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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o 4.33.3. The duties and obligations imposed by these General Conditions, Special Conditions and Supplemental Conditions and the rights and remedies available hereunder, and, in particular but without limitation, the warranties, guarantees and obligations imposed upon Contractor and those in the Special Conditions and the rights and remedies available to the City, shall be in addition to, and shall not be construed in any way as a limitation of, any rights and remedies available by law, by special guarantee or by other provisions of the Contract Documents. 4.33.4. Should the City or the Contractor suffer injury or damage to its person or property because of any error, omission, or act of the other or of any of their employees or agents or others for whose acts they are legally liable, claim shall be made in writing to the other party within a reasonable time of the first observance of such in jury or damage. 4.34. Waiver of Jury Trial: City and Contractor knowingly, irrevocably voluntarily and intentionally waive any right either may have to a trial by jury in State or Federal Court proceedings in respect to any action, proceeding, lawsuit or counterclaim based upon the Contract Documents or the performance of the Work thereunder. 4.34.1. Governing Law: The Contract shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of Florida. 4.34.2. Venue: Venue of any action to enforce the Contract Documents shall be in Miami-Dade County, Florida. 4.34.3. 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. 4.35. Project Records: City shall have right to inspect and copy during regular business hours at City's expense, the books and records and accounts of Contractor which relate in any way to the Project, and to any claim for additional compensation made by Contractor, and to conduct an audit of the financial and accounting records of Contractor which relate to the Project. Contractor shall retain and make available to City all such books and records and accounts, financial or otherwise, which relate to the Project and to any claim for a period of three years following final completion of the Project. During the Project and the three year period following final completion of the Project, Contractor shall provide City access to its books and records upon five days written notice. 4.36. Severability: If any provision of the Contract or the application thereof to any person or situation shall to any extent, be held invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of the Contract, and the application of such provisions to persons or situations other than those as to which it shall have been held invalid or unenforceable shall not be affected thereby, and shall continue in full force and effect, and be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law. 4.37. Independent Contractor: The Contractor is an independent Contractor under the Contract. Services provided by the Contractor shall be by employees of the Contractor and subject to supervision by the Contractor, and not as officers, employees, or agents of the City. Personnel policies, tax responsibilities, social security and health insurance, employee benefits, purchasing policies and other similar administrative procedures, applicable to services rendered under the Contract shall be those of the Contractor. END OF SECTION 22