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AGREEMENT FOR ARTISTIC SERVICE
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this 12th day of September,
2024,by and between the City of Auburn,Washington, a Municipal Corporation of
the State of Washington herein referred to as "CITY" and Isaac Louie dba Louie
Foxx,LLC,whose address is 1724 W 15th Street#141, La Center,WA, 98629,
herein referred to as "ARTIST".
WHEREAS, the CITY desires to contract with the ARTIST to provide an
artistic performance for the public in Auburn, Washington; and
WHEREAS, the ARTIST has agreed to perform the work in compliance with
the terms and conditions of this Agreement;
NOW THEREFORE, the CITY and ARTIST in consideration of the
conditions and covenants herein do agree as follows:
1. RETENTION OF ARTIST
The CITY does hereby retain the ARTIST to perform the work and services described
herein. The parties agree that the ARTIST is an independent contractor and shall
furnish all supervision, labor, and all other incidentals except as specifically provided
herein and the ARTIST agrees to conduct and complete the performance in a
competent and professional manner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
2. SCOPE OF WORK
The ARTIST agrees to provide the following specific services in its artistic
performance:
Two performances: (1) A 50-minute performance on Tuesday,June 24,2025,
from 2:20PM—3:10PM at Auburn's KidsDay. The second (2) performance will
be a 60-minute performance on Wednesday,August 13, 2025 from 12:00PM—
1:00PM.
3. SITE OF PERFORMANCE
The ARTIST will conduct its performance(s) at: Les Gove Park, 910 Ninth Street
SE,Auburn,WA 98002 herein referred to as "VENUE"
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4. REQUIREMENTS
The CITY shall provide the following for this performance: (1) access to electricity,
covered performance area, one table for merchandise use, if needed and bottled
water. Sound system and sound technician area also provided for KidsDay on
June 24. (2) access to electricity, covered performance area, one table for
merchandise use,if needed and bottled water. Sound system and technician are
not provided by City and are the responsibility of ARTIST for August 13 event.
5. COMPENSATION
In consideration of the services to the CITY in connection with the artistic
performance, the ARTIST shall receive total compensation of one-thousand,three-
hundred dollars and no/100. ($1,300.00). This payment shall be full compensation
for work performed or services rendered and for all labor, materials, supplies,
equipment, overhead, profit, and incidentals necessary to complete the performance.
6. PAYMENT
The ARTIST shall be paid by the CITY for the completed work and performance in
compliance with the terms of this Agreement. Such payment shall be full
compensation for all work performed and services rendered under the terms of this
Agreement. The payment to the ARTIST shall be in compliance with the regulations
of the CITY Finance Department. The ARTIST agrees to be responsible for payment
of any and all taxes, which may be due as a result of performance under this contract.
Payment shall be delivered to the ARTIST's company manager or his/her
designee immediately following the performance(s) in the form of a check:
$650.00 for June 24 performance and $650.00 for August 13 performance.
7. PROMOTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
ARTIST shall provide the following promotional materials to the CITY: Company
bio, photos (high resolution electronic images) and any artwork specifically pertaining
to ARTIST at the upon signature of this contract.
8. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
The ARTIST shall perform the services as an independent contractor and shall not be
deemed, by virtue of this Agreement and performance of its provisions, to have
entered into any partnership,joint venture, employment or other relationship with the
City. Nothing in this Agreement creates any contractual relationship between the
ARTISTS'S employee, agent, or subcontractor and the City.
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9. INDEMNIFICATION/HOLD HARMLESS
General. Except for injuries and damages caused by the sole negligence of the City,
the ARTIST shall defend, indemnify and hold the City and its officers, officials,
employees, and volunteers harmless from any and all claims, injuries, damages, losses,
or suits of every kind, including attorney fees and litigation expenses, arising out of or
in connection with any alleged act, omission, professional error, fault, mistake, or
negligence of the ARTIST, its employees, agents, representatives, or subcontractors,
arising out of the performance and obligations contained in this Agreement including
any copyright infringements for musical performance, or arising out of worker's
compensation,unemployment compensation, or unemployment disability
compensation claims.
Coronavirus. The ARTIST acknowledges that although the City has put in place
preventative measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19; it cannot guarantee the
ARTIST will not become infected with COVID-19 due to performing the services.
The ARTIST assumes the risk of being exposed to or infected by COVID-19 by
performing the services and acknowledges that such exposure or infection may result
in personal injury, illness,permanent disability, and death. ARTIST accepts sole
responsibility for their health during performance of the services and hereby releases,
covenants not to sue, discharges, and holds harmless the City, its officials, employees,
volunteers and agents of and from any and all claims, actions, damages, costs or
expenses of any kind arising out of or relating thereto.
10. INABILITY TO PERFORM
If ARTIST is incapacitated from rendering services on the date due to sickness or
otherwise, or if ARTIST cannot perform due to fire, accident, pandemic (including all
government orders in response to a pandemic), act of God or impossibility of
performance, the ARTIST shall not receive any compensation for the time during
which the services have not been rendered or for preparation or travel for the
performance. Every effort shall be made between ARTIST and City to
reschedule the performance(s) at a mutually agreed upon date.
11. PERFORMANCE RAINOUT
N/A. Performance is held rain or shine.
12. CONTINUATION OF PERFORMANCE
In the event that any dispute or conflict arises between the parties while this
Agreement is in effect, the ARTIST agrees that, notwithstanding such dispute or
conflict, the ARTIST shall continue to make a good faith effort to cooperate and
continue work toward successful completion of assigned duties and responsibilities.
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13. TERMINATION
In the event the ARTIST or the CITY defaults or fails to comply with any of the
requirements of this Agreement, or any obligations hereunder, the CITY may at its
option terminate the Agreement. Such remedies shall be in addition to any other right
or remedy each may have.
14. ASSIGNMENT
Neither party to this Agreement shall assign any right or obligation hereunder in whole
or in part, without the prior written consent of the other party. No assignment or
transfer of any interest under this Agreement shall release the assignor from any
liability or obligation under this Agreement, or to cause any such liability or obligation
to be reduced to a secondary liability or obligation.
15. NONDISCRIMINATION
The ARTIST may not discriminate regarding any services or activities to which this
Agreement may apply directly or through contractual, hiring, or other arrangements on
the grounds of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, or where there is
the presence of any sensory, mental or physical handicap.
16. AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION OR WAIVER
No amendment, modification, or waiver of any condition, provision, or term of this
Agreement shall be valid or of any effect unless made in writing, signed by the party
or parties to be bound, or the party's or parties' duly authorized representative(s) and
specifying with particularity the nature and extent of such amendment, modification or
waiver. Any waiver, approval or acceptance, or payment by any party shall not affect
or impair that party's rights arising from any default by the other party.
17. PARTIES IN INTEREST
This Agreement is binding upon, and the benefits and obligations hereto shall inure to
and bind, the parties and their respective successors and assigns, although this section
shall not be deemed to permit any transfer or assignment otherwise prohibited by this
Agreement. This Agreement is for the exclusive benefit of the parties and it does not
create a contractual relationship with or exist for the benefit of any third party,
including contractors, sub-contractors and their sureties.
18. APPLICABLE LAW
This Agreement and the rights of the parties shall be governed by with the laws,
regulations, and ordinances of the City, of the State of Washington, and King County.
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Venue for any action involving this agreement shall be in the county in which the
property or project is located, and if not site specific,then in King County. It is agreed
that any applicable statute of limitation shall commence no later than the substantial
completion by the ARTIST of the services.
19. SEVERABLE PROVISIONS
Each provision of this Agreement is intended to be severable. If any provision is
illegal or invalid for any reason, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect the
validity of the remaining provisions.
20. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement, together with any subsequent amendments or addendums, contains
the entire understanding of the parties in respect to the transactions contemplated and
supersedes all prior representations, agreements and understandings between the
parties, either oral or written. No other understandings regarding the services to be
performed by the ARTIST or regarding this Agreement shall bind any of the parties.
21. NON-AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS
Every obligation of the City under this Agreement is conditioned upon the availability
of funds appropriated or allocated for the performance of such obligation; and if funds
are not allocated and available for the continuance of this Agreement, then this
Agreement may be terminated by the City at the end of the period for which funds are
available, without the seven(7) days' notice provided by Section 6.
No liability shall accrue to the City in the event this provision is exercised, and the
City shall not be obligated or liable for any future payments or damages as a result of
termination under this Section.
22. FORCE MAJEURE
Any delay in the performance of any obligation under this Agreement shall be
excused, if and so long as the performance of the obligation is prevented, delayed or
otherwise hindered by any act not within the control of a party such as fire,
cyber/ransomware attack, earthquake, flood, explosion, actions of the elements, riots,
mob violence, strikes, pandemic, lockouts, and emergency orders of the state or
federal government.
23. COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
ARTIST agrees to abide by all Governor orders and proclamations and Secretary of
Health orders regarding the coronavirus, including Secretary of Health Order 20-03
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(face coverings and Governor's Proclamation 20-25.4 (social distancing measures &
health standards specifically for various industries).
In addition to the rights and conditions in section 25, the City may suspend or revoke
this Agreement if it is determined that performance of the services described and/or
the City's event will be in violation of any order, proclamation, guidance or decision
of a local health officer or the Governor regarding the coronavirus if effective on the
date the event is scheduled to take place.
The City is not responsible for any loss of money, resources or damages incurred by
the ARTIST as a result of suspension or cancellation of this Agreement based on
requirements of any coronavirus related order, proclamation, guidance or decision of a
local health officer or the Governor effective on the date the event is scheduled to take
place.
24. CONSTRUCTION
Interpretation or construction of this Agreement shall not be affected by any
determination as to who is the drafter of this Agreement, this Agreement having been
drafted by mutual agreement of the parties.
25. NOTICES
All notices or communications permitted or required to be given under this Agreement
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered in person
or sent by regular mail,postage prepaid, [by certified mail, return receipt requested,]
and addressed, if to a party of this Agreement, to the address for the party set forth
above. If addressed to a non-party, the notice shall be sent, in the foregoing manner,
to the address designated by a party to this Agreement.
Either party may change its address by giving notice in writing to the other party.
CITY Kristy Pachciarz
City of Auburn
910 Ninth Street SE
Auburn, WA 98002
253-931-3052 I kpachciarz@auburnwa.gov
ARTIST Louie Foxx,LLC
Attn: Isaac Louie
1724 W 15th Street#141
La Center,WA 98629
206-669-3928 I info@louiefoxx.com
Either party may at any time designate a different address to which notices shall be sent.
Notice given in accordance with these provisions shall be deemed received when mailed.
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26. GENERAL PROVISIONS
The following provisions may apply:
A. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed a
waiver of any preceding or any subsequent breach or default.
B. This Agreement may not be changed or modified nor any provision hereof
waived except in writing agreed to by both parties.
C. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and all questions with
respect hereto shall be determined by the laws of the State of Washington.
D. The ARTIST agrees to pay all reasonable costs, attorney's fees and expenses
that may be incurred by the CITY in enforcing the provisions of this
Agreement.
D. In the performance of the work herein, the ARTIST agrees to comply with all
applicable State and local laws, rules and regulations.
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