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2022/06/01 Jefferson Menifee, LLC Grading and Erosion Control Projects GP22-013 Mass GradingAGREEMENT FOR GRADING AND EROSION CONTROL PROJECTS cP22-013 This Agreement, made and entered into by and between the city of Menifee, state ofcalifornia, herein called city, and Jefferson Menifee, LLC, hereinafter called Developer. WITNESSETH FIRST: Developer, for and in consjderation of the approval issuance of a grading permit on that certain land divrsion known as of a grading plan and the I Oro North P IA equipment, and material necessary to perform and complete, and within 24 months from the datethis Agreement is executed, to perform and complete in a good and wo-rkmanlike manner, saidgrading in accordance with the grading plans for the development of said land division which havebeen approved by the, Public works Director / city Engineer, and are on file in the city, and do allwork incidental thereto in accordance with the standards set forth in City-adopted ordinances, which PP2015-'164 Mass Gradinq, agrees, at Developer's own cost and expense, to furnish all labor, are expressly made a part of this Agreement. At its sole discretion, City may extend the period oftime for completion of the work by providing written notice to Developer of said extensron. To beeffective such notice must be provided by the public Works Director / City Engineer. Such noticemay be provided as specified in Section Nineteenth or via electronic mail to Developer atiav.adamowitz@ipi.com All of the above required work shall be done under the inspection of andto the satisfaction of the Public Works Director i City Engineer and shall not be de emed completeuntil approval of the grading poect is made by the public Works Director i City Engineer. Theestimated cost of said work is the sum of Four Hundred Sixtv One Thousand and no/100 Dollars $ 461.000.00 which covers E rough and precise (fine) grading. rough grading only, E precise (fine) grading only, tr both THIRD: city shall not, nor shall any officer or employee of city, be liable or responsible for any accident, loss, injury, or damage happening or occurrrng to the works specified in this Agreement prior to the completion and acceptance thereof, nor shall City or any oflicer or employee thereof, be liable for any persons or property injured or damage by reason ofthe nature ofthe 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 contractors in connection with or arising out of construction or maintenance of the work contemplated under this Agreement, or performance of this Agreement. This indemnification includes, without limitation, the payment of all penalties, fines, judgments, awards, decrees, attorneys' fees, and related costs or expenses, and the reimbursement of City, its elected officials, officers, employees, volunteers, and/or agents for all legal expenses, and cost incurred by each of 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 Director / City Engineer. Developer further agrees that ifsuit is brought upon this Agreement or any security guaranteeing the completion of the work, allcosts 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 ihat upon entry ofjudgment, such costs, expenses, and fees shall be taxed as costs and included in any judgm-ent rendered. them. This indemnification 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 lndemnify 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, officers, employees, 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 thepurpose of inspecting or completing the grading project. This permission shall terminate in the event that Developer has completed the work within the time specified or any eriension thereof granted by the Public Works Director / City Engineer. Under such circumstances, Developer shall be responsible for any and all 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. Developer shall remit such Completion Costs to the City no more than thirty (30) days of the date that the City notifies 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 give good and adequate warning to the traveling public of each and every dangerous condition caused by the grading project, and to protect 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 signals, barriers, or detours. SIXTH: Developer, or his agents and employees shall give notlce to the public Works Director / City Engineer 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 theprogress and manner of work. SEVENTH: lf the Developer, or his agents or employees, neglects, refuses, orfails to prosecute the work with such diligence as to ensure its completion within the specifled time, or within such extensions 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 theplans and specifications, he shall be in default of this Agreement. The Public 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 whtch 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 spectfications have been violated or have not been performed satisfactorily shall be conclusive upon the Developer, any surety, and any and all parties who may have any interest in the Agreement or any portron thereof. The foregoing provisions of this section shall be in addition to all 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 requlred 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 Government 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 furtheragrees thatif in the opinion of the Public Works Director / City Engineer the security becomes iniufficient,Developer agrees to renew each and every security with good and sufficient sureties or increase the amounl of the security, within ten days after being notified by the Public Works Director / City Engineer that the sureties or amounts are insufficient. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, rf Developer fails to take such action as is necessary tocomply with said notlce, 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 theDeveloper of the insufficiency of the sureties 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, inthe event it is deemed necessary to extend the time of completion of the work contemplated to bedone under this Agreement, extensions of time may be granted from time to time by the public works Director/ city Engineer either at his own option or upon request of the Developer, and such extensions shall in no way affect the validity of this Agreement or release the surety or sureties onsaid bonds. Developer further agrees to maintain the aforesaid bond or bonds or ihe issuance ofany 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. TENTH: Upon the satisfactory completion and flnal approval of said work by the Public Works Director / City Engineer, $157,500.00 of the security applicable thereto shjll be released orreturned bythe citytothe Developerwithin 30 days. of theremaining $303.500.00 security (for Erosion Control) shall be retained. The remainder security shall be neld untit ttre Catifornia Water Quality Control Board issues a Notice of Terminatlon. ELEVENTH: This Agreement shall be binding upon the Developer and his heirs, executors, administrators, successors or assigns, all and each both jointly and severally. This 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 obligations 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 Permitfrom the State of California Regional WaterQuality Control Board and conform to all requirements. This permitshall override any conflicting requirements in the City-adopted ordinances. FIFTEENTH: The Developer shall provide geotechnical quality control of the grading operation in accordance with City-adopted ordinances. The geotechnical quality control will be under the supervision of a registered geotechnical engineer in the State of California. City of Menifee 29844 Haun Road Menifee, CA 92586 Jefferson Menifee, LLC 12250 El Camino Real, Ste 380 San Diego, CA 92130 NINETEENTH, This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties as to the matters setforth herein. No waiver of any term or condition of this Agreement shall be continuing waiver thereof. TWENTIETH: ln any action or proceeding arising out of this Agreement, or the transactionscontemplated hereby, the prevailing party therein shall be entitled to recover from the other party thereto the reasonable attorneys'and paralegals' fees, court costs, filing fees, publication cost and other expenses incurred by the prevailing party in connection therewith, at trial and all appellateproceedings. TWENTY-FIRST: Developer shall not assign, hypothecate, or transfer, either direcfly 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 transfer. Unless specifically stated to the contrary in city's written consent, any assignment, hypothecation, or transfer shall not release or discharge Developer from any duty or responsibility under thisAgreement. 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 satrsfaction of the City Attorney and shall include provisions requiring the assignee to post bonds or submit anotherform offinancial 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 effect 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 slxrEENTH: 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 / CityEngineer, his staff and consultants to perform inspections and quality assurance sampling andtests. EIGHTEENTH: Any notice or notices required or permitted to be given pursuant to this Agreementshall be served on the other party by mail, postage prepaid, at the addresses listed below. AtY Developer IN WTNESS WHEREOF, DEVELOPER HAS AFFIXED HIS NAME, ADDRESS AND SEAL, Dated: Mav 19th ,2022 Jefferson Menifee,LLC David Potter Its: Authorized Agent & Signatory By. Its: Authorized Agent & Signatory Dated:2022 CITY OF MENIFEE By DantelPadilla City Engineer SIGNATURES OF OWNER MUST BE AKNOWLEDGED BY NOTARY il"^clst ACKNOWLEDGMENT State of California San DiegoCounty of ) on May 19,2022 before me, (insert name and title of the officer) personally appeared who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(t) whose nameg) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/#tttry executed the same in his/lrcr/their authorized capacity(iec), and that by his/lter/thuicsignature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the personfs) 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. WITNESS my hand and official s DIN^ IDWARo r 00nt lt ilotary Publir - C.liforni. Sao oaeto County Commhrion, 2210901 Iy Comm. [rqir6 0a( ta. 2022 I Signature A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or valid of that document Dana Edward Moore II David Potter (Seal)