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9. DEFECTIVE WORK 9.1 The City or its designee shall have the authority to reject or disapprove work which is found to be defective. If defective work is found, Contractor shall promptly either correct all defective work or remove such defective work and replace it with non-defective work. Contractor shall bear all direct and indirect costs of such removal or corrections including cost of testing laboratories and personnel. 9.2 Should Contractor fail or refuse to remove or correct any defective work or to make any necessary repairs in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement within the time indicated in writing by the City Manager or its designee, the City shall have the authority to cause the defective work to be removed or corrected, or make such repairs as may be necessary at Contractor's expense. Any expense incurred by the City in making such removals, corrections or repairs, shall be paid for out of any monies due or which may become due to Contractor. In the event of failure of Contractor to make all necessary repairs promptly and fully, which is not cured in the cure period, the City may declare Contractor in default. 9.3 If, within one (1) year after the date of final completion of Services or such longer period of time as may be prescribed by the terms of any applicable special warranty required by the Contract Documents, or by any specific provision(s) of this Agreement, any of the work is found to be defective or not in accordance with this Agreement, Contractor, after receipt of written notice from the City or its designee, shall promptly correct such defective or nonconforming work within the time specified by the City without cost to the City. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to establish a period of limitation with respect to any other obligation which Contractor might have under this Agreement including but not limited to any claim regarding latent defects. 9.4 Failure to reject any defective work or material shall not in any way prevent later rejection when such defect is discovered, or obligate the City to final acceptance. 9.5 Where the City or its designee becomes aware of faults, defects or non- conformity in any of the work provided under this Agreement or with the work being performed by the Contractor, the City or its designee shall issue a Notice to Cure to the Contractor for correction. In no event shall the failure of the City or its designee to bring to the attention of the Contractor of such faults act as a waiver or release the Contractor from responsibility or liability for such fault, defect or non-conforming work. 10. GOVERNING LAW AND ATTORNEYS FEES. It is agreed that this Agreement shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida. Venue for any legal proceeding shall be in Miami Dade County, Florida. In the event it becomes necessary for the City to file a lawsuit to enforce any term or provision under this Agreement and the City is the prevailing party then the City shall be entitled to its costs and attorney's fees at the pretrial, trial and appellate levels. C1415-026—GRAPHPLEX SIGNS Page 5 of 9