk Manager, Recipient's carriers shall either; 1)reduce or eliminate such deductibles 27 or self-insured retention's as respects this Agreement with the Committee, or 2) procure a bond which guarantees payment of losses and related investigations, claims administration, and defense 28 costs and expenses. 1 3) Recipient shall cause Recipient's insurance carrier(s) to furnish the County of Riverside with either 1) a properly executed original Certificate(s) of Insurance and certified original copies of 2 Endorsements effecting coverage as required herein, and 2) if requested to do so orally or in writing by the County Risk Manager, provide original Certified copies of policies including all 3 Endorsements and all attachments thereto, showing such insurance is in full force and effect. Further, said Certificate(s) and policies of insurance shall contain the covenant of the insurance 4 carrier(s) that thirty(30) days written notice shall be given to the County of Riverside prior to any 5 material modification, cancellation, expiration or reduction in coverage of such insurance. In the event of a material modification, cancellation, expiration, or reduction in coverage,this Agreement 6 shall terminate forthwith, unless the Committee receives, prior to such effective date, another properly executed original Certificate of Insurance and original copies of endorsements or certified 7 original policies, including all endorsements and attachments thereto evidencing coverage set forth herein and the insurance required herein is in full force and effect. Recipient shall not commence 9 operations until the Committee has been furnished original Certificate(s) of Insurance and certified 9 original copies of endorsements and, if requested, certified original policies of insurance including all endorsements and any and all other attachments as required in this Section. An individual 10 authorized by the insurance carrier to do so, on its behalf, shall sign the original endorsements for each policy and the Certificate of Insurance. 11 4) It is understood and agreed to by the parties hereto and the insurance company(s), that the 12 Certificate(s) of Insurance and policies shall so covenant and shall be construed as primary 13 insurance, and the Committee's insurance and/or deductibles and/or self-insured retention s or self- insured programs shall not be construed as contributory. 14 5) Recipient shall pass down the insurance obligations contained herein to all tiers of 15 subcontractors working under this Agreement. 16 6) The insurance requirements contained in this Agreement may be met with a program(s) of self-insurance acceptable to the Committee. 17 7) Recipient agrees to notify Committee of any claim by a third party or any incident or event 18 that may give rise to a claim arising from the performance of this Agreement. 19 20 15. ASSIGNMENT 21 This Agreement shall not be assigned by Recipient, either in whole or in part, without prior written consent of Comunittee, as approved and authorized by formal action of the Committee. 22 23 16. ALTERATION AND/Olt AMENDMENT No alteration, amendment, or variation of the terms of this Agreement shall be valid unless made in 24 writing and signed by the parties hereto, and no oral understanding or agreement not incorporated 25 herein shall be binding on any of the parties hereto. Only the Committee,by formal action, may authorize any alteration or revision to this Agreement on behalf of the Committee. The parties 26 expressly recognize that individual Committee members, advisory committee members, or staff to the Committee is without authorization to either change or waive any requirements of this Agreement 27 without formal action of the Committee. 28 1 17. WAVER AND SEVERABILITY Any waiver by Committee of any breach of any one (I) or more terms of this Agreement shall not be 2 construed to be a waiver of any subsequent or other breach of the same tern of any other term herein. In the event any provision in this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, 3 void, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will nevertheless continue in full force without being 4 impaired or invalidated in any way. 5 18. OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS 6 Upon the Agreement approval by the Committee, one (1) completed set of this document will be sent to the Recipient. Such copy shall be the officially approved Agreement for the conduct of the 7 approved project. 8 9 19. ENTIRE AGREEMENT This Agreement constitutes the entire Agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject 10 matter hereof and all prior or contemporaneous Agreements of any kind of nature relating to the same 11 shall be deemed to be merged herein. Any modifications to the terms of this Agreement shall be by the provisions of the section entitled"Alteration and/or amendment" herein. 12 13 20. CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE THIS AGREEMENT Recipient certifies that the individual signing herein has authority to execute this Agreement on behalf 14 of Recipient, and may legally bind Recipient to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and any 15 attachments hereto. 16 21. COMPLIANCE WITH LAW 17 Recipient shall, at its sole cost and expense, comply with all County, State, and Federal law now in l8 force or which may hereafter be in force with regard to this Agreement. The judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction, or the admission of Recipient in any action against Recipient, whether 19 Committee is a party thereto or not,that Recipient has violated any such ordinance or statute, shall be conclusive of that fact as between Recipient and Committee. 20 21 22. CONFLICTS IN INTERPRETATION 22 In the event of conflict in interpretation by the parties of the provisions contained in the numbered sections of this Agreement and the provisions contained in the Attachments hereto, the provisions of 23 the numbered sections of this Agreement shall prevail over those in Attachments hereto. 24 25 26 27 28 1 2 ATTACHMENT A: SCOPE OF WORK/PERFORMANCE TARGET OUTLINE 4 5 Project AG15 a Multi-year Grant, does not sufficiently pay the full cost to provide three Firefighter/Paramedics at the Downtown Fire Station #441. Salary and benefits have 6 increased since the first year of this grant and an additional $68,816.00 is needed for the 7 SDF to pay for these three public safety positions. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 RiVERSIDF COUNTY 1 TNDIAN GAMING LOCAL COMMUNITY BENEFIT COMMITTEE (CBC) 2 AGREEMENT GRANT OF FUNDS— Fiscal Year 2008/2009 .J 4 RECTPIENT: Palm Springs Fire Department (AG08-09) The local jurisdiction designated above ("Recipient") is hereby approved for a grant of funds in an 6 amount not to exceed $144,734.00 as sponsored by Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and certified by the Riverside County Indian Gaming Local Community Benefit Committee ("Committee"), 7 pursuant to California 2003 Senate Bill 621 ("SB 621"), California 2005 Senate Bill 288 ("SB 288") and Califomia 2008 Assembly Bill 158 ("AB 158") to provide services as set forth in Attachment A (attached 8 hereto and in the Application Form for fiscal year 2008/09, with attachments thereto,) as incorporated 9 herein by reference, subject to the following terms and conditions: 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 IS IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Committee and Recipient have executed this Agreement. 19 Authorized Signature for Committee: Authorized Signature for Reci lent: 20 21 Printed al of Person Signing: Printed Name of Per 'igning: 22 ROY W SON 29 23 Title: Title: 24 Chairman, Community Benefit Committee �'�ry ���✓�� Date: Date: 25 MAR :11. 2009 26 27 FORM APPROVED COUN UNSEr_ J SY. f .— . c" L7` 28 MINH C TRAM DATE 1 1. NOTICES All correspondence and notices required or contemplated by this grant shall be delivered to the 2 respective parties at the addresses set forth below and are deemed submitted one day after their deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid: Committee: Recipient 4 County of Riverside Executive Office Palm Springs Fire Department 5 Attn: Jennifer Sargent Chief h3lake Goetz 4080 Lemon Street, 41" 300 N. Cielo Road 6 Riverside, California 92501 Palm Springs, CA 92262 7 Or to such other address(es) as the parties may hereafter designate. 8 9 2. SOURCE AND SCOPE Of FUNDING A. This grant award ("Agreement") is valid and enforceable only if sufficient funds are available 10 to the Committee from the California State's Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund for the l I purposes of this program. In addition, this Agreement is subject to any additional restrictions, limitations, or conditions enacted by the State of California, which may affect the provisions, 12 terms or funding of this Agreement in any manner. B, It is mutually agreed that if the State does not appropriate sufficient funds for the program, this 13 Agreement shall be amended to reflect any reduction in funds. 14 C. The Committee retains the option to amend this Agreement to reflect any reduction of funds. D. The grant funds shall be disbursed directly to the Recipient by the State Controller's Office. 15 16 3. TERM The term of this Agreement shall be from February 9, 2009, to and including June 30, 2009. 17 Recipient shall perform all work and requirements as stated in Paragraph 6 (below)by June 30, 2009, 18 however, the completion date for projects may be extended by Committee. Recipient of multi-year grants shall also perform.all work and requirements as stated in Paragraph 6 by June 30t' of each year, 19 however, the completion date for projects may be extended by Committee. This Agreement sball be subject to termination by Committee immediately upon notice to the Recipient. Funds shall not be 20 automatically renewed by Committee upon or after the term of the Agreement except by either formal 21 amendment or certified grants on multiyear basis as expressly approved by the Committee. 22 4. TERMINATION 23 1) Termination for cause: a. Due to Default or Breach of Agreement. Upon default by the Recipient in the 24 performance of this Agreement or material breach of any of its provisions, Committee 25 may, at the Committee's sole discretion, terminate this Agreement by written notice, which shall be effective upon receipt by Recipient. 26 b Due to State's Non-Appropriation. Termination may occur if no funds or insufficient funds are available for payments. Termination shall be effective immediately upon 27 written notification of a decrease or elimination of funds. 28 1 5. DEFINITIONS "Recipient" means any city, county or special district to which an Agreement is awarded and which 2 shall be accountable to the Committee for the use of funds provided. 3 6. SCOPE OF WORK/PERFORMANCE AND REQUIREMENTS OF RECIPIENT 4 A. Incorporation by Reference of the Application Submission of Recipient. The 5 application submission of Recipient is hereby incorporated by reference to the extent that the application has not been altered or amended by the provisions of Attachment A hereto. 6 B. Requirements per S.B. 621, S.B. 288 and A.S. 158. 7 (1) Recipient shall not use any part of this grant money for any purpose that would support or fund, directly or indirectly, any effort related to opposition or challenge to 8 Indian gaming in the state, and,to the extent any awarded grant is utilized for any 9 prohibited purpose by any local government, upon notice given to the county by any tribe from whose Individual Tribal Casino Account (ITCA) the awarded grant went toward that 10 prohibited use,the grant shall terminate immediately and any moneys not yet used shall again be made available for qualified nexus grants. 11 (2) Recipient shall provide notice to the public, either through a slogan, signage, or 12 other mechanism, which states that the local government project received Funding from the 13 Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund and which further identifies the particular Individual Tribal Casino Account from which the grant is derived. For Recipients of the 14 20% discretionary grants from non-SDF-paying tribes, a list of all Riverside County paying tribes shall be credited on such public notice, in addition to the Tribe to which 15 application was made. 16 17 7. REIMBURSEMENT OF FUNDS Notwithstanding any other provision herein, upon request of the Committee,Recipient agrees to fully 18 reimburse any and all funds received from the State Controller's Office where such funds are not or have not been utilized by Recipient, as determined by the Committee,for the purpose intended by SB 19 621, SB 288 and AB 158. The terms and conditions of reimbursement shall be the sole discretion of 20 the Committee and/or the State. 21 S. FISCAL AUDIT, REPORT AND RECORDS 22 A. Every Recipient of funds shall provide the Committee a copy of a quarterly financial report. A 23 template for the quarterly financial report will be provided to recipient. A quarterly financial report shall be submitted to the Committee on. May 15, 2009, 24 B. Every Recipient of funds shall provide the Committee a copy of their annual financial audit covering the fiscal year in which funds are received or services provided, pursuant to this 25 Agreement. Such audit shall be performed by an independent auditor, using generally accepted accounting principles. 26 C. Every Recipient of funds shall provide the Committee an annual report of services performed �7 through the use of the grant funds. This report shall contain all information required to enable the Committee to perform its duties. 28 D, The financial audit and report of services performed shall be submitted to the Committee Chairperson, or designee, on or before August 3 I, 2009. I E. The Committee reserves the right to conduct its own audit pertaining to the use of grant moneys by the Recipient. 2 F. Every three years the State Auditor shall conduct an audit regarding the allocation and use of Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund moneys by the Recipient. Recipient shall fully 3 cooperate with this audit and shall provide all requested information and/or documentation. G. Recipient shall retain such reports and all records associated with this Agreement for at least 4 five (5) years following the close of the fiscal year for which this Agreement is in effect or until any County, State or Federal audit(s) is/are completed, whichever is later. This obligation is not terminated upon termination of this Agreement, whether by recision or 6 otherwise. Recipient agrees to require any subcontractors to retain all records associated with the Agreement for the same time period- 7 Fl_ Books and records shall be maintained in accordance with general accounting standards for 8 books and record keeping. 9 9. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF DOCUMENTS 10 Recipient acknowledges and agrees that information, communications, and documents given by or to the Committee, and meetings involving Committee members or staff may be subject to applicable law 1 I on public disclosures and/or public meetings. Recipient shall use its best efforts to cooperate with the 12 Committee in order that it may fully comply with the requirements of such laws and regulations- 10 10. GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE 14 A. This Agreement and its construction and interpretation as to validity, performance and breach shall be construed under the laws of the State of California. In the event any provision in this 15 Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or 16 unenforceable, the remaining provisions will nevertheless continue in full force without being impaired or invalidated in any way. 17 B. The provision of the Government Claims Act (Government Code Section 900 et seq.) must be followed, first, for any disputes under this Agreement. 18 C. All actions and proceedings arising in connection with this Agreement shall be tried and litigated exclusively in state or federal (if permitted by law and a party elects to file an action 19 in federal court) courts located in the County of Riverside, State of California. 20 21 11. SUBCONTRACTOR FOR WORK OR SERVICES A. Committee does not recognize subcontractors under this Agreement. Committee holds 22 Recipient solely responsible for the performance of all duties and obligations under this Agreement. Recipient agrees and understands that Committee does not enter into, or assume 23 any legal relationship with any subcontractor of Recipient for performance under this 24 Agreement. Recipient agrees to remedy any and all breaches of any agreements with any subcontractor, and further agrees that Recipient may not look to Committee for any payment, 25 liability, or assistance in the remedy of any actual or alleged breach- B. Any and all subcontractor(s) shall conform to all requirements of the Committee and any 26 Agreement between the Recipient and Committee. Copies of subcontractor agreements 77 between participating third parties, if any, and Recipient, shall be submitted to the Committee within 30 calendar days from the start date of the Agreement. 28 C. An organizational chart should be provided by Recipient, for any new Agreement terrn, illustrating the roles and responsibilities of each subcontractor. Copies of all subcontractor 1 pennits, employee licenses or business, state and/or clinic licenses shall be on file with the Recipient in order for the subcontractor to perform the proposed services. Subcontractor 2 agreements shall be updated each Agreement term 12. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR 4 It is understood and agreed that Recipient is an independent contractor and that no relationship of 5 employer-employee exists between the Recipient and Committee. Neither Recipient nor Recipient's officers, agents, employees or subcontractors shall be entitled to any benefits payable to employees of 6 Committee, including Worker's Compensation. Recipient agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Committee for any cost or expense the Committee may incur as a result of any claim wherein the 7 claimant alleges any employee/ employer relationship exists between the Claimant and the Committee. 8 9 13. INDEMNIFICATION 10 Recipient shall indemnify and hold harmless the Committee from any liability whatsoever, including 11 but not limited to, property damage, bodily injury, or death, based or asserted upon any services of 12 Recipient, its officers, employees, subcontractors, agents or representatives arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement and Recipient shall defend at its sole expense and pay all costs and 13 fees, including but not limited to, attorney fees, cost of investigation, defense and settlements or awards, on behalf of the Committee in any claim or action based upon such liability. 14 With respect to any action or claim subject to indemnification herein by Recipient,Recipient shall, at 15 their sole cost, have the right to use counsel of their choice and shall have the right to adjust, settle, or 16 compromise any such action or claim without the prior consent of Committee, provided, however, that any such adjustment, settlement or compromise in no manner whatsoever limits or circumscribes 17 Recipient's indemnification to the Conunittee as set forth herein. 18 Recipient's obligation hereunder shall be satisfied when Recipient has provided Committee the appropriate form of dismissal relieving the Committee from any liability for the action or claim 19 involved. 20 The specified insurance limits required in this Agreement shall in no way limit or circumscribe 21 Recipient's obligations to indemnify and hold harmless the Committee herein from third party claims. 22 In the event there is conflict between this clause and California Civil Code Section 2782, this clause shall be interpreted to comply with Civil Code 2782. Such interpretation shall not relieve the 23 Recipient from indemnifying the Committee to the fullest extent allowed by law. 24 25 26 27 28 T 14. INSURANCE 2 Without limiting or diminishing the Recipient's obligation to indemnify or hold the Committee harmless, Recipient shall procure and maintain or cause to be maintained, at its sole cost and expense, g the following insurance coverage during the term of this Agreement. 4 A. Workers' Compensation: 5 If the Recipient has employees as defined by the State of California, the Recipient shall maintain statutory Workers' Compensation Insurance (Coverage A) as prescribed by the laws of the State of 6 California Policy shall include Employers' Liability (Coverage B) including Occupational Disease with 7 limits not less than $1,000,000 per person per accident. The policy shall be endorsed to waive subrogation in favor of the Committee, and, if applicable, to provide a Borrowed Servant/Alternate 8 Employer Endorsement, 9 B. Commercial General Liability: 10 Commercial General Liability insurance coverage, including but not limited to, premises liability, T T contractual liability, products and completed operations liability, personal and advertising injury, cross liability coverage and employment practices liability, covering claims which may arise from or out of i2 Recipient's performance of its obligations hereunder. Policy shall name the Committee as an Additional Insured. Policy's limit of liability shall not be less than $1,000,000 per occurrence combined single 1:3 limit. If such insurance contains a general aggregate limit, it shall apply separately to this agreement or be no less than two (2) times the occurrence limit. 14 C. Vehicle Liability: 15 1G If Recipient's vehicles or mobile equipment are used in the performance of the obligations under this Agreement, then Recipient shall maintain liability insurance for all owned, non-owned or hired 17 vehicles so used in an amount not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence combined single limit. If such insurance contains a general aggregate lirrdt, it shall apply separately to this agreement or be no less IS than two (2) times the occurrence limit. Policy shall name the Committee as an Additional Insured. 19 D. General Insurance Provisions - All lines: 20 1) Any insurance carrier providing insurance coverage hereunder shall be admitted to the 21 State of California and have an A M BEST rating of not less than A: VITT(A.8) unless such requirements are waived, in writing, by Riverside County Risk Manager. If the County's Risk 22 Manager waives a requirement for a particular insurer such waiver is only valid For that specific insurer and only for one policy term. 23 2) The Recipient's insurance carrier(s) must declare its insurance deductibles or self-insured 24 retentions. If such deductibles or self-insured retentions exceed $500,000 per occurrence such �5 deductibles and/or retentions shall have the prior written consent orthe County of Riverside's Risk Manager before the commencement of operations under this Agreement. Upon notification of 26 deductibles or sel f insured retention's unacceptable to the Committee, and at the election of the Country's Risk Manager, Recipient's carriers shall either; 1)reduce or eliminate such deductibles 27 or self-insured retention's as respects this Agreement with the Committee, or 2) procure a bond which guarantees payment of losses and related investigations, claims administration, and defense 28 costs and expenses. I 3) Recipient shall cause Recipient's insurance carrier(s) to furnish the County of Riverside with either 1)a properly executed original Certificate(s) of insurance and certified original copies of 2 Endorsements effecting coverage as required herein, and 2) if requested to do so orally or in writing by the County Risk Manager, provide original Certified copies of policies including all 3 Endorsements and all attachments thereto, showing such insurance is in full force and effect. Further, said Certificate(s) and policies of insurance shall contain the covenant of the insurance 4 carrier(s) that thirty(30) days written notice shall be given to the County of Riverside prior to any 5 material modification, cancellation, expiration or reduction in coverage of such insurance. In the event of a material modification, cancellation, expiration, or reduction in coverage, this Agreement 6 shall terminate forthwith, unless the Committee receives, prior to such effective date, another properly executed original Certificate of Insurance and original copies of endorsements or certified 7 original policies, including all endorsements and attachments thereto evidencing coverage set forth herein and the insurance required herein is in full force and effect. Recipient shall not commence 8 operations until the Committee has been furnished original Certificate(s) of Insurance and certified 9 original copies of endorsements and, if requested, certified original policies of insurance including all endorsements and any and all other attachments as required in this Section. An individual 10 authorized by the insurance carrier to do so, on its behalf, shall sign the original endorsements for each policy and the Certificate of Insurance. 11 4) It is understood and agreed to by the parties hereto and the insurance company(s), that the 12 Certificate(s) of Insurance and policies shall so covenant and shall be construed as primary insurance, and the Committee's insurance and/or deductibles and/or self-insured retentions or self- l' insured programs shall not be construed as contributory. 14 S) Recipient shall pass down the insurance obligations contained herein to all tiers of 15 subcontractors working under this Agreement. 16 6) The insurance requirements contained in this Agreement may be met with a program(s) of self-insurance acceptable to the Committee. 17 7) Recipient agrees to notify Committee of any claim by a third party or any incident or event 18 that may give rise to a claim arising from the performance oftlus Agreement. 19 20 15. ASSIGNMENT 21 This Agreement shall not be assigned by Recipient, either in whole or in part, without prior written consent of Committee, as approved and authorized by formal action of the Connnittee. 22 23 16. ALTERATION AND/QR AMENDMENT No alteration, amendment, or variation of the terms of this Agreement shall be valid unless made in 24 writing and signed by the parties hereto, and no oral understanding or agreement not incorporated 25 herein shall be binding on any oFthe parties hereto. Only the Committee, by formal action,may authorize any alteration or revision to this Agreement on behalf of the Committee. The parties 26 expressly recognize that individual Committee members, advisory committee members, or staff to the Committee is without authorization to either change or waive any requirements of this Agreement 27 without fonnal action of the Committee. 28 1 17. WAIVER AND SEVER.A.BILITY Any waiver by Commmittee of any breach of any one (1) or more terms of this Agreement shall not be 2 construed to be a waiver of any subsequent or other breach of the same term of any other term herein. In the event any provision in this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will nevertheless continue in full force without being 4 impaired or invalidated in any way. 5 18. OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS 6 Upon the Agreement approval by the Committee, one (1) completed set of this document will be sent to the Recipient. Such copy shall be the officially approved Agreement for the conduct of the 7 approved project. 8 9 19. ENTIRE AGREEMENT This Agreement constitutes the entire Agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject 10 matter hereof and all prior or contemporaneous Agreements of any kind of nature relating to the same l l shall be deemed to be merged herein. Any modifications to the terms of this Agreement shall be by the provisions of the section entitled "Alteration and/or amendment"herein. 12 13 20. CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE THIS AGREEMENT Recipient certifies that the individual signing herein has authority to execute this Agreement on behalf 14 of Recipient, and may legally bind Recipient to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and any 15 attachments hereto. 16 21. COMPLIANCE WITH LAW 17 Recipient shall, at its sole cost and expense, comply with all County, State, and Federal law now in 18 force or which may hereafter be in force with regard to this Agreement. The judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction, or the admission of Recipient in any action against Recipient, whether 19 Committee is a party thereto or not, that Recipient has violated any such ordinance or statute, shall be conclusive of that fact as between Recipient and Committee. 20 21 22. CONFLICTS IN INTERPRETATION 22 In the event of conflict in interpretation by the parties of the provisions contained in the numbered sections of this Agreement and the provisions contained in the Attachments hereto,the provisions of 23 the numbered sections of this Agreement shall prevail over those in Attachments hereto. 24 25 26 27 28 1 2 ATTACHMENT A: 3 SCOPE OF WORJ'< E,RFORMANCE TARGET OUTLINE 4 5 This Non-Nexus grant request asks the SDF to partially fund the lease payments for two 1999 Aerial Ladder Trucks @1/20`h of the total lease payments, two 2000, 1,500 GPM 6 Pumper Engines @ 1/10`h of the total lease payments. The combined total of these lease 7 payments that will be paid in 2008/09 is $144,733.87. 8 A fire at the Spa Resort Casino requires that two aerial ladder trucks, two fire engines, one medic squad, and one Battalion Chief respond upon receipt of the alarm. Additional 9 resources can be ordered based on the need. 10 1t is reasonable for the SDF to pay a portion of the cost of these fire apparatus. The Fire 11 Department has ten (10) year lease payments with Oshkosh Capital for the two 2000 aerial ladder trucks at $69,724.35, a ten (10) year lease payment for the two 2000 fire 12 engines at $74,653.52, The total of all these lease payments is requested at $144,733.87. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 RIVERSIDE COUNTY 1 INDIAN GAMING LOCAL, COMMUNITY BENEFIT COMMITTEE (CBC) 2 AGREEMENT GRANT OF FUNDS — Fiscal Year 2008/2009 3 `i RECIPICNT: Patin Springs Fire Department (AG09-09) 5 The local jurisdiction designated above ("Recipient") is hereby approved for a� 9 (" p ) y pp grant of Funds in an 6 amount not to exceed S25,318.00 as sponsored by Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and certified by the Riverside County Indian Gaining Local Community Benefit Committee ("Committee"), pursuant 7 to California 2003 Senate Bill 621 ("SB 621"), California 2005 Senate Bill 288 ("SB 288") and California 2008 Assembly Bill 158 ("AB 158") to provide services as set forth in Attachment A (attached hereto and 8 in the Application Form for fiscal year 2008/09, with attachments thereto,) as incorporated herein by 9 reference, subject to the Following terms and conditions: 10 11 12 13 14 1s 16 17 18 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Committee and Recipient have executed this Agreement. 19 Authorized Signature for Committee: Authorized Si nature for Recipient: 20 - r 21 Print oCPerson Signing: Printed Name ofPerstm Signing �� 1, 22 ROY SON 23 Title: Title: 24 Chairman, Community Benefit Committee C /- Date: Date. 25 MA J. cuu8 J X fr 26 - 27 FOR!IIAI PPROVVED COJJN12,e UIVS�L 28 KNIH C TRA DAT 1 1. NOTICES All correspondence and notices required or contemplated by this grant shall be delivered to the 2 respective parties at the addresses set forth below and are deemed submitted one day after their deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid: 3 4 Committee: Recipient: County of Riverside Executive Office Palm Springs Fire Department 5 Arm- Jennifer Sargent Chief Blake Goetz 4080 Lemon Street, 4 h 300 N. Cielo Road 6 Riverside, California 92501 Palm Springs, CA 92262 7 Or to such other address(es) as the parties may hereafter designate- 8 9 2. SOURCE AND SCOPE OF FUNDING 10 A. Thus grant award ("Agreement") is valid and enforceable only if sufficient funds are available to the Committee from the California State's Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund for the 11 purposes of this program. In addition, this Agreement is subject to any additional restrictions, limitations, or conditions enacted by the State of California, which may affect the provisions, 12 terms or funding of this Agreement in any manner. B. It is mutually agreed that if the State does not appropriate sufficient funds for the program, this 13 Agreement shall be amended to reflect any reduction in funds. 14 C The Committee retains the option to amend this Agreement to reflect any reduction of funds. D. The grant funds shall be disbursed directly to the Recipient by the State Controller's Office, 15 16 3. TERM The term of this Agreement shall be from February 9, 2009, to and including June 30, 2009, 17 Recipient shall perform all work and requirements as stated in Paragraph 6 (below) by June 30, 2009, 18 however, the completion date for projects may be extended by Committee. Recipient of multi-year grants shall also perform all work and requirements as stated in Paragraph 6 by June 30"'of each year, 19 however,the completion date for projects may be extended by Committee. This Agreement shall be subject to termination by Committee immediately upon notice to the Recipient. Funds shall not be 20 automatically renewed by Committee upon or after the term of the Agreement except by either formal 21 amendment or certified grants on multiyear basis as expressly approved by the Committee. 22 4. TERMINATION 23 1) Termination for cause: a. Due to Default or Breach of Agreement. Upon default by the Recipient in the 74 performance of this Agreement or material breach of any of its provisions, Committee 25 may, at the Committee's sole discretion, terminate this Agreement by written notice, which shall be effective upon receipt by Recipient. 26 b. Due to State's Non-Appropriation. Termination may occur if no funds or insufficient funds are available for payments. Termination shall be effective immediately upon 27 written notification of a decrease or elimination of funds. 28 1 5. DEFINITIONS "Recipient" means any city, county or special district to which an Agreement is awarded and which 2 shall be accountable to the Committee for the use of funds provided. 3 6. SCOPE OF WORK[PERFORMANCE AND REOUIREMTENTS OF RECIPIENT 4 A. Incorporation by Reference of the Application Submission of Recipient. The 5 application submission of Recipient is hereby incorporated by reference to the extent that the application has not been altered or amended by the provisions of Attachment A hereto. 6 B. Requirements per S.S. 621, S.B. 288 and A.B. 158. 7 (1) Recipient shall not use any part of this grant money for any purpose that would support or fund, directly or indirectly, any effort related to opposition or challenge to 8 Indian gaming in the state, and, to the extent any awarded grant is utilized for any 9 prohibited purpose by any local government, upon notice given to the county by any tribe from whose Individual Tribal Casino Account (ITCA) the awarded grant went toward that 10 prohibited use, the grant shall terminate immediately and any moneys not yet used shall again be made available for qualified nexus grants. 11 (2) Recipient shall provide notice to the public, either through a slogan, signage, or 12 other mechanism, which states that the local government project received funding from the 13 Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund and which further identifies the particular individual Tribal Casino Account from which the grant is derived. For Recipients of the 14 20% discretionary grants from non-SDF-paying tribes, a list of all Riverside County paying tribes shall be credited on such public notice, in addition to the Tribe to which 15 application was made. 16 17 7. REIMBURSEMENT OF FUNDS Notwithstanding any other provision herein, upon request of the Committee,Recipient agrees to fully 18 reimburse any and all funds received from the State Controller's Office where such funds are not or have not been utilized by Recipient, as determined by the Committee, for the purpose intended by SB 19 621, SB 288 and AB 158, The terns and conditions of reimbursement shall be the sole discretion of 20 the Committee and/or the State. 21 S. FISCAL AUDIT, REPORT AND RECORDS 22 A. Every Recipient of funds shall provide the Committee a copy of a quarterly financial report. A template for the quarterly financial report will be provided to recipient. A quarterly financial 23 report shall be submitted to the Committee on: May 15, 2009. 24 B Every Recipient of funds shall provide the Committee a copy of their annual financial audit covering the fiscal year in which funds are received or services provided, pursuant to this 25 Agreement. Such audit shall be performed by an independent auditor, using generally accepted accounting principles. 26 C. Every Recipient of funds shall provide the Committee an annual report of services performed 27 through the use of the grant funds. This report shall contain all information required to enable the Committee to perform its duties. 28 D. The financial audit and report of services perfonmed shall be submitted to the Committee Chairperson, or designee, on or before August 31, 2009. B. The Committee reserves the right to conduct its own audit pertaining to the use of grant I moneys by the Recipient. 2 F. Every three years the State Auditor shall conduct an audit regarding the allocation and use of Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund moneys by the Recipient. Recipient shall fully 3 cooperate with this audit and shall provide all requested information and/or documentation. G. Recipient shall retain such reports and all records associated with this Agreement for at least 4 five (5) years following the close of the fiscal year for which this Agreement is in effect or until any County, State or Federal audit(s) is/are completed, whichever is later. This obligation is not terminated upon termination of this Agreement, whether by recision or 6 otherwise. Recipient agrees to require any subcontractors to retain all records associated with the Agreement for the same time period. 7 H. Books and records shall be maintained in accordance with general accounting standards for books and record keeping. 8 9 9. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF DOCUMENTS 10 Recipient acknowledges and agrees that information, communications, and documents given by or to the Committee, and meetings involving Committee members or staff may be subject to applicable law 11 on public disclosures and/or public meetings. Recipient shall use its best efforts to cooperate with the 12 Committee in order that it may fully comply with the requirements of such laws and regulations. 13 10. GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE 14 A_ This Agreement and its construction and interpretation as to validity, performance and breach shall be construed under the laws of the State of California. In the event any provision in this 15 Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or 16 unenforceable, the remaining provisions will nevertheless continue in full force without being impaired or invalidated in any way. 17 B. The provision of the Government Claims Act (Government Code Section 900 et seq.) must be followed, first, for any disputes under this Agreement. 18 C. All actions and proceedings arising in connection with this Agreement shall be tried and litigated exclusively in state or federal (if permitted by law and a party elects to file an action 19 in federal court) courts located in the County of Riverside, State of California. 20 21 11. SUBCONTRACTOR FOR WORK OR SERVICES A. Committee does not recognize subcontractors under this Agreement. Committee holds 22 Recipient solely responsible for the performance of all duties and obligations under this Agreement. Recipient agrees and understands that Committee does not enter into, or assume 23 any legal relationship with any subcontractor of Recipient for performance under this 24 Agreement. Recipient agrees to remedy any and all breaches of any agreements with any subcontractor, and further agrees that Recipient may not look to Committee for any payment, 25 liability, or assistance in the remedy of any actual or alleged breach- B. Any and all subcontractor(s) shall conform to all requirements of the Committee and any 26 Agreement between the Recipient and Committee. Copies of subcontractor agreements 27 between participating third parties, if any, and Recipient, shall be submitted to the Committee within 00 calendar days from the start date of the Agreement. 28 C. An organizational chart should be provided by Recipient, for any new Agreement tern, illustrating the roles and responsibilities of each subcontractor. Copies of all subcontractor ll permits, employee licenses or business, state and/or clinic licenses shall be on file with the Recipient in order for the subcontractor to perform the proposed services. Subcontractor 2 agreements shall be updated each Agreement term. 3 12. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR 4 It is understood and agreed that Recipient is an independent contractor and that no relationship of 5 employer-employee exists between the Recipient and Cormnittec. Neither Recipient nor Recipient's officers, agents, employees or subcontractors shall be entitled to any benefits payable to employees of 6 Committee, including Worker's Compensation. Recipient agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Committee for any cost or expense the Committee may incur as a result of any claim wherein the 7 claimant alleges any employee/employer relationship exists between the Claimant and the Committee. 8 9 13. INDEMNIi'ICATION 1C Recipient shall indemnify and hold harmless the Committee from any liability whatsoever, including 11 but not limited to, property damage, bodily injury, or death,based or asserted upon any services of 12 Recipient, its officers, employees, subcontractors, agents or representatives arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement and Recipient shall defend at its sole expense and pay all costs and 13 fees, including but not limited to, attorney fees, cost of investigation, defense and settlements or awards, on behalf of the Committee in any claim or action based upon such liability. 14 With respect to any action or claim subject to indemnification herein by Recipient,Recipient shall, at 15 their sole cost, have the right to use counsel of their choice and shall have the right to adjust, settle, or 16 compromise any such action or claim without the prior consent of Committee; provided, however, that any such adjustment, settlement or compromise in no manner whatsoever limits or circumscribes 17 Recipient's indemnification to the Committee as set forth herein. 18 Recipient's obligation hereunder shall be satisfied when Recipient has provided Committee the appropriate form of dismissal relieving the Committee from any liability for the action or claim 19 involved. 20 The specified insurance limits required in this Agreement shall in no way limit or circumscribe 71 Recipient's obligations to indemnify and hold harmless the Committee herein from third party claims. 22 In the event there is conflict between this clause and California Civil Code Section 2782, this clause shall be interpreted to comply with Civil Code 2782. Such interpretation shall not relieve the 23 Recipient from indemnifying the Committee to the fullest extent allowed by law. 24 25 26 27 28 1 14. INSURANCE 2 Without limiting or diminishing the Recipient's obligation to indemnify or hold the Committee harmless, Recipient shall procure and maintain or cause to be maintained, at its sole cost and expense, 3 the following insurance coverage during the term of this Agreement. 4 A. Workers' Compensation: 5 If the Recipient has employees as defined by the State of California, the Recipient shall maintain statutory Workers' Compensation Insurance (Coverage A) as prescribed by the laws of the State of 6 California. Policy shall include Employers' Liability (Coverage 13) including Occupational Disease with 7 limits not less than $1,000,000 per person per accident, The policy shall be endorsed to waive subrogation in favor of the Committee, and, if applicable, to provide a Borrowed Servant/Alternate 8 Employer Endorsement, 9 B. Commercial General Liability: 10 Commercial General Liability insurance coverage, including but not limited to, premises liability, 11 contractual liability, products and completed operations liability, personal and advertising injury, cross liability coverage and employment practices liability, covering claims which may arise from or out of 12 Recipient's performance of its obligations hereunder. Policy shall name the Committee as an Additional Insured. Policy's limit of liability shall not be less than $1,000,000 per occurrence combined single 13 limit. If such insurance contains a general aggregate limit, it shall apply separately to this agreement or be no less than two (2)times the occurrence limit. 14 15 C. Vehicle Liability: 16 If Recipient's vehicles or mobile equipment are used in the performance of the obligations under this Agreement,then Recipient shall maintain liability insurance for all owned, non-owned or hired 17 vehicles so used in an amount not less than$1,000,000 per occurrence combined single limit. If such insurance contains a general aggregate limit, it shall apply separately to this agreement or be no less 18 than two (2)times the occurrence limit. Policy shall name the Committee as an Additional Insured. 19 D. General Insurance Provisions - All lines: 20 1) Any insurance carrier providing insurance coverage hereunder shall be admitted to the 21 State of California and have an A M BEST rating of not less than A: VIII(A:8) unless such requirements are waived, in writing, by Riverside County Risk Manager. If the County's Risk 22 Manager waives a requirement for a particular insurer such waiver is only valid for that specific insurer and only for one policy term 23 2) The Recipient's insurance carrier(s) must declare its insurance deductibles or self-insured 24 retentions. If such deductibles or self-insured retentions exceed$500,000 per occurrence such 25 deductibles and/or retentions shall have the prior written consent of the County of Riverside's Risk Manager before the commencement of operations under this Agreement. Upon notification of 26 deductibles or self insured retention's unacceptable to the Committee, and at the election of the Country's Risk Manager, Recipient's carriers shall either; 1)reduce or eliminate such deductibles 27 or self-insured retention's as respects this Agreement with the Committee, or 2) procure a bond which guarantees payment of losses and related investigations, claims administration, and defense 28 costs and expenses. 1 3) Recipient shall cause Recipient's insurance carrier(s) to furnish the County of Riverside with either 1) a properly executed original Certificate(s) of Insurance and certified original copies of Y Endorsements effecting coverage as required herein, and 2) if requested to do so orally or in writing by the County Risk Manager, provide original Certified copies of policies including all 3 Endorsements and all attachments thereto, showing such insurance is in full force and effect, Further, said Certificate(s) and policies of insurance shall contain the covenant of the insurance 4 carrier(s)that thirty(30) days written notice shall be given to the County of Riverside prior to any 5 material modification, cancellation, expiration or reduction in coverage of such insurance. In the event of a material modification, cancellation, expiration, or reduction in coverage, this Agreement 6 shall tenninate forthwith, unless the Committee receives, prior to such effective date, another properly executed original Certificate of Insurance and original copies of endorsements or certified 7 original policies, including all endorsements and attachments thereto evidencing coverage set forth herein and the insurance required herein is in full force and effect. Recipient shall not commence 8 operations until the Committee has been furnished original Cerbficate(s) of Insurance and certified 9 original copies of endorsements and, if requested, certified original policies of insurance including all endorsements and any and all other attachments as required in this Section. An individual 10 authorized by the insurance carrier to do so, on its behalf, shall sign the original endorsements for each policy and the Certificate of Insurance. 11 4) It is understood and agreed to by the parties hereto and the insurance company(s), that the 12 Certificate(s) of Insurance and policies shall so covenant and shall be construed as primary insurance, and the Committee's insurance and/or deductibles and/or self-insured retentions or self- 13 insured programs shall not be construed as contributory. 14 5) Recipient shall pass down the insurance obligations contained herein to all tiers of 15 subcontractors working under this Agreement. 16 6) The insurance requirements contained in this Agreement may be met with a program(s) of self-insurance acceptable to the Committee 17 7) Recipient agrees to notify Committee of any claim by a third party or any incident or event 18 that may give rise to a claim arising from the performance of this Agreement. 19 20 15. ASSIGNMENT 21 This Agreement shall not be assigned by Recipient, either in whole or in part, without prior written consent of Committee, as approved and authorized by formal action of the Committee. 22 73 16. ALTERATION AND/OR AMENDMENT No alteration, amendment, or variation of the terms of this Agreement shall be valid unless made in 24 writing and signed by the parties hereto, and no oral understanding or agreement not incorporated 25 herein shall be binding on any of the parties hereto. Only the Committee, by formal action, may authorize any alteration or revision to this Agreement on behalf of the Committee. The parties 26 expressly recognize that individual Committee members, advisory committee members, or staff to the Committee is without authorization to either change or waive any requirements of this Agreement 27 without formal action of the Committee. 28 1 17. WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY Any waiver by Committee of any breach of any one (1) or more terms of this Agreement shall not be 2 construed to be a waiver of any subsequent or other breach of the same term of any other term herein. In the event any provision in this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, 3 void, or unenforceable,the remaining provisions will nevertheless continue in full force without being 4 impaired or invalidated in any way. 5 18. OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS 6 Upon the Agreement approval by the Committee, one (1) completed set of this document will be sent to the Recipient. Such copy shall be the officially approved Agreement for the conduct of the 7 approved project- 8 9 19. ENTIRE AGREEMENT This Agreement constitutes the entire Agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject 10 matter hereof and all prior or contemporaneous Agreements of any kind of nature relating to the same 11 shall be deemed to be merged herein. Any modifications to the terms of this Agreement shall be by the provisions of the section entitled"Alteration and/or amendment"herein. 12 13 20. CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE TMS AGREEMENT Recipient certifies that the individual signing herein has authority to execute this Agreement on behalf 14 of Recipient, and may legally bind Recipient to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and any 15 attachments hereto. 16 21. COMPLIANCE WITH LAW 17 Recipient shall, at its sole cost and expense, comply with all County, State, and Federal law now in 18 force or which may hereafter be in force with regard to this Agreement. The judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction, or the admission of Recipient in any action against Recipient, whether 19 Committee is a party thereto or not,that Recipient has violated any such ordinance or statute, shall be conclusive of that fact as between Recipient and Committee. 20 21 22. CONFLICTS IN INTERPRETATION 22 In the event of conflict in interpretation by the parties of the provisions contained in the numbered sections of this Agreement and the provisions contained in the Attachments hereto,the provisions of 23 the numbered sections of this Agreement shall prevail over those in Attachments hereto. 24 25 26 27 28 1 2 ATTACHMENT A; SCOPE OF WORK/PERFORMANCE TARGET OUTLINE 4 5 This grant request asks the SDF to partially find the costs to provide a contract MICN Nurse and program implementation by fire department staff to administer the emergency 6 medical service program. 7 The Riverside County ,Emergency Medical Services Agency requires strict adherence to 8 the County training and protocols for all EMS related issues. Advanced life support paramedics require special training and oversight. These functions are provided by the 9 fire department administrative staff with the assistance of a contract MICN Nurse. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28