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8.6.3 Retain a different Attorney. 8.6.4 Reserved. Section 9. KEEPING AND STATUS OF RECORDS. 9.1 Records Created as Part of Attorney's Performance. All reports, data, maps, models, charts, studies, surveys, photographs, memoranda, plans, studies, specifications, records, files, or any other documents or materials, in electronic or any other form, that Attorney prepares or obtains pursuant to this Agreement and that relate to the matters covered hereunder shall be the property of the City. Attorney hereby agrees to deliver those documents to the City upon termination of the Agreement. It is understood and agreed that the documents and other materials, including but not limited to those described above, prepared pursuant to this Agreement are prepared specifically for the City and are not necessarily suitable for any future or other use.. 9.2 Attorney's Books and Records. Attorney shall maintain any and all ledgers, books of account, invoices, vouchers, canceled checks, and other records or documents evidencing or relating to charges for services or expenditures and disbursements charged to the City under this Agreement for a minimum of 3 years, or for any longer period required by law, from the date of final payment to Attorney. 9.3 Inspection and Audit of Records. Any records or documents that Subsection 9.2 of this Agreement requires Attorney to maintain shall be made available for inspection, audit, and/or copying at any time during regular business hours, upon oral or written request of the City. Under California Government Code Section 8546.7, if the amount of public funds expended under this Agreement exceeds $10,000.00, the Agreement shall be subject to the examination and audit of the State Auditor, at the request of City or as part of any audit of the City, for a period of 3 years after final payment under the Agreement. Section 10. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 10.1 Attorneys' Fees. If a party to this Agreement brings any action, including an action for declaratory relief, to enforce or interpret the provision of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys' fees in addition to any other relief to which that party may be entitled. The court may set such fees in the same action or in a separate action brought for that purpose. 10.2 Venue. In the event that either party brings any action against the other under this Agreement, the Parties agree that trial of such action shall be vested exclusively in the state courts of California in the County of Alameda or in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. 10.3 Severabilitv. If a court of competent jurisdiction finds or rules that any provision of this Agreement is invalid, void, or unenforceable, the provisions of this Agreement not so Consulting Services Agreement between January 22, 2014 City of San Leandro and Jarvis, Fay, Doporto & Gibson, LLP Page 10 of 13