<br />City of Sunny Isles Beach |Request for Qualifications No. 19-11-01 14
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<br />Agreement shall not be construed as publication in derogation of the City's copyrights or other
<br />proprietary rights.
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<br />All rights, title and interest in and to certain inventions, ideas, designs and methods, specifications
<br />and other documentation related thereto developed by the Consultant and its sub -consultants
<br />specifically for the City, hereinafter referred to as "Developed Works" shall become the property o f
<br />the City.
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<br />2.17 RECORDS RETENTION
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<br />The Consultant shall maintain for a minimum of five (5) years after the completion of this
<br />Agreement, adequate books, records and supporting documents to verify the amounts, recipients
<br />and uses of all disbursements of funds passing in conjunction with the Agreement. The Consultant
<br />shall make its books, records, digital files, and any other supporting documents related to the
<br />Agreement promptly available for review and audit by the City and/or by the federal funding entity,
<br />if applicable. Further, the Consultant agrees to cooperate fully with any audit conducted by the
<br />City, or federal funding authority, and to provide full access, to all materials related to any aspect
<br />of this Agreement. Failure to maintain the books, records, digital files, and supporting documents
<br />required by this subsection shall establish a presumption in favor of the City for recovery of any
<br />funds paid under the Agreement for which adequate books, records, digital files and supporting
<br />documentation are not available to support their purported disbursement.
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<br />The Consultant shall require its sub-consultants, subcontractors, and sub-vendors to comply with
<br />the requirements of this, and shall include provisions in agreements with its subconsultants,
<br />subcontractors, and sub-vendors making such provisions applicable to them and providing they
<br />shall that such provisions shall survive the completion, expiration or termination of such agreement.
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<br />2.18 RESTRICTIONS TO PUBLIC ACCESS TO PROJECT PLANS
<br /> The consultant shall be advised that public access to project plans is now restricted, and plans
<br /> are no longer subject to public records requests, as per Florida Status F.S.119.071(3)(b) which
<br /> states:
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<br />(b)1. Building plans, blueprints, schematic drawings, and diagrams, including draft, preliminary,
<br />and final formats, which depict the internal layout and structural elements of a building, arena,
<br />stadium, water treatment facility, or other structure owned or operated by an agency are exempt
<br />from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
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<br />2. This exemption applies to building plans, blueprints, schematic drawings, and diagrams,
<br />including draft, preliminary, and final formats, which depict the internal layout and structural
<br />elements of a building, arena, stadium, water treatment facility, or other structure owned or
<br />operated by an agency before, on, or after the effective date of this act.
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<br />3. Information made exempt by this paragraph may be disclosed:
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