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County shall provide the City access to (and the City shall have the right to examine, audit and copy, with or without notice) all of the County's books, documents, papers and records related to the Services or this Agreement. f. The County understands and acknowledges that the County is solely responsible for its own reporting and accounting of all state, federal, social security, and local taxes, of every nature, arising from the County's performance of this Agreement. g. The County acknowledges and agrees that the Project is a public works project subject to the laws of the State of Washington. The County shall ensure that all work performed by third -party general contractors or subcontractors complies fully with all applicable public works requirements under Washington law, including but not limited to public works bonds and retainage pursuant to Chapters 39.08 and 60.28 RCW. h. The County shall require that its primary contractor and any subcontractors pay prevailing wages to all laborers, workers, or mechanics in compliance with Chapter 39.12 RCW. No lodging tax funds shall be released by the City as reimbursement until the County confirms that all applicable statutory intents to pay prevailing wages and affidavits of wages paid have been properly filed with the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) by the executing contractors. i. The City's lodging tax funding is expressly conditioned upon the project's strict adherence to these public works statutes. Any underpayment of prevailing wages or failure to secure required public works bonds by the County's third -party agents shall be the sole responsibility of the County, and the City shall assume no liability or financial exposure for statutory non-compliance. Section 4. Indemnity and Hold Harmless. The City assumes no liability for the County's actions under this Agreement, including the actions of any contractor or subcontractor hired by the County to perform the services described in Exhibit "A". The County shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the City, its officers and employees, agents, representatives, attorneys and/or volunteers, from and against claims arising from the County's negligent acts, errors, omissions, breach, or the acts of those for whom the County is legally responsible including: a. Any lien asserted upon any property of the City in connection with the Services for this Agreement; or b. Any breach of or default under this Agreement by the County. Section 5. Compliance with Public Records Law. a. In compliance with Washington's public records law, the City will retain copies of any documents associated with this Agreement, which may be required by law unless legally exempt from such retention, for any applicable legally required retention period. b. In the event a public records request is made to the City for documents created in relation to this Agreement, should legal uncertainty arise regarding the disclosability of any documents under federal or state public records laws, the City shall provide notice to the