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10. 11. 12. 13. 14. a.m. and 4:$0 p.m. (excluding legal holidays). During Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, the Contractor must be available between 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. by appointment only. It is not necessary that the Contractor or his/her designated representatives by physically present at the storage facility, but the City must be able to contact the Contractor or his/her designated representative on an as needed basis during these times. Providing the City with a home phone number where the Contractor can be reached during these times would be adequate for purposes of this paragraph. It shall be agreed under this contract that motor vehicles will not be driven at anytime during the towing procedure, in the event that the vehicle is without tires or has fiat tires, the performing Contractor agrees to tow the vehicle without damaging the wheels and further agrees not to tow any vehicle on its dins, on wheels without tires, or on flat tires. Upon arrival at the scene of a tow where a vehicle accident has occurred, the performing Contractor, in addition to the physical removal of the vehicle, assumes full responsibility for removing any vehicular parts or other debris, excluding liquids and other commercial cargo, resulting from the accident. This clean-up is to be completed without any additional compensation. The performing Contractor shall be entitled to a charge for his/her towing and storage services pursuant to the fees submitted in the accompanying proposal. The Contractor shall agree that neither the City nor any Department thereof is responsible for any charges as a result of towing and/or storage and that the Contractor assumes ali liability for any and all unpaid charges. NOTE: This provision and these terms and conditions are in no way a law or regulation relating to the "price, route, or service of any motor carder.., with respect to the transportation of propert¢' under 49 U.S.C. Sec. 14501 (C)(1)(1997). If an involved private ownedoperator makes a timely request for a tow by other'than our Contractor, such request shall be honored by the Police Department. In either instance, the ownedoperator is solely responsible for all associated charges.' For vehicles identified by the Police Department as subject to forfeiture, and subsequently released to the Police Department pending the outcome of forfeiture proceedings, the performing Contractor shall indicate a fiat rate charge per forfeited vehicle. The fiat rate shall include towing, storage on the date of the.tow, and three days of storage after the date of the tow. The flat rate applies to all cars, van, small trucks, 4--wheel drive vehicles, utility vehicles, and motorcycles identified by the Police Department as subject to forfeiture by the City. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I -124-