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9 <br />Revised 06/21 <br />ARTICLE 8 <br />RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE OWNER <br />8.1 Cooperation and Coordination <br />8.1.1 The Owner shall meet with the Designer as necessary at mutually convenient times to provide information necessary to enable <br />the Designer to develop a detailed written analysis and complete needs summary of the Project. <br />8.1.2 The Owner shall examine documents submitted by the Designer and shall make reasonable efforts to render decisions <br />pertaining thereto no later than the dates specified in the schedule for such decisions described in Article 6.1.2. <br />8.1.3 Angel Barnes shall be the Owner's Construction Projects Administrator and shall act in the Owner's behalf and as its <br />representative with respect to the Project and shall have the authority to render decisions and approve changes in the scope of the <br />Project within guidelines established by the County Manager and the Board of County Commissioners and shall be available during <br />working hours as often as may be reasonably required to render decisions and to furnish information. Owner may replace the individual <br />serving as Construction Projects Administrator at any time. Should such replacement occur Designer will be so informed within a <br />reasonable time. <br />8.2 Surveys and Testing <br />8.2.1 The Owner shall furnish the Designer with a certified land survey of the site, giving, as applicable, grades and lines of streets, <br />alleys, pavements and adjoining property; rights-of-way, restrictions, easements, encroachments, zoning, deed restrictions, boundaries <br />and contours of the site; locations, dimensions and complete data pertaining to existing buildings, other improvements and trees, and <br />other pertinent information reasonably requested by the Designer including that concerning available service and utility lines, both <br />public and private, above and below grade, including inverts. <br />8.2.2 The Owner shall provide the services of a geotechnical engineer or other consultant, or compensate for such sub-consultant <br />services provided by the Designer, when such services are reasonably deemed necessary by the Designer, and agreed and consented to <br />in writing by Owner, as shown on the Designer's schedule described in Article 6.1.2, to provide reports, test borings, test pits, soil <br />bearing values, percolation tests, air and water pollution tests, ground corrosion and resistivity tests and other necessary operations for <br />determining subsoil, air and water conditions, all together with reports and appropriate professional recommendations thereof to <br />ensure construction materials and geotechnical requirements of the construction contract are met. <br />8.2.3 All services, data, information, surveys and reports required of the Owner pursuant to this Article 8, shall be furnished at the <br />Owner's expense and, absent any negligence or failure to follow professional standards on the part of Designer, the Designer shall be <br />entitled to rely upon the accuracy and completeness of such services, data, information, surveys and reports. <br />8.3 Permits and Approvals <br />8.3.1 The Owner shall secure and pay for all necessary permits, licenses, approvals, easements, assessments, and charges required for <br />the construction, use or occupancy of permanent structures or for permanent changes in existing facilities. The Designer shall provide <br />the Owner with a schedule of all required approvals and of the dates by which application for such approvals must be made in order to <br />avoid any risk of delay to the Project, prepare necessary application forms, present documents requiring approval by the Owner and <br />submit documents with the Owner's approval to the appropriate approval agency. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 3D4D20DD-E384-4780-B168-B7B2CCA4B00B