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All obligations,representations and provisions made in or given in Section IV and Documents Retention clause of this Agreement will survive the completion of all services of the CONSULTANT under this Agreement or the termination of this Agreement for any reason. Q. SEVERABILITY Any provision or part of the Agreement held to be void or unenforceable under any law or regulation shall be deemed stricken,and all remaining provisions shall continue to be valid and binding upon CLIENT and CONSULTANT,who agree that the Agreement shall be reformed to replace such stricken provision or part thereof with a valid and enforceable provision that comes as close as possible to expressing the intention of the stricken provision. R. CONTROLLING LAW This Agreement is to be governed by the law of the State of Minnesota and venued in courts of Minnesota; Ramsey County,or at the choice of either party,and if federal jurisdictional requirements can be met,in federal court in the district in which the project is located. S. DISPUTE RESOLUTION CLIENT and CONSULTANT agree to negotiate all disputes between them in good faith for a period of 30 days from the date of notice of dispute prior to proceeding to formal dispute resolution or exercising their rights under law. Any claims or disputes unresolved after good faith negotiations shall then be submitted to mediation using a neutral from the Minnesota District Court Rule 114 Roster,or if mutually agreed at time of dispute submittal,a neutral from the American Arbitration Association Construction Industry roster. If mediation is unsuccessful in resolving the dispute,then either party may seek to have the dispute resolved by bringing an action in a court of competent jurisdiction. T. MINNESOTA GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES ACT(MGDPA) All data collected,created,received,maintained,or disseminated,or used for any purposes in the course of the CONSULTANT'S performance of the Agreement is governed by the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act,Minnesota Statutes Section 13.01,et seq. or any other applicable state statutes and state rules adopted to implement the Act,as well as state statutes and federal regulations on data privacy.The Consultant agrees to abide by these statutes,rules and regulations and as they may be amended. In the event the CONSULTANT receives a request to release data,it shall notify CLIENT as soon as practical. The CLIENT will give instructions to CONSULTANT concerning release of data to the requesting party and CONSULTANT will be reimbursed as additional services for its reasonable labor and other direct expenses in complying with any MGDPA request,but only to the extent that the request is not due to a negligent,intentional or willful act or omission by the CONSULTANT or other failure to comply with its obligations under this contract. Public Standard Form—MN Page 10 of 11 2019(20190712)