2021/03/10 Jesus Alday GP 20-039 GradingAGREEMENT
FOR GRADING AND EROSION CONTROL PROJECTS
GP20.039
This Agreement, made and entered into by and between the City of Menifee, State of
California, herein called City, and Jesus Alday, hereinafter called Developer.
WITNESSETH
FIRST: Developer, for and in consideration of the approval of a grading plan and
the issuance of a grading permit on that certain land division known as AlCty_3eSiC$Cg,
agrees, at Developeas own cost and expense, to furnish all labor equipment, and material
necessary to perform and complete, and within Z[ months from the date this Agreement is
executed, to perform and complete in a good and workmanlike manner, said grading in
accordance with the grading plans for the development of said land division which have been
approved by the, Public Works Director / City Engineer, and are on file in the City, and do all
work incidental thereto in accordance with the standards set forth in City-adopted ordinances,
which are expressly made a part of this Agreement At its sole discretion, City may extend the
period of time for completion of the work by providing written notice to Developer of said
extension. To be eftective such notice must be provided by the Public Works Director / City
Engineer Such notice may be provided as specified in Section Nineteenth or via electronic mail
to Developer at lilalday@glEtiLlgm. All of the above required work shall be done under the
inspection of and to the satisfaction of the Public Works Director / City Engineer and shall not be
deemed complete until approval of the grading project is made by the Public Works Director /
City Engineer. The estimated cost of said work is the sum of__Ni-neEg!.lbg!!a.0{j99yg!
Hundred and Fiftv_ Dollars -Sl9 500.00 which covers a rough grading only a precise (fine)
grading only, Xa both rough and precise (fine) grading
SECOND: Developer agrees to pay to the City the actual cost of such inspections of the
work as may be required by the Public Works Oirector / City Engineer Developer further
agrees that if suat as brought upon this Agreement or any security guaranteeing the completion
of the work, all costs and reasonable expenses and fees incurred by the City in successfully
enforcing such obligations shall be paid by Developer, including reasonable attorney's fees. and
that upon entry ot judgment, such costs, expenses, and fees shall be taxed as costs and
included in any judgment rendered.
THIRDT City shall not, nor shall any officer or employee of City. be liable or responsible
for any accident, loss, injury, or damage happening or occurring to the works specified rn this
Agreement prior to the completion and acceptance thereof nor shall City or any officer or
employee thereof, be liable for any persons or property injured or damage by reason of the
nature of the work, or by reason of the acts or omissions of Developer its agents or employees,
in the performance of the work, and all or said liabilities are assumed by Developer. Developer
shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless City, its elected officials, officers, employees, agents,
and volunteers from any and all actual or alleged claims, demands, causes of action, liability,
loss. administrative action of any federal, state, or local government body or agency, arising out
of or incident to any acts, omissions, negligence, or willful misconduct of Developer, its
personnel, employees, agents, or mntractors in mnnection with or arising out of construction or
maintenance of the work contemplated under this Agreemant, or performance of this
Agreement This indemnification includes, without limitation, the payment of all penalties, fines,
ludgments, awards, decrees, attorneys' fees and related costs or expenses and the
reimbursement of City, its elect€d officials, officers, employees, volunteers, and/or agents for all
legal expenses, and cost incurred by each of them. This andemniflcation excludes only such
portion of any claim, demand cause of action, liability, loss, damage, penalty fine. or injury, to
property or persons, including wrongful death, which is caused by the negligence or willful
misconduct of City as determined by a court or administration body of competent jurisdiction.
Developer's obligation to indemnify shall survive the expiration or termination of this
Agreement, and shall not be restricted to insurance proceeds, if any, received by City, its elected
officials, ofiicers, empioyees, agents, or volunteers.
FOURTH The Developer hereby grants to the City, and to any agent or employee of the
City. the irrevocable permission to enter. upon the lands of the above referenced land division
for the purpose of inspecting or completing the grading project. This permission shall terminate
in the event that Developor has completed the work within the time specified or any extension
thereof granted by the Public Works Director / City Engineer Under such circumstances.
Developer shall be responsible for any and atl expenses. costs liabilities and fees (including
attorneys'fees and litigation cost) ("Completion Costs") incurred by the City in connection with
ensuring that the work contemplated by this Agreement is completed. Devetoper shall remit
such Completion Costs to the City no more than thirty (30) days of the date that the City notfies
Developer of such Completion Costs. Failure to remit the Completion Costs in a timely matter
shall result in the City having the right to invoke any remedy provided by law including the
encumbrance of the any property owned by Developer in the amount equal to any unpaid
Completion Costs
FIFTH: Developer agrees at all times, up to the completion and approval of the
work by the Public Works Director / City Engineer, to gjve good and adequate warning to lhe
traveling public of each and every dangerous condition caused by the grading pro,ect, and toprotect the traveling public from such defective or dangerous conditions in compliance with
State law regulations and standards for traffic regulatory control methods. including, but not
limited to, stop signs, regulatory signs or srgnals, barners, or detours.
SIXTH Developer, or his agents and employees shall give notice to the public Works
Director / City Engrneer at least 48 hours before beginning any work and shall furnish to the
Public Works Director / City Engineer all reasonable facilities for obtaining full information
respecting the progress and manner of work
SEVENTH: lf the Developer, or his agents or employees, neglects, refuses, or fails to
prosecute the work with such diligence as to ensure its completion within the specified time, orwithin such extensrons of time as have been granted by the Public Works Director / City
Engineer, or if the Developer violates, neglects, refuses, or fails to perform satisfactorily any of
the provisions of the plans and specifications, he shall be in default of this Agreement ThePublic Works Director / City Engineer shall have the power to terminate all rights of the
Developer because of such default, but said termination shall not affect or terminate any rights
of City as against Developer or any surety then existing or which thereafter accrue because of
such default The determination of the Public Works Director / City Engineer of the question as
to whether any of the terms of this Agreement or the plans and specifications have been
violated or have not been performed satisfaclorily shall be mndusive upon the Developer, any
surety, and any and all parties who may have any interest in the Agreement or any portion
thereof The foregoing provisions ot this section shall be in addition to a rights and remedies
available to the City under law or under this Agreement. The failure of the Developer to
commence or complete construction shall not relieve the Developer or surety from completion of
the work required by this Agreement
EIGHTH: The Developer agrees to file with City prior to the date this Agreement is
executed a good and sufficient security as provided in subsections (1), (2) and (3) of subdivision
(a) of Section 66499 of the covernment Code in any amount not less than the estimated cost of
the work for the faithful performance of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, except that
when the estimated cost of said work is $2,500 or less, the security shall be a deposit of cash or
its equivalent as determined acceptable by the Public Works Director / City Engineer Developer
further agrees that if in the opinion of the Public Works Director / City Engineer th6 security
becomes insutficient, Developer agrees to renew each and every security with good and
sufficient sureties or increase the amount of the security, within ten days after being notified by
the Public Works Director i City Engineer that the sureties or amounts are insufficient.
Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if Developer fails to take such action as is
necessary to comply with said notice. he shall be in default of this Agreement unless all required
works completed within 90 days of the date on which the Public Works Director / City Engineer
notifies the Developer of the insufficiency of the suretles or the amount of the bonds or both.
NINTH: lt is further agreed by and between the parties hereto, including the surety or
sureties on the bonds or the issuers of any instruments or letters or credit securing this
Agreement that, in the event it is deemed necessary to extend the time of completion of the
work contemplated to be done under this Agreement, extensjons of time may be granted from
time to time by the Public Works Director / City Engineer either at his own option or upon
request oI the Developer, and such extensions shall in no way affect the validity of this
Agreement or release the surety or sureties on said bonds. Developer further agrees to maintain
the aforesaid bond or bonds or the issuance of any instruments or letters of credit in full force
and effect during the terms of this Agreement, including any extensions of time as may be
granted thereon.
TWENTY-FIRST: Developer shall not assign, hypothecate, or transfer, either directly or by
operation of law, this Agreement or any interest herein without prior written consent of City. Any
attempt to do so shall be null and void, and any assignee, hypothecate, or transferee shall
acquire no right or interest by reason of such attempted assignment, hypothecate, or hansfer.
Unless specifically stated to the mntrary in City's written consent. any assignment,
hypothecation, or transfer shall not release or discharge Developer from any duty or
responsibility under this Agreement. ln the event that City consents in writing to such an
assignment, any assignee, hypothecate, or transferee shall expressly assume Developer's
obligations hereunder by a written agreement in a form, and containing such surety. as is
reasonably acceptable to City. Any agreement, hypothecation, or transfer shall be to the
satisfaction of the City Attorney and shall include provisions requiring the assignee to post
bonds or submit another form of flnancial security satisfactory to City and approved by the City
Attorney, to guarantee construction of the work covered by this Agreement.
TWENTY-SECOND: This Agreement may be executed by the parties in counterparts, which
counterparts shall be construed together and have the same elfect as if all of the parties had
executed the same instruments
TWENTY-THIRD This Agreement is to be governed by the laws of the State of California
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, DEVELOPER HAS AFFIXED HIS NAME, ADDRESS AND SEAL.
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SIGNATURES OF OWNER MUST BE AKNOWLEDGED BY NOTARY
AND EXECUTED IN TRIPLICATE
TENTH: Upon the satisfactory completion and final approval of said work by the Public
Works Director / City Engineer, 9_.1!.000.00 of the security applicable thereto shall be released or
returned by the City to the Developer within 30 days. Of the remaining 915,500.00 security
(for Erosion Controi) shall be retained. The remainder security shall be held until the California
Water Quality Control Board issues a Notic€ of Termination
ELEVENTH. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Developer and his heirs,
executors administrators, successors or assigns, all and each both jointly and severally. Thas
Section shall not be construed as an authorization for any party to assign any right or obligation.
TWELFTH; lt is understood and agreed by the parties hereto that if any part, term or
provision of this Agreement is determined by the Courts to be unlawful and void, the validity of
the remaining portions shall not be affected and the rights and obllgations of the parties shall be
construed and enforced as if the Agreement did not contain the particular part, term or provision
held to be invalid. No waiver of any term or condition of this Agreement shall be continuing
waiver thereof.
THIRTEENTH: The grading operation will conform to the contract documents and City-adopted
ordinances. Any conflict or discrepancy between the drawings and the City-adopted ordinances
shall be brought to the attention of the Public Works Director / City Engineer, who will issue a
ruling.
FOURTEENTH: The grading operation shall obtain a Construction General Permit from the
State of California Regional Water Quality Control Board and conform to all requirements. This
permit shall override any conflicting requirements jn the C(y-adopted ordinances.
FIFTEENTH. The Developer shall provide geotechnical quality control of the grading operation
in accordance with City-adopted ordinances. The geotechnic€l quality control will be under the
supervision of a registered geotechnical engineer in the State of California.
SIXTEENTH The City may elect to perform geotechnical quality assurance of the grading
operation, which will be compensated as provided in the SECOND paragraph.
SEVENTEENTH: The Developer agrees to grant free access to the Public Works Director / City
Engineer, his staff and consultants to perform inspections and quality assurance sampling and
tests.
EIGHTEENTH: Any notice or notices required or permitted to be given pursuant to this
Agreement shall be served on the other party by mail, postage prepaid, at the addresses listed
below.
C itlt Developel
City of Menifee
29844 Haun Road
Jesus Alday
Full Address Here
City, State, Zip Code
Menifee CA 92586 aB44 Qo)rrvc ilr
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NINETEENTH: This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties as to the matters
setforth herein. No waiver of any term or condition ofthis Agreement shall be continuing waiver
thereof.
TWENTIETH. ln any action or proceeding arising out of this Agreement, or the transactions
contemplated hereby, the prevailing party therein shall be entitled to recover from the other
party thereto the reasonable attorneys'and paralegals' fees, crurt costs, fling fees, publication
cost and other expenses incurred by the prevailing party in connection therewith, at trial and all
appellate proceedings.
GALIFORNIA ALL. PURPOSE
CERTIFIGATE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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County of Qi,,rn*lu )
On before me,
personall y appea red
sis of satisfactory dence to be the person(s) whose
name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that
he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by
his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of
which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.
I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that
the foregoing paragraph is true and correct.
GEORGEANN CORREA
WITNESS my hand and official seal.Commir3lon No. 2267Ot0
toT RY PUBllC.cAl.lFORl'llA
FIVERSIOE COUNTY
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