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action arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, shall be in the state or federal courts
in King County, Washington
8.8 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is, to any extent, declared by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement
(or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those in respect of
which the determination of invalidity or unenforceability was made) will not be affected thereby
and each provision of this Agreement will be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted
by law.
8.9 Captions and Capitalized Terms. The captions preceding the text of each section
are included only for convenience of reference. Captions shall be disregarded in the construction
and interpretation of this Agreement. Capitalized terms are also elected only for convenience of
reference and do not have any connection to the meaning that might otherwise be attached to
such term in a context outside of this Agreement.
8.10 Singular and Plural. Whenever required by the context of this Agreement, the
singular shall include the plural, and vice versa, and the masculine shall include the feminine and
neuter genders, and vice versa.
8.11 Warranty and Representation of Authority. The parties each represent to the
other that the person or persons executing this Agreement have authority to do so and to bind the
parties hereunder. All consents, permissions and approvals related to entry into this Agreement,
and the obligations hereunder, have been obtained.
8.12 Audit and Access to Records. The parties shall maintain books, ledgers, records,
documents or other evidence relating to the costs and/or performance under this agreement
(“records”) on a generally recognized accounting basis and to such extent and in such detail as
will properly reflect and fully support all fees, costs and charges. With regard to the records, the
parties shall do and require its employees, agents and subconsultants to do the following:
A. Make such records open to inspection or audit by representatives of the PORT
during the term of this Agreement and for a period of not less than three years after
the expiration of this Agreement.
B. Retain such records for a period of not less than three years after the expiration of
this Agreement; provided, however, if any litigation, claim, or audit arising out of,
in connection with, or related to this Agreement is initiated, such records shall be
retained until the later of (a) resolution or completion of litigation, claim or audit;
or (b) six years after the date of termination of this Agreement.
C. Provide adequate facilities reasonably acceptable to representatives conducting the
audit so that such representatives can perform the audit during normal business
hours.
D. Make a good faith effort to cooperate with representatives of the party conducting
the audit. Cooperation shall include assistance as may be reasonably required in
the course of inspection or audit, including access to personnel with knowledge of
the contents of the records being inspected or audited so that the information in the
records is properly understood by the persons performing the inspection or audit.
Cooperation shall also include establishing a specific mutually agreeable timetable