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City within fifteen (15) calendar days. This provision shall not apply to those documents which are public records under Florida law. 7. TERMINATION AND REMEDIES FOR BREACH. a. If, through any cause within reasonable control, the Consultant shall fail to fulfill in a timely manner or otherwise violate any of the covenants, agreements or stipulations material to this Agreement, the City shall have the right to terminate the Services then remaining to be performed. Prior to the exercise of its option to terminate for cause, the City shall notify the Consultant of its violation of the particular terms of the Agreement and grant Consultant ten (10) days to cure such default. If Consultant fails, refuses or is unable to perform any term of this Agreement, City shall pay for services rendered as of the effective date of termination. i. In the event of termination, all finished and unfinished documents, data and other work product prepared by Consultant shall be delivered to the City and the City shall compensate the Consultant for all Services satisfactorily performed prior to the effective date of termination, as provided in Paragraph 3 herein. ii. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Consultant shall not be relieved of liability to the City for damages sustained by it by virtue of a breach of the Agreement by Consultant and the City may reasonably withhold payment to Consultant for the purposes of set-off until such time as the exact amount of damages due the City from the Consultant is determined. B. Termination for Convenience of City or Consultant. Either party may, for its convenience and without cause terminate the Agreement by giving Consultant ten (10) days written notice. C. Termination for Insolvency. The City also reserves the right to terminate the remaining Services to be performed in the event the Consultant is placed either in voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or makes any assignment for the benefit of creditors. 8. ARBITRATION. It is the intention of the parties that whenever possible, if a dispute or controversy arises hereunder then such dispute or controversy shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the procedures, rules and regulations of the American Arbitration Association. The decision rendered by the Arbitrator shall be final and binding upon the parties and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. Arbitration shall be held in Miami -Dade County, Florida. All costs of arbitration and attorneys' fees incurred by the parties shall be paid by the non -prevailing party or, if neither party prevails on the whole, each party shall be responsible for a portion of the costs of arbitration and their respective attorneys' fees as may be determined by the court on confirmation.