Agmt21 Animal Control Agreement Between San Mateo County and Cities

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2 3. Payments In consideration of the services provided by Contractor in accordance with all terms, conditions, and specifications set forth in this Agreement and in Exhibit A and other Exhibits and Attachments incorporated into this Agreement, County shall make payment to Contractor based on the rates and in the manner specified in Exhibit B. Payments shall begin within 45-days after Contractor and County each execute this Agreement. County reserves the right to withhold payment if County determines that the quantity or quality of the work performed is unacceptable. If County exercises this right, it must first provide Contractor with a 30-day written notice of intent to withhold payment wherein County describes the nature of the unacceptable work and how Contractor’s work fails to conform to the terms of this Agreement. If Contractor fails to remedy unacceptable work after having received thirty days prior written notice, then County may delay payment until the deficiency is corrected. However, if Contractor reasonably demonstrates that it is not feasible to remedy the unacceptable work within thirty days, Contractor shall have up to an additional thirty days to remedy the work before payment will be withheld. In no event shall County’s total fiscal obligation under this Agreement exceed THIRTY TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY NINE DOLLARS AND NINETY ONE CENTS ($32,548,989.91). In the event that the County makes any advance payments, Contractor agrees to refund any amounts in excess of the amount owed by the County at the time of contract termination or expiration. Contractor is not entitled to payment for work not performed as required by this Agreement. 4. Term Except as otherwise provided herein, and subject to compliance with all terms and conditions, the term of this Agreement shall be from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2026. The parties may extend the term for an additional three years if the parties mutually agree in writing. This Agreement becomes effective only after all jurisdictions identified on Exhibit D as Participating Cities adopt it by entering into the agreement for animal control services between the County and participating cities. If such County/Services Agreement is not adopted by all jurisdictions shown on Exhibit D, this Services Agreement is null and void in its entirety unless Contractor and any of the jurisdictions shown on Exhibit D agree to use it as the basis for a Services Agreement applicable to those parties providing such written consent, with such changes in payment, scope of service, and other terms as the parties may agree. 5. Termination This Agreement may be terminated by Contractor or County or designee at any time without a requirement of good cause upon 365 days’ advance written notice to the other party. Contractor shall be entitled to receive payment for services provided prior to the effective date of termination of the Agreement. Such payment shall be the prorated portion of the full payment determined by compa ring the services actually completed to the services required by the Agreement. The Contractor shall have no right to or claim against the County or any Participating City for the balance of the contract amount. In the event of a material breach of this Agreement by either party, the other party shall notify the breaching party of such material breach and that such breach must be cured within thirty (30) calendar days of the notice, except that if the breaching party reasonably demonstrates that it is not feasible to cure the breach within thirty (30) calendar days, the breaching party shall have the number of days DocuSign Envelope ID: 6C491BB9-BC86-4B49-A708-70DFC750A9BD