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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-01-20; Parking Authority; Resolution 26Q < CO :5 § • ^ s oc < cn " < 0 LL ^ 5 1 ° i 1 o > > o y I- 5 u. uJ • 5 < 2 (±1 8 d UJ ^ CM z P > h-< o CD CO _I OC < 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 RESOLUTION NO. 26 A RESOLUTION OF THE PARKING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, APPROV- ING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF CARLSBAD AND PLAZA CAMINO REAL FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE NEW AND EXISTING PLAZA CAMINO REAL REGIONAL SHOPPING CENTER PUBLIC PARKING AREA WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, by the adoption of Resolution No. 6428 , has approved an agreement entitled "The Plaza Camino Real Public Parking Lot Operating Agreement", dated January 20 , 19 81 , between the City of Carlsbad, the Parking Authority, and the Plaza Camino Real; NOW, THEREFORE, the Parking Authority of the City of Carlsbad, California does hereby FIND, RESOLVE, DETERMINE AND ORDER as follows: SECTION 1: That said agreement, which is on file with the City Clerk and incorporated by reference herein, is hereby approved. SECTION 2: That the Chairman and Clerk of the Authority are hereby authorized and directed to execute said agreement for and on behalf of the Authority. ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED this 20th day of January 1981. the Parking Authority of the Cit^ of Carlsbad, California ATTEST: 0//.if-/.^ /r^a.-zti:. Clerk of the Parking Authority oj the City of Carlsbad, Californic (SEAL) THE PLAZA CAMINO REAL PUBLIC PARKING LOT OPERATING AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is made this 20th day of January 19 81, between the CITY OF CARLSBAD, a municipal corporation, of the State of California, hereinafter referred to as CITY, and THE PARKING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, a body corporate and politic of the State of California, hereinafter referred to as PARKING AUTHORITY, and PLAZA CAMINO REAL, a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of California, hereinafter referred to as OPERATOR. RECITALS WHEREAS, City is the lessee of certain real property in the City of Carlsbad (hereinafter referred to as the "site"), more particularly described in the Lease Agreement with the Parking Authority, dated August 21, 1969, as amended, under the provisions of which a parking lot as constructed on the site has been leased to City; and WHEREAS, in order to carry out the intention of City that said lot be operated to ensure that the citizens of the City shall have the benefit of convenient off-street public parking on the site and to utilize the knowledge and experience of Operator in the management of similar parking lots, City, Parking Authority and Operator entered into a Public Parking Lot Operating Agreement dated November 24, 1969; and WHEREAS, pursuant to said agreement. Operator has managed said lot for City; and WHEREAS, City is also the lessee of certain real property immediately adjacent to the site (hereinafter referred to as the "expanded site"), more particularly described in the Lease Agree- ment with the Parking Authority, dated December 29 , 1980, under the provisions of which a parking lot as constructed on the expanded site has been leased to City. The aforementioned lease, dated August 21, 1969, and the lease dated December 29 , 19^0, are, hereinafter referred to as the "Leases"; and WHEREAS, City desires to take advantage of Operator's skills and experience to also manage the parking lot on the expanded site; and WHEREAS, City and Parking Authority desire to treat the site and expanded site as one unitary site and parking lot and ensure that the operation is in accord with that desire; and WHEREAS, all parties hereto wish to provide for the operation of both parking lots in one document superseding and replacing the 1969 Public Parking Lot Operating Agreement, as amended; 2. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and conditions hereinafter contained, it is agreed as follows: Section 1 - 1969 Agreement Superseded That certain agreement entitled Public Parking Lot Operating Agreement, dated November 24, 1969, as amended, is hereby terminated and superseded in its entirety by this agreement. Section 2 - The Parking Lot The parking lot to be operated pursuant to the terms hereof consists of the parking lots on the site and the expanded site (hereinafter referred to as the "Parking Lot") leased to City under the Leases referred to in the recitals hereof. Section 3 - Operation of Parking Lot Operator agrees to manage, operate and maintain the parking lot, together with all improvements constructed thereon and the off-site improvements specified in the next succeeding sentence, for and on behalf of, and at no cost to City, in accordance with this agreement and the terms of the Leases as they presently exist to the extent the Leases regulate the management, operation and maintenance of the parking lot, for the public purposes for vdiich the same were constructed and leased to the City by the Parking Authority to wit: for use by the general public as an off- 3. street public parking lot for motor vehicles without charge, in accord with the Parking Law of 1949 (Streets and Highways Code Section 32500 et seq.). The off-site improvements referred to in the preceding sentence are: A. Slopes, including landscaping, adjacent to the south side of Marron Road between El Camino Real and the line extended from the westerly boundary of Tentative Map CT 76-18, as approved by City Council Resolution No. 5165. B. Lined or unlined drainage channels, desilting basins and any other erosion control devices, as shown on the improvement plans for said subdivision and, in addition, those facilities necessary to provide drainage from the slopes mentioned in Subsection A, provided this section is not intended to include any responsibility for the maintenance of the Buena Vista Creek Channel. C. Desilting basins, as long as they exist, at or near the existing inlet to the sixty-six inch storm drain and the storm drain itself, located near the intersection of Marron Road and Monroe Street. Operator shall comply with all laws, including rules and regulations adopted pursuant hereto, of all governmental 4. agencies having jurisdiction concerning the parking lot and shall hold the City and Parking Authority harmless from all costs of compliance, including, but not limited to, any charges imposed by such laws, rules and regulations on the City as lessee, or the Parking Authority as owner, as a condition of ownership or operation of the parking lot. The foregoing shall also apply to all laws, including rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto of the City acting in its governmental capacity so long as they are of general application and not directed specifically to the parking lot. Nothing herein shall limit Operator's right to contest any such laws, rules or regulations. No charge or other validation shall be made by Operator for use of the parking lot except in accordance with agreements which may be entered into between Operator, City and Parking Authority. Section 4 - Term The term of this agreement shall commence on the day of the month on which the expanded site is leased to the City. The term of this agreement shall be fifty (50) years. To ensure continuity of operation of the parking lot after the termination of the Leases, the Parking Authority joins City in the execution hereof. This agreement shall terminate upon expiration of the fifty (50) year term. Upon such termination, in the event the City or the Parking Authority do not wish to exercise their right to assume operation of the parking lot, they agree to solicit bids from the public for such operation. Section 5 - Title to Property Title to the site, the expanded site and the parking lot is controlled by the Leases and the conditions, covenants and restrictions contained in the Grant Deed, dated October 21, 1969, recorded the same date as Document No. 193480, Official Records of San Diego County, as amended by the instrument recorded on August 15, 1978, as Dociament No. 78-346318, Official Records of San Diego County, and in the Grant Deed dated December n , 198 0, recorded on , 19 as Document No. , Official Records of San Diego County by means of which Grant Deeds the Parking Authority of the City of Carlsbad, as lessor of the Leases, acquired fee title to the parking lot. Operator, The May Department Stores Company/ J. C. Penney Company, Inc.; Sears, Roebuck and Company; Federated Department Stores, Inc., and Carter Hawley Hales Stores, Inc. have entered into an Amended and Restated Construction, Operation and Reciprocal Easement Agreement, recorded August 15, 1978, as Document No. 78- 346427, (hereinafter referred to as the "Phase II REA"). To the extent the provisions of the Phase II REA relate to the operation, maintenance and repair of the parking lot and to the extent said provisions are not inconsistent with either the terms of this 6. " r agreement or with all laws, including rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto of all governmental agencies having jurisdiction concerning the parking lot, including all laws, and rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto of City acting in its governmental capacity, whether now in effect or hereafter enacted, so long as they are of general application and not directed specifically to the parking lot, title to the site, the expanded site and the parking lot is also controlled by the Phase II REA. Title to all personal property placed on or about the parking lot by Operator shall remain in Operator. Title to all personal property and fixtures placed on or about the parking lot by City shall remain in City. Title to all fixtures placed on or about the parking lot by Operator shall remain in Operator unless such fixtures replace fixtures owned by the Parking Authority or by City, in which event such replacement fixtures shall belong to City. Section 6 - Alterations to the Parking Lot Operator shall not make any alterations to the parking lot, including the landscaped areas, as they exist on the effective date hereof, without first obtaining written approval to do so from the City Manager of the City of Carlsbad. If the City Manager determines to approve such alterations, such approval may include the imposition of conditions to ensure repair or replacement of landscaping, traffic signs, signals, if any, or other control devices and any bus transfer facilities removed by such alterations, appropriate erosion control, siltation and runoff devices or any other measures reasonably necessary to preclude adverse environ- mental effects which may be caused by such alteration. City shall not make any alterations to the parking lot, including the landscaped areas, as they exist on the effective date hereof, without first obtaining written approval to do so from the Operator. Section 7 - Temporary Use The parties recognize that Operator may from time to time, during the term of this agreement, require a temporary license to use portions of the parking lot for the purposes of: 1. Performing maintenance upon, and making repairs to, and/or making construction alterations, additions and improvements, or razing and replacing the whole or any part of the shopping center buildings and the tenant stores, and/or 2. Constructing new stores, and/or 8. 3. Obtaining access, ingress and egress to and from the shopping center or the tenant stores, as the case may be, to carry on such maintenance, repair and construction. Within a reasonable time prior to the commencement of any such maintenance, repair or construction. Operator shall submit to City Manager for his approval a plot plan of the shopping center on which Operator shall delineate those portions of the parking lot with respect to which Operator reasonably requires a temporary license in connection with such maintenance, repair or construction, and such access, ingress and egress, and the City Manager shall, within ten (10) days thereafter, notify Operator whether he approves or disapproves of the use. If the City Manager determines to approve the use, such approval may include the imposition of conditions reasonably necessary to protect the public health, safety and welfare. At all times during Operator's use of the portion of the parking lot as aforesaid. Operator shall comply with any conditions imposed by the City Manager on said license, and upon cessation of such use shall promptly restore the portions of the parking lot so used to the conditions in which the same were prior to the time of commencement of such use, including the clearing of such area of all loose dirt, debris, equipment and construction materials. Operator shall also restore any portions of the parking lot which may have been damaged by or damaged in conjunction with such maintenance, repair or construction work promptly upon the occurrence of such damage, and shall at all times during the period of any such maintenance, repair or construction keep all portions of the parking lot, except the portions of the lot being utilized pursuant to such license, free from and un- obstructed by any loose dirt, debris, equipment or construction materials related to such maintenance, repair or construction. Section 8 - Special Events Operator shall not use the parking lot, or any portion thereof or permit it to be used for other than public parking purposes, unless expressly permitted by this agreement. All special events shall be subject to the requirements of the Carlsbad Municipal Code. Operator shall not use the parking lot, or any portion thereof or permit it to be used for any special event without the express written approval of the City Manager. If the City Manager determines to approve such events, the City Manager's approval amy include the imposition of conditions as are reasonably necessary to protect the public health, safety and general welfare. Operator shall not use or give permission for use of the lot for other than parking purposes without first taking reasonable steps to assure that such uses are in full compliance with this agreement and the Carlsbad Municipal Code. There shall be no display or sale of merchandise on any portion of the parking lot unless permitted by the Carlsbad Municipal Code and approved as a special event pursuant to this section. 10. Section 9 - General Standards of Performance Commencing upon the date Operator takes possession of the parking lot or part thereof, and continuing so long as Operator is in possession of the parking lot and subject to the policy, controls and other limitations expressed herein, the following separate, distinct and cumulative standards shall be observed: 1. PUNCTUAL PAYMENT. Operator shall duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid its obligations hereunder in strict conformance herewith. 2. DISCHARGE CLAIMS. Operator shall discharge or provide for the discharge of all claims which it has authorized or incurred for labor, materials and supplies furnished for or in connection with the parking lot. 3. NON-DISCRIMINATION. Operator shall operate and manage the parking lot without unlawful discrimination as to race, creed, sex, color or national original and without discrimination in favor of its own customers or otherwise, 4. CONFORMITY TO LAWS. Operator shall duly observe, conform to and comply with all valid requirements of any governmental authority relative to the parking lot or any part thereof and shall require all personnel 11. using the parking lot to conform to and comply with such requirements. 5. OPERATION. Operator shall manage and operate the parking lot in an efficient and economical manner in such a way as to cast no reflection on Operator or City. In particular, without limiting the generality of the foregoing. Operator shall use its best efforts to the end that the operating personnel of the parking lot are courteous and are: (a) Personally clean, well-groomed and attractive in appearance. (b) Cleanly and neatly dressed when on duty in clean, neat and orderly uniforms, costumes or dress suitable for their particular jobs. (c) Able to see, hear and speak normally. (d) Required to conduct themselves at all times in a sober, courteous, polite, dignified and inoffensive manner. (e) Trained to render a high degree of service in their particular job. 12. (f) Closely supervised to ensure such a high degree of service. (g) Provided with the necessary equipment, apparatus and other facilities so that they can exercise their duties and render such a high degree of service. It is not intended, however, by reciting these standards to prevent the employment of handicapped persons, and Operator and City shall cooperate to the end that such standards shall be and are waived as to any particular person whose handicap is not such as to prevent that person from adequately performing the duties of the particular job to which he or she may be assigned. 6. MAINTENANCE. Commencing as of the date of this agreement. Operator shall maintain the parking lot, including the lighting, paving, traffic control signs and other signing, and striping thereon, in good and clean condition, repair and working order, free of debris, trash and fuel or oil spills. The standard for such maintenance shall be that which generally prevails for parking lots of other regional shopping centers in San Diego County. The materials, apparatus and facilities used for any new construction, repair or reconstruction shall be at least equal to the quality of the materials, apparatus and facilities originally used. 13, It is the intent of the parties hereto that the parking lot be operated and maintained so that upon the termination of this agreement, or any extension thereof, the parking lot will be in essentially the same condition (reasonable wear and tear and condemnation excepted) and have the same utility as a public parking lot as pertains on the date of this agreement. Operator's obligations hereunder shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) All hard-surfaced portions of the parking lot shall be swept and washed at intervals sufficient to maintain the same in clean condition, free of debris, trash, and fuel or oil spills. All such work shall be done before the stores in the shopping center having 100,000 or more square feet of floor area shall open each day for business to the general public. (b) All lamps on lighting standards shall be inspected at regular intervals, and all lamps shall be promptly replaced when no longer properly functioning. (c) All parking lot amenities, benches and institutional, directional, traffic and other signs shall be inspected at regular intervals, maintained in a clean 14. condition and promptly repaired or replaced upon the occurrence of any defects or irregularities thereto. (d) The entire parking lot shall be illuminated during such hours of darkness as stores containing 100,000 or more square feet of floor area in the shopping center shall be open for business to the general public and for a reasonable period thereafter to permit the patrons thereof safe egress from the parking lot. In addition, portions of the parking lot shall be illuminated during hours of darkness in the vicinity of any business served by the lot while such business is open for business to the general public and for a reasonable period thereafter to permit the patrons thereof safe egress from the parking lot. (e) All landscaping shall be properly maintained, including removal of dead plants, weeds and foreign matter and such replanting and replacement as the occasion may require in accordance with practices which generally prevail for the parking lots of the other regional shopping centers in San Diego County. 15, (f) All trash and rubbish containers located on the parking lot shall be emptied daily and shall be washed at intervals sufficient to maintain the same in a clean condition. (g) All paving, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, berms and barricades located on the parking lot shall be inspected at regular intervals and maintained in good condition. All hard-surfaced markings shall be inspected at regular intervals and promptly repainted as the same become unsightly or indistinct from wear or other cause. (h) Operator shall maintain drainage channels, pipes, catch basins, and any other facilities located on the parking lot for collection and conveyance of drainage waters. (i) Operator shall maintain and repair the sewer mains and lines and all utility systems located in the parking lot which serve the buildings constructed within the exterior boundaries of the parking lot to the extent that the same are not maintained or repaired by pxiblic utilities. (j) Operator shall provide adequate supervision and security for the parking lot in accordance 16. with practices which generally prevail for the parking lots of the other regional shopping centers in San Diego County. The obligations imposed by this section on Operator shall be supplemental to such Police protection as City provides for commercial areas in the City. (k) The provision and maintenance of traffic control signing or other means of traffic control not involving any significant expenditure of money reasonably necessary for effecting the safe and efficient operation of a circulation system for traffic and pedestrians in respect to the parking lot and its operation. (1) Operator shall maintain and repair all off-site improvements as specified in Section 3 of this agreement. Section 10 - Operator's Compensation Operator shall receive compensation for its services from City in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per year. Operator will otherwise benefit from this agreement in that it owns, operates, holds interests in or otherwise controls to varying degrees a shopping center known as Plaza Camino Real, which is surrounded 17 on all sides by the parking lot. The manner in which the parking lot is operated and maintained will have a direct impact on the operation of the shopping center. Operator, by virtue of this agreement, will be able to ensure a high level maintenance and operation of the parking lot to the overall benefit of the shopping center. Section 11 - Indemnity Operator shall indemnify City and Parking Authority and hold City and Parking Authority harmless from and against any and all actions, claims, demands, costs, damages, penalties, expenses or liabilities of any kind whatsoever by reason of the maintenance or operation of the parking lot or by reason of the use thereof. This indemnification shall include reasonable attorneys' fees which City or Parking Authority may expend in connection with any of the foregoing. Section 12 - Liability Insurance Operator shall, from and after the date of this agreement, carry public liability and property damage insurance covering the parking lot written by financially responsible insurance company(s), authorized to do business in the State of California and with limits of liability of at least a combined single limit of two million dollars ($2,000,000.00) per occurrence. All such insurance shall name City and Parking Authority as additional insured and 18, shall be maintained in full force and effect by Operator for the term of this agreement. Section 13 - Fire and Extended Coverage Insurance and Repair Should the parking facilities be damaged by fire, lightning, vandalism, malicious mischief or any other casualty. Operator shall cause the repair of such damage with all reasonable dispatch. Operator shall procure and maintain or cause to be procured and maintained in full force and effect at all times during the term of this Agreement, a policy or policies of insurance against loss or damage to the improvements of the parking lot, resulting from fire, lightning, vandalism, malicious mischief, and such other perils as are ordinarily included in "fire and extended coverage insurance", providing coverage at one hundred percent (100%) of the replacement value of said improvements written by financially responsible insurance company(s) authorized to do business in the State of California. The Parking Authority, City, Operator and anyone having the right to possession of any or all of the parking lot under a lease, license or other similar document, or anyone to whom all or any part of the parking lot is assigned pledged or placed in trust as security for any loan for the cost of said improvements, shall be named as additional insured under said policy of insurance. Proceeds of the said insurance shall be applied toward the cost of repairs or replacements of said improvements. 19. Section 14 - Evidence of Insurance: Blanket Policies Operator shall cause policies of insurance or certificates thereof to be provided to City to evidence Operator's compliance with the requirements of Sections 12 and 13 and providing that the coverage under such policies shall not be reduced or cancelled except after thirty (30) days' written notice to City. The insurance required under Sections 12 and 13 may be obtained through blanket policies or contracts which may cover other properties or liabilities, provided that as respects the insurance referred to in Sections 12 and 13, there is separately stated and allocated in such policies or contracts with respect to the parking lot an amount at least equal to the amount of insurance required with respect to the parking lot as if the same were so insured under separate policies or contracts of insurance. Section 15 - Covenant Against Mechanics' Liens Operator shall keep the parking lot free and clear of all material liens or mechanics' liens or any other similar liens for repair, maintenance and operation, services, labor or materials which may arise from any work done on the parking lot by or at the direction of Operator. Operator may in good faith contest the validity of any such lien and shall at its expense defend itself. City and Parking Authority against the same and pay any final judgment which may be rendered thereon. If Operator elects 20, to contest any such lien, it shall record a surety bond in accordance with California Civil Code Section 3143 releasing the parking lot from such lien within ten (10) days after it becomes aware of the recordation of any such lien or Operator shall deliver the aforementioned bond to City. Section 16 - Enforcement If Operator shall at any time fail or refuse to pay any obligation or perform any work or furnish any services required on their part under this agreement. City or Parking Authority may prosecute any proceeding at law or in equity to secure by way of specific performance or otheirwise Operator's obligations. Section 17 - Assignment Operator shall not assign this agreement without written consent of City, except to a wholly owned subsidiary of Operator, or to a successor by purchase of all of the assets of Operator, or except to the extent that Operator becomes a participant corporation in a merger or consolidation. City's consent shall further not be required for any assignment to a person who assumes Operator's obligations for the entire parking lot pursuant to the provisions of the Phase II REA. Where City's consent to an assignment is required, it shall not be unreasonably withheld. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit Operator's 21, right to subcontract for the performance of Operator's obligations to operate, maintain and repair any part of the parking lot provided no such subcontract shall relieve Operator of the responsibility for such obligations. Section 18 - Operator's Right to Operate Parking; Termination for Default Operator shall have the right to operate the parking lot throughout the term of this agreement, provided that if Operator defaults in the performance of its obligations under this agreement and such default is not cured within ninety (90) days after written notice from the City to Operator and to all the REA Parties (as defined in Section 20), specifying the particulars of such default. City shall have the right to terminate this agreement. The giving of such notice of default to Developer and all the REA parties is a condition precedent to the exercise by City of its right to terminate this agreement under this section. Section 19 - Right to Cure Grant Deed Defaults In the event any person entitled to enforce the provisions of the Grant Deeds described in Section 5 of this agreement gives written notice to the City or Parking Authority asserting that the City or the Parking Authority is in default of its obligations under the terms of either of said Grant Deeds, and any of the asserted grounds for default involve matters which are made 22. obligations of the Operator by this agreement, and Operator does not cure the default within thirty (30) days from written notice thereof from the City or Parking Authority, City or Parking Authority shall have the right to take any reasonable steps necessary to cure the default. Operator shall pay the cost of curing any such default. If City determines, in its reasonable judgment, after the expiration of the aforementioned notice period, that it is necessary in order to cure any such default. City shall have the right to oust Operator, to suspend or terminate this agreement, and to make such other arrangements for the operation of the parking lot as City considers appropriate. City and Parking Authority agree to send copies of any notices that either may give to Operator under this section to all of the REA Parties (as defined in Section 20). The sending of such copies of such notices shall be solely for the information of the REA Parties and shall not be a condition to the exercise by the City or Parking Authority of any rights under this section. The sending of or failure to send any such copies to any of the REA Parties shall not affect City's or Parking Authority's rights under this section. Neither City nor Parking Authority shall be liable to the Operator or any REA Party by reason of sending or failing to send any such copies to any REA Party. Section 20 - Notices to REA Parties As used in this agreement, the term "REA Parties" refers to the Parties to the Amended and Restated Construction, Operation 23. and Reciprocal Easement Agreement referred to in Section 5. Notices to the REA Parties shall be by certified mail addressed as follows (subject to the right of each of said Parties to designate a different address for itself by notice to the City and Parking Authority given in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 4 of Section 21); The May Department Stores Company 1701 Railway Exchange Building 6th and Olive Streets St. Louis, Missouri 63101 Attention: Executive Vice President J. C. Penney Company, Inc. P. 0. Box 4015 Buena Park, California 90624 Attention; Executive Vice President Sears, Roebuck and Co. 900 South Fremont Avenue Alhambra, California 91802 Attention: Executive Vice President Federated Department Stores, Inc. 222 West Seventh Street Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Attention: Senior Vice President - Real Estate Carter Hawiey Hale Stores, Inc. 550 South Flower Street Los Angeles, California 90071 Attention: Vice President, Real Estate Legal Plaza Camino Real c/o May Centers, Inc. Sixth and Olive Streets St. Louis, Missouri 63101 Attention: President 24. So long as Plaza Camino Real is the Operator under this Agreement, it shall not be entitled to any additional notices in its capacity as an REA Party. Should it cease to be the Operator, it shall be entitled to receive the same notices as any other REA Party. Section 21 - General 1. The paragraph headings contained herein are for convenience and reference and are not intended to define or limit the scope of any provision of this agreement and shall not be considered in any construction or interpretation of this agreement. 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this agreement, or the application thereof, to either party, or any other person or circumstance is for any reason held invalid, it shall be deemed severable and the validity of the remainder of the agreement of the application of such provision to the other party, or to any person or circumstance, shall not be affected hereby. 3. This agreement shall be construed in accord with the laws of California. 4. Any notice pursuant to this agreement shall be by certified mail addressed as follows: 25. To Operator: Plaza Camino Real c/o May Centers, Inc. Sixth and Olive Streets St. Louis, Missouri 63101 Attention: President To City: City Clerk City of Carlsbad 1200 Elm Avenue Carlsbad, California 92008 To Parking Authority: Parking Authority City of Carlsbad 1200 Elm Avenue Carlsbad, California 92008 With a duplicate copy to City Attorney at the same address Any party hereto may change its address for notices by delivering to all other parties a notification of a new address to be effective upon receipt of written acknowledgement of said change from said parties. 5. The City, by its execution of this agreement, authorizes the City Manager to act on behalf of the City and to exercise his judgment in regard to the approvals specified by this agreement to be made by the City Manager. In acting on requests for such approvals, the City Manager shall be deemed to be acting on behalf of the City. Such approvals shall be in writing and shall not be unreasonably withheld. Operator shall have the right to appeal the determinations of the City Manager on requests for approval to the City Council whose decision shall be final. 26 Wherever in this agreement the approval of the City is specifically required, the decision on such approvals shall be made by the City Council. 6. Wherever in this agreement the approval of City or City Manager is required. Operator may, at its option, if it sees fit, invoke the following procedure: Operator shall give a written notice of request for approval which shall include the details of the action proposed to be taken in connection therewith, Said notice shall be mailed to the City Clerk, City Manager and City Attorney by either personal delivery or certified mail. The City Manager or City Council shall have forty (40) days after actual receipt of the notice within which to approve or disapprove, although they may make a decision to approve or disapprove in a shorter time. Unless the City Manager or City Council acts to disapprove the aforesaid within forty (4 0) days after actual receipt of the notice, evidenced by personal service or execution of the certified mail receipt, the same shall be deemed approved. The time limits in this section may be extended upon consent of Operator. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City, the Parking Authority and Operator have signed this agreement as of the day and year first above written. PLAZA gAMINO REAL, a limited partnership By: Maty Centers, Inc, E. Lo Counsel for Plaza Camino Real By 27. ATTEST: ALETHA L. RAUTENKRANZ j City Clerk CITY OF CARLSBAD ^ ^^^^ RONALD C. PACKARD, MAYOR ATTEST; LETHA L. RAUTENKRANZ ^ ALETHA City Clerk PARKING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD I HEREBY APPROVE the fmrm and legality of the foregoing Agreement this d^t^ day of ^ A A/ , '^^%\.' VINCENT~F. 3XONU0, JR., f^liy Attorney and ex officio Attorney feor the Parking Authority of the City of Carlsbad 28