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(16) NOTICE TO BIDDERS: The City shall notify the prospective bidders that <br />disadvantaged business enterprises shall be afforded full and affirmative opportunity to <br />submit bids in response to the invitation and will not be discriminated against on grounds <br />of race, color, sex, or national origin in consideration for an award. <br /> <br /> (17) PROGRESS PAYMENTS: Progress payments to the City for preliminary <br />engineering and right of way are available upon the City's written request. In the event <br />Project STP-5500 (632) is not built or is built to standards not satisfactory to the Federal <br />Highway Administration, the City agrees to repay the Commission for any progress <br />payments made to the City for the respective project and agrees that the Commission <br />may deduct progress payments made to the City from future payments to the City. <br /> <br /> (18) OUTDOOR ADVERTISING: The City further agrees that the right of way <br />provided for any Surface Transportation Program improvement will be held and <br />maintained inviolate for public highway or street purposes, and will enact and enforce <br />any ordinances or regulations necessary to prohibit the presence of billboards or other <br />advertising signs or devices and the vending or sale of merchandise on such right of <br />way, and will remove or cause to be removed from such right of way any sign, private <br />installation of any nature, or any privately owned object or thing which may interfere with <br />the free flow of traffic or impair the full use and safety of the highway or street. <br /> <br /> (19) PROJECT AUDIT: The Commission will perform a final audit of project <br />costs. The United States Government shall reimburse the City, through the <br />Commission, any monies due. The City shall refund any overpayments as determined <br />by the final audit. <br /> <br /> (20) OMB AUDIT: If the City expend(s) three hundred thousand ($300,000) or <br />more in a year in federal finance assistance it is required to have an independent annual <br />audit conducted in accordance with OMB Circular A-133. A copy of the audit report shall <br />be submitted to the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) within thirty (30) <br />days of the issuance of the report. Subject to the requirements of OMB Circular A-133, if <br />the City expend(s) less than three hundred thousands dollars ($300,000) a year, the City <br />may be exempt from auditing requirements for that year but records must be available <br />for review or audit by applicable state and federal authorities. <br /> <br /> (21) VENUE: It is agreed by the parties that any action at law, suit in equity, <br />or other judicial proceeding to enforce or construe this Agreement, or regarding its <br />alleged breach, shall be instituted only in the Circuit Court of Cole County, Missouri. <br /> <br /> (22) LAW OF MISSOURI TO GOVERN: This Agreement shall be construed <br />according to the laws of the State of Missouri. The City shall comply with all local, state <br />and federal taws and regulations relating to the performance of this Agreement. <br /> <br /> (23) AMENDMENTS: Any change in this Agreement, whether by modification <br />or supplementation, must be accomplished by a formal contract amendment signed and <br />appreved by the duly authorized representatives of the City and the Commission. <br /> <br /> (24) COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVE: The Commission's chief engineer is <br />designated as the Commission's representative for the purpose of administering the <br />provisions of this Agreement. The Commission's representative may designate by <br /> <br /> <br />