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CIVIC CENTER 650 N. La Cadena Drive Colton, CA 92324 (909) 370-5099 APPROVED BY CITY U �,CwI L Date I Item # Duane Morita Planning and Environmental 6643 East Smokey Avenue Orange, CA 92867 Re: Letter of Agreement for Services to Prepare Environmental Assessments/Initial Studies Dear Mr. Morita: This letter shall be our Agreement regarding the preparation of Environmental Assessments/Initial Studies ("Services") to be provided by Duane Morita Planning and Environmental, a sole proprietorship ("Contractor") as an independent contractor to the City of Colton. The City requires the Services to be performed for Development Applications submitted to the City of Colton Community Development Department in order to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"). The City and Contractor previously entered into a similar agreement on August 17, 2004 for similar services. The previous agreement was fulfilled when the total compensation for the agreement was reached. The Services to be provided this Agreement are more particularly described in the Scope of Services attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and are incorporated herein by reference. Contractor shall perform all Services under this Letter of Agreement in a skillful and competent manner, consistent with the standards generally recognized as being employed by professionals in the same discipline in the State of California, and consistent with all applicable laws. Contractor represents that it, its employees and subcontractors have all licenses, permits, qualifications and approvals of whatever nature that are legally required to perform the Services, including a City Business License, and that such licenses and approvals shall be maintained throughout the term of this Agreement. Compensation for the above services shall be based on the actual amount of time spent in adequately performing the Services, and shall be billed at the hourly rate of $78.00. However, unless expressly agreed in writing in advance by the City, the cost to the City for the Services shall not exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) and the total hours billed shall not exceed 192.3 hours. Contractor is aware of the requirements of California Labor Code Section 1720, et seg., and 1770, et seg., as well as California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Section 1600, et seq., ("Prevailing Wage Laws"), which require the payment of prevailing wage rates and the performance of other