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Godbe d&e:rch Is pleased t .bshwo81ngwith theCityofSaritq Clatitq (SanW Clatids) to conduct a survey of Senta>Clan'tavoters, Below Is a list of servi~esproposed'forthe voter suwey - process, as well as associated projectc.osts and standard business tens.,lf amenable, thiswlll serve as'ihe agreement-forservices wit17 the City of Santa Glarita when signed by boftrparties. '

i. One iri-personsrrieetingand-khferencecalls as needeb.iVitti Sant? Clarita to discuss me

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: research objecfiyes.for the study, questionnaire design, and~relafedtopics. f?sthmentof between ?5~qnd~'l&rf1inutes~in .. - ' - . 2.- Drafting, refining, and pre-festi~g.a~supe;y ' length to!accomplish the goalscof the:feasi6llity ~tudy, - : Purcjiasing.a listed sample d vote&'ln Santa Clarlta and creating-a stratified and clustered ' '3. sample of vdters likely to vote in the elediton cyclb(s) of Ititerest (e.g. May2011 mdl ballot . , - , spedal'electlori). . . , . .. . . . 4. CAT1 programmingqthesurvey Instrument.forefficient'data collection. . +5: Conducting IntervleMis with 400 (n=400) total'santa Clarita voters, accordinglo our.. intervlewlng protocol and
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FiRy percent (50%) of the.pmject feeswill be billed once we1ve\hadthe project Wck-off meeting-or h,ave begun,worklng on a questionnaire, wlth the payinentdue once we have fin?)lzed the ". .quesOannaireand are ready:to field fhewrvey. The.remainlng fiffypercent (59%) Will be billed upon approvzil of the flniil questionnair'e;with the payrnent being,due upon the Civs receipt of

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STANDARD BUSINESS TERMS AND CONDITIONS . GODBE RESEARCH

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'~bntractsand qgnemenls between Godbe Research and its cilerlts Indude.lhe.~o!lovcinggeneral terms grid cq!idltiona unless'otherwisb spedfled In a conliact,or figreerrlent,

fj&E@&Unless oll~elwlsespecified, Godbe Research charges aflat fee foiall or n porllm of its services to a cllent in

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. .lleu of hourly charge. Attached and Incorporafedas a part of Mls.6greement Is the "ProJect Cost'.

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llme at spec!li& hourly rales for each slalf member, When esumated ourlv Rates. The flrm may opl lo bill Ils $urs are noted these are our be31estirnalesof hovr long a Job\lhlltake. Adual INUR Incurred ere logs& m employee time sheets and final billings lo cliegls are based on these actual Rgures. Hwdy dharges apply to all flnn Staff working for Ihe cllent Pith theexcepuon of general deriwl support. Work on spedflcally clerikl projects is billed at normal hourfy . tafes.

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Advance P e m e In order to Lance the dfent's work, the flrm's pdlcy Is lo r ~ b l r advanb e payment brteiephone lnlewlewlng. Adsnce payment of fees or hourly chargenla normally requlred. parUcularIy In he case of new clients.

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. . . . . ' ~ubodntroclors'Fees. should the firm relaln a special emplo& $olely for the purpose,of proddins ~wvlcssfo a client;8s .fee equal to 16 percent of lhe.costs of sudi person viill be charged lo cover the firm's payroll ~ s t s . '

k t e Charaes. Involce.terms are 30 days net unless ohenvise s p e c l i i In theagreement, ,A lale charge of 1.6 percent per month wlll'apply on any amounls not pald vn'hin thirty (30) days of the (late'oi an Involce.

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i f ~ , and hold - &. All copywHI be spprived by the dienl Inadvance oibrodudlon. Each s h a l l ~ n d e ~ ndefend . .harmless the other party from and agalnst any loss, Clalrn, action,.courss of a d o n (indudlngwibbui I i m M b n any

defamaUon acBon), fudgrnent,'darnw, cost or expense (IndlKling atiorneys' fees and costs).arising out of any a~tlona~of, or malerials @ten by, or informationsupplied by the other party. '

Actlna e s h e n t . In CornpRenca.wi~&California sales tax reguiabq, Godbe ~ k e a r c Is h 8esigna$d -6s an ~ ~ G n lthe fw of langlblepersonelpropedy and senrim as they apply to it6 clients',advertlslng and sales proinotiin ' .adlvWes,

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Sfwnershio.af Maletlals. In producing Rnlshed products, k l s expressly underslood lbat ornmershlp ofall matedals purchased by Godbe Researchto complete t l ~ epmperty to be produced passes to Its clients at the Ume of pyrchase and prior to any use by Godbe"ResetrB. .

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. lnde~endentConhaclor. Tho egency shall perfom the servlces as an Independentconlraclor and shall not be 1reafed.a~ ari employeepf the dlent for federal, state or local tax purposes or for any other purpose.

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.~nlire~ o r a ~ m e hThls . agraemenlconsthtes the enlire~agreernodamong $e parlitIs with respect to.the,subj& an! supersedewany prfornogotiotioos, . . underskndinfl~oragreement, , .

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Successors. ~ n ~ a ~ r e e mdc~tween e n l the agency and a dient !hall be'bhdlng upn,4he helrs,abccesso~sand.assignors .. ..

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emination: -Aniflerminatlonof ihii agreement by the clienl, siler belng+slgnedl'gharibe ~fmutuelconsent .If &e &eameh\ tstermfnated. G u d b Research will l l B e cllent for all vohmn~pleteilb date Ondudins) $ubmnSiictod ' Wrk) plusa 15% tenllifl~lionfee. :

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vs!Fees, Should any abllon be brought by one paiagalnst the o!her party 10 enforce any egreement, the g party sllall be entitied D recuvarfrom the olherparblLs reasonableallomep' lees, costs and e x p m s .

Govemlna ~ a w 'Venue. : Any agreement between he agency and a cllent shall be governed by California lawand any .adon arising oul of it shall bo !rrsUluted end proseculed only In the Munldpal or Superior Court of the Counly Of San Mateo,

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PROJECT COSTS . * m e following cast optIan2 are reflective of ~odb$bessardhservice3 fora .@ to I brnlnute survey df 400 (n900) aty,of.SaritaCJaritavoters. The coslS outlined belowwill not chaqga p[ovlded thatthe scgpe of pork conforms to thls lefferof >agreement,Sbould project.pararneters or Santa Glarlta needs change, we wlll.be happyto provide amended costs prior to proceedin$, Finally, , dhe Citywih only beccharged$for the optlon belo~,that@reflects the finailtimpte,stedsu~ey length .employed fof th'ls~stirtly.,". .. . . 1

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