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4. The Consultant's Task 4 will be to advise and assist the City in the development of a broadband policy as requested by the City. The scope of this Task will involve helping the City identify shortcomings in the current availability of broadband service for industrial and commercial businesses, identifying options to remedy the shortcoming. The final deliverable for this Task will be a report which includes a description of the current status, and overview of options to provide enhanced services, and estimates of the relative costs and challenges associated with the alternatives. The City will provide resources necessary to conduct this negotiation and research at no cost to the Consultant including but not limited to GIS data, business license data, technical documentation of City facilities, legal counsel and meeting space. The Consultant shall give full effort to fulfill City's need both in the quality of contents and delivery schedule of service. The Consultant represents that it has the necessary professional expertise, qualifications and capability, and all required licenses and/or certifications to provide the services herein. The Consultant is responsible for "course of business" expense, such as domestic phone calls, travel within the greater Monterey and San Francisco Bay Areas (including travel to San Leandro), normal office expenses, subscriptions, normal on -line expense and such. All other direct expenses, including but not limited to other travel, report and presentation production, and research and client service expenses, are reimbursable provided that any significant expenses are approved in advance when possible. All reimbursable expenses will be billed in the month incurred and on a pass - through basis, without mark up. For work performed under this agreement, including work.by subcontractors, the Consultant will bill the City at the project rate of 5250 per hour. Any such work must be approved in advance and in writing by the City. Work done at the Consultant's office is tracked and billed by the • quarter hour. Work done at locations outside the Consultant's office may be subject to a minimum 4 -hour and a maximum 8 -hour daily charge at the Consultant's discretion. Travel time is not billable as such, provided the City allows reasonable arrangements and expenses (where applicable) to minimize such time. The total, not -to- exceed amount for all work performed and reimbursable expenses incurred under this agreement is $45,000 (forty five thousand dollars). Except as noted above, invoicing will be done on a calendar month basis for time and expense billable within a given month. Invoices are due and payable upon receipt, and invoices more than 30 days past due will be subject to an additional one and a half percent per month charge. Consulting Services Agreement between June 6, 2011 The Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Leandro and Tellus Venture Associates -- Exhibit A Page 2 of 2