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7 <br />Main Street will deliver to County copies of all written approvals from NC DENR permitting <br />land disturbing activities on the Property. The County shall promptly deliver a copy of the <br />results and reports of all such tests, studies and analyses to Main Street upon their completion. <br />To the extent permitted by law, and to the extent not caused by the negligent or intentional <br />conduct of Main Street, its contractors or agents, the County shall indemnify and hold Main <br />Street harmless from and against any and all claims arising out of the County's or its designees' <br />or citizens committees' entry upon the Property and due diligence or other activities thereon. <br />The County shall restore the Property to substantially the same condition it was in immediately <br />prior to the County's due diligence activities if such restoration is necessary as a result of due <br />diligence activities performed by the County, its contractors or agents. <br />It is the intent of both Parties to work toward entering into mutually beneficial agreements for the <br />location of the Southern Branch Library on the Property at the end of the Term based on <br />County's due diligence and the viability of development options available to the Parties. <br />6. Term: <br />This Letter of Intent shall be effective as of the Effective Date and shall continue for one <br />hundred and eighty days thereafter unless earlier terminated as provided herein or upon the full <br />execution of the Contracts (the "Initial Term "). This Letter of Intent may be renewed and <br />otherwise extended for additional periods upon the mutual written agreement of the Parties (each <br />a "Renewal Term "; the Initial Term and any and all Renewal Term(s) are collectively referred to <br />herein as the "Term "). <br />7. Termination: <br />This Letter of Intent shall terminate: (i) immediately and automatically upon execution of the <br />Contracts between Main Street and County pertaining to the subject matter hereof, (ii) <br />automatically upon the expiration of the Term; (iii) at any time, by mutual agreement of the <br />Parties; or (iv) by Main Street, upon the material breach by County of any provision contained <br />herein which material breach remains uncured by County after Main Street provides thirty (30) <br />days advance written notice of said material breach to County, and by County, upon the material <br />breach by Main Street of any provision contained herein which material breach remains uncured <br />by Main Street after County provides thirty (30) days advance written notice of said material <br />breach to Main Street. <br />8. Access; Confidentiality: <br />Subject to the laws governing public records in North Carolina, County agrees to retain all duly <br />marked and qualifying trade secrets and other confidential information which may be received in <br />the course of negotiations from Main Street on a confidential basis (collectively, the <br />"Information "). Main Street shall conspicuously mark as "trade secret" or "confidential" any <br />record it claims is exempt from public disclosure pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 132 -1.2. If <br />County is called upon to disclose any record received from Main Street marked "trade secret" or <br />"confidential ", then County shall so notify Main Street and Main Street, at Main Street's <br />election, shall be entitled to participate in bringing or defending any action to prevent disclosure <br />of the record. Upon the termination of this Letter of Intent for any reason, County shall return <br />promptly to Main Street all Information received by County from Main Street in connection with <br />the Project. The Information will be used solely for the purpose of evaluating the transaction <br />described herein, and will be kept confidential by County and its officials, officers, employees, <br />representatives, agents, and advisers; provided that (i) any of such Information may be disclosed <br />0 <br />