12 - Agreement with MTG Engineers - 1st St SE Revitalization Project

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THE STATE OF TEXAS § § Professional Services Contract COUNTY OF LAMAR § THIS CONTRACT is entered into on this 13th day of May, 2024, by and between the CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, a municipal corporation located in Lamar County, Texas, (hereinafter referred to as "CITY"), acting by and through its City Manager or his designee, and MTG Engineers & Surveyors ("hereinafter referred to as "FIRM") whose address is 1, Greenville, Texas .. _. WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the City of Paris desires to implement the following: 2023 TxCDBG Main Street Project CDM23-0207 (the "Project") under the'general direction of the Texas Community Development Block Grant (hereinafter called "TxCDBG") Program administered by the Texas Department of Agriculture ("TDA" or the "Department"); and WHEREAS, the City desires to engage FIRM to render certain engineering services in connection with the TxCDBG Project, Contract Number CDM23-0207. WHEREAS, the Project relates to the 1St St. SE revitalization project; NOW, THEREFORE, THAT IN CONSIDERATION of the covenants and CONTRACTs hereinafter contained and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter stated, the parties hereto do mutually agree as follows: PART I: CONTRACT 1.1 Employment of FIRM. In accordance with Texas Local Government Code section 271.904(d), FIRM will perform as an independent contractor all services under this Contract to the prevailing professional standards consistent with the professional level of care and skill ordinarily provided by competent members of the structural engineering profession, both public and private, currently practicing under the same or similar circumstances and professional license and as expeditiously as is prudent considering the ordinary professional skill and care of a competent structural engineer (hereinafter referred to as the "Standard of Care"). In accordance with Texas Local Government Code section 271.904(e), the Standard of Care shall be the sole standard governing FIRM's performance of its professional service under this Contract. If FIRM is representing that it has special expertise in one or more areas to be utilized in this Contract, then FIRM agrees to perform those special expertise services to the appropriate local, regional and national professional standards.