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City of Sunny Isles Beach 18070 Collins Avenue, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 (305) 947-0606 phone (305) 949-3113 Fax 16.4 The arbitrator shall have ten (10) years of experience in construction disputes and also shall have served as an arbitrator at least three (3) times prior to their service as an arbitrator in this arbitration. 16.5 The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the Commercial Rules of the AAA. 16.6 The arbitration shall be conducted in Miami -Dade County, Florida. 16.7 The laws of the State of Florida shall be applied in any arbitration proceedings, without regard to principles of conflict of laws. 16.8 It is the intent of the parties that, barring extraordinary circumstances, arbitration proceedings will be concluded within one hundred and twenty (120) days from the date the arbitrator is appointed. The arbitrator may extend this time limit in the interests of justice. Failure to adhere to this time limit shall not constitute a basis for challenging the award. 16.9 The Parties shall be entitled to discovery in the arbitration. Any Party shall be entitled to depose any expert who will testify in the arbitration proceeding but shall pay the regular hourly rate of such expert during such deposition. In addition to the foregoing, any Party shall be entitled to take the deposition of a witness who will testify at the arbitration but who is unavailable to testify at the hearing to preserve such witness' testimony for the arbitration hearing. 16.10 The Parties shall exchange a copy of all exhibits for the arbitration hearing and shall identify each witness who will testify at the arbitration, with a summary of the anticipated testimony of such witness ten (10) days before the arbitration hearing. 16.11 The arbitrator shall not be entitled to issue injunctive and other equitable relief. 16.12 The cost of the arbitration proceeding and any proceeding in court to confirm or to vacate any arbitration award, as applicable (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs), shall be borne by the unsuccessful party, as determined by the arbitrators, and shall be awarded as part of the arbitrator's award. It is specifically understood and agreed that any party may enforce any award rendered pursuant to the arbitration provisions of this Section by bringing suit in any court of competent jurisdiction. The parties agree that the arbitrator shall have authority to grant injunctive or other forms of equitable relief to any party. This Article shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Contract. 16.13 Each party shall pay its own proportionate share of arbitrator fees and expenses and the arbitration fees and expenses of AAA. The arbitrator shall be entitled to award the foregoing arbitration and administrative fees and expenses as damages in his/her discretion ARTICLE XVII E -VERIFY 17.1 Florida Statute 448.095 directs all public employers, including municipal governments, to verify the employment eligibility of all new public employees through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's E -Verify System, and further provides that a public employer may not 37