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REV: 10-28-2021 SK <br />7.3.Insurer Criteria. All insurance policies obtained by Licensee must <br />be issued by companies that are eligible to do business in the State of California <br />and that have a minimum rating assigned by A.M. Best & Company’s Key Rating <br />Guide of “A-” Overall and a Financial Size Category of “VII”. Insurance policies <br />and certificates issued by non-admitted insurance companies are not acceptable. <br />7.4.Severability of Interest. “Severability of interest” or “separation of <br />insureds” clauses shall be made a part of the Commercial General Liability and <br />Commercial Automobile Liability policies. <br />7.5. Self-Insurance. Notwithstanding the forgoing, at the sole discretion of the <br />City, Licensee may self-insure any of the required insurance under the same terms as <br />required by this Agreement. If the City allows Licensee to fulfill the obligation of this <br />Agreement to include the City as an additional insured through self-insurance, the <br />following conditions apply: (i) within thirty (30) days after notice thereof, City shall use <br />its best efforts to provide Licensee with written notice of any claim, damage, lawsuit, or <br />the like for which it seeks coverage pursuant to this Section and provide Licensee with <br />copies of any demands, notices, summonses, or legal papers receiving in connection with <br />such claim, demand, lawsuit, or the like; (ii) the City shall not settle any such claim, <br />demand, lawsuit, or the like without the prior written consent of Licensee; and (iii) the City <br />shall fully cooperate with Licensee in the defense of the claim, demand, lawsuit, or the like. <br />8.PERFORMANCE BOND. In order to secure the performance of its <br />obligations under this MLA, Licensee will provide the following security instrument to the <br />City: <br />8.1.Performance Bond. Prior to the commencement of any work under <br />this MLA, Licensee must provide a performance bond running to the City in the <br />sum of: (i) for 1 to 25 SLAs, not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000); (ii) <br />for 26 to 50 SLAs, not less than Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000); and 51 <br />or more SLAs, not less than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000). If <br />Licensee expands the number of SLAs during the term of this MLA, Licensee shall <br />adjust its performance security in accordance with the scale identified above. The <br />performance bond is conditioned upon the faithful performance by Licensee of all <br />the terms and conditions of this MLA and upon the further condition that if <br />Licensee fails to comply with any terms or conditions governing this MLA, there <br />shall be recoverable jointly and severally from the principal and surety of the bond <br />any damage or loss suffered by the City as a result, including the full amount of any <br />compensation, indemnification, or costs of removal or abandonment of Licensee’s <br />property, plus costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees up to the full amount of the <br />performance bond. Licensee will keep the performance bond in place during the <br />term of this MLA. <br />8.2.Assessment of the Bond. Upon Licensee’s failure to pay the City <br />any amount owing under this MLA, the performance bond may be assessed by the <br />City for purposes including, but not limited to: <br />(a) Reimbursement of costs borne by the City to <br />correct violations of the MLA not corrected by Licensee, <br />after City provides notice and a reasonable opportunity to <br />cure such violations; <br />ATTY/AGR.2021.274/New CIngular Wireless/AT14 (Page 14 of 27)