HomeMy WebLinkAboutbocc.ord.015.2024 AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PITKIN
COUNTY, COLORADO, AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A LICENSE AND USE
AGREEMENT WITH THE ENTERPRISE LICENSING COMPANY OF DENVER, LLC
FOR ON-AIRPORT RENTAL CAR OPERATIONS AT THE ASPEN/PITKIN COUNTY
AIRPORT
ORDINANCE NO. 015-2024
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Pursuant to 30-35-301 C.R.S., the Board of County Commissioners (“BOCC”) of
Pitkin County, Colorado a Home Rule County is authorized to make and publish ordinances for
carrying into effect or discharging the powers and duties conferred upon such counties by law
and as seems necessary, and
WHEREAS, Pursuant to Section 2.8.1 of the Home Rule Charter (“HRC”), the BOCC is
authorized to take official action by Ordinance for certain matters where action is prescribed
pursuant to the Colorado Revised Statutes as amended, and
WHEREAS, Pitkin County (“County”) owns, operates and sponsors the Aspen/Pitkin County
Airport (“Airport”), and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance 033-2019, the Board of County Commissioners approved the
Airport’s existing on-airport rental car license and agreements on October 23, 2019 and they are
due to expire on November 1, 2024, and;
WHEREAS, the Airport issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) on April 12, 2024, for a Rental Car
License and Use Agreement for four on-site operators at the Airport with a proposed
commencement date of November 1, 2024, when the current agreement expire
WHEREAS, the selection of the successful rental car operators was made through a combination
of factors, including minimum annual guarantee bid, experience, and reputation, as outlined in
the RFP and;
WHEREAS, all rental car companies submitted responsive proposals with a greater dollar mount
than their current Minimal Annual Guarantee (“MAG”), and;
WHEREAS, as part of these agreements, the County will increase revenue annually from the
current MAG of 1,722,866.47 to 2,182,859.00 for the new MAG for all four operators, an
increase of approximately $460,000, annually.
•Avis Budget Car Rental new MAG of $1,027,840.00
•Enterprise Leasing Company of Denver new MAG of $315,012.00
•Hertz Corporation new MAG of $538,507.00
•Sixt Rent A Car, LLC new MAG of $301,500.00
WHEREAS, The BOCC finds that adoption of this ordinance is in the best interest of the citizens
and the visitors to Pitkin County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of County Commissioners of Pitkin
County, Colorado that it hereby adopts an Ordinance of the Board of County Commissioners of
Pitkin County, Colorado, Authorizing Execution of a License and Use Agreement (attached
hereto as Exhibit A) with Enterprise Leasing Company of Denver, LLC for On-Airport Rental
Car Operations at the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport and authorizes the Chair or the Chair’s
designee to sign the Ordinance and upon the satisfaction of the County Attorney as to form,
execute any other associated documents necessary to complete this matter.
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ ON THE 11TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024 AND SET FOR SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 25TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER
2024.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND TITLE AND SHORT SUMMARY OF THE ORDINANCE PUBLISHED IN THE ASPEN TIMES WEEKLY ON THE 12TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND THE FULL TEXT OF THE ORDINANCE POSTED ON THE OFFICIAL PITKIN COUNTY WEBSITE (www.pitkincounty.com ) ON THE 12TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2024.
ADOPTED AFTER FINAL READING AND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 25TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2024.
PUBLISHED BY TITLE AND SHORT SUMMARY, AFTER ADOPTION, IN THE ASPEN TIMES WEEKLY ON THE 3RD DAY OF OCTOBER, 2024.
POSTED BY TITLE AND SHORT SUMMARY ON THE OFFICIAL PITKIN COUNTY WEBSITE (www.pitkincounty.com) ON THE 3RD DAY OF OCTOBER, 2024.
ATTEST:BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
By _________________________ By: _____________________________
Sam Engen Greg Poschman, Chair
Deputy County Clerk
Date: ______________
APPROVED AS TO FORM:MANAGER APPROVAL
___________________________ _________________________________
Richard Neiley, III Jon Peacock, County Manager
Interim County Attorney
Sep-30-2024
LICENSE AND USE AGREEMENT
FOR A NON-EXCLUSIVE
ON-AIRPORT RENTAL CAR CONCESSION
AT
ASPEN-PITKIN COUNTY AIRPORT
BETWEEN
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PITKIN
COUNTY, COLORADO
AND
Enterprise Leasing Company of Denver, LLC
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Table of Contents
1. DEFINITIONS.....................................................................................................................2
2. TERM ..................................................................................................................................4
2.1 Extension..................................................................................................................4
2.2 Holdover. .................................................................................................................4
3. LICENSEE OPERATING AREA.......................................................................................4
3.1 Licensee's Operating Area.......................................................................................4
3.2 Condition of Licensee's Operating Area..................................................................6
3.3 Rights of Third Party Ingress and Egress ................................................................7
3.4 Surrender of Licensee Operating Area ....................................................................7
3.5 Operations After Termination..................................................................................7
4. OPERATING RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES AND OBLIGATIONS OF LICENSEE................8
4.1 Grant of Operating Rights and Privileges................................................................8
4.2 Restrictions on Licensee’s Operations.....................................................................8
4.3 Other Licenses .........................................................................................................9
4.4 Rights of Ingress and Egress....................................................................................9
4.5 Other Licensees........................................................................................................9
4.6 Operating Obligations..............................................................................................9
5. FEES AND FINANCIAL REPORTING ..........................................................................14
5.1 Fees........................................................................................................................14
5.2 Minimum Annual Guarantee.................................................................................15
5.3 Minimum Annual Guarantee Abatement...............................................................15
5.4 Gross Revenue.......................................................................................................15
5.5 Obligations Regarding Fees...................................................................................17
5.6 License Recovery Fee............................................................................................19
5.7 Monthly Statements...............................................................................................20
5.8 Payments................................................................................................................20
5.9 Annual Audit and Annual Statements....................................................................21
5.10 Customer Facility Charge (“CFC”) .......................................................................22
6. LICENSEE'S OTHER OBLIGATIONS ...........................................................................22
6.1 Capital Additions by Licensee...............................................................................23
6.2 Plans and Specifications; Compliance with Law; County Approval.....................23
6.3 Taxes......................................................................................................................23
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6.4 Maintenance and Repairs.......................................................................................24
6.5 Janitorial Costs.......................................................................................................26
6.6 Utilities...................................................................................................................26
6.7 Trash and Refuse....................................................................................................26
6.8 Hazard, Potential Hazard, Nuisance, or Annoyance..............................................26
6.9 Snow Removal.......................................................................................................27
6.10 Security..................................................................................................................27
6.11 Deliveries...............................................................................................................27
7. DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES..........................................................27
8. RIGHT TO ENTER...........................................................................................................28
9. COUNTY OBLIGATIONS...............................................................................................28
9.1 Warranty on Rights of Use ....................................................................................28
9.2 Construction Disruption.........................................................................................28
10. INDEMNITY, INSURANCE, FINANCIAL SECURITY, AND
ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS.........................................................................28
10.1 Indemnity...............................................................................................................28
10.2 Insurance................................................................................................................30
10.3 Environmental Requirements.................................................................................33
10.4 Environmental Audits............................................................................................35
10.5 Environmental Inspection......................................................................................36
10.6 Licensee’s Liability................................................................................................36
10.7 Environmental Remediation..................................................................................37
10.8 Notice to the County..............................................................................................38
10.9 Licensee’s Documentation of Environmental Conduct.........................................38
10.10 The County’s Right to Perform..............................................................................38
10.11 Survival of Obligations..........................................................................................39
11. THE COUNTY'S RIGHT TO IMPROVE AIRPORT ......................................................39
12. TITLE TO CAPITAL ADDITIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS.......................................39
13. DAMAGE TO THE OPERATING AREA.......................................................................39
13.1 Repairs...................................................................................................................39
13.2 Fees During Repairs...............................................................................................40
13.3 Liability for Repair Costs.......................................................................................40
13.4 Limits of County's Obligation to Repair................................................................40
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13.5 Damage to Licensee's Capital Additions and Improvements ................................40
13.6 No Duty to Protect.................................................................................................40
14. DEFAULT.........................................................................................................................41
14.1 Events of Default by County..................................................................................41
14.2 Remedies for County's Default..............................................................................41
14.3 Events of Default by Licensee...............................................................................41
14.4 Notice of Defaults/Right to Cure...........................................................................42
14.5 Notice of Termination/Right to Re-enter...............................................................43
14.6 Remedy Not Exclusive. .........................................................................................43
14.7 Suit.........................................................................................................................43
14.8 Remedies Nonexclusive.........................................................................................43
14.9 Cumulative Nature of Remedies............................................................................43
15. GENERAL PROVISIONS................................................................................................43
15.1 Coordination with other Airport Users..................................................................43
15.2 Off-Airport Rental Car Operators..........................................................................44
15.3 Compliance with Applicable Laws and Regulations.............................................44
15.4 Assignment ............................................................................................................45
15.5 Choice of Forum....................................................................................................46
15.6 Nondiscrimination..................................................................................................46
15.7 No Exclusive Rights ..............................................................................................46
15.8 Most Favored Nations............................................................................................46
15.9 Subordination to Agreements with the United States............................................47
15.10 Nonwaiver of Rights..............................................................................................47
15.11 Notices...................................................................................................................47
15.12 Headings ................................................................................................................47
15.13 Severability............................................................................................................47
15.14 Waiver of Claims...................................................................................................48
15.15 Incorporation of Exhibits.......................................................................................48
15.16 Incorporation of Required Provisions....................................................................48
15.17 Successors and Assigns Bound..............................................................................48
15.18 Right to Amend......................................................................................................48
15.19 Time of Essence.....................................................................................................48
15.20 Force Majeure........................................................................................................48
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15.21 Gender and Number...............................................................................................48
15.22 Avigation Easement...............................................................................................48
15.23 Attorney's Fees.......................................................................................................49
15.24 Amendment............................................................................................................49
15.25 Relationship of Parties...........................................................................................49
15.26 Non-Liability of County’s Agents and Employees................................................49
15.27 Entire Agreement...................................................................................................49
15.28 Representations of Licensee ..................................................................................49
15.29 Execution in Duplicate...........................................................................................50
15.30 Authority to Sign ...................................................................................................50
EXHIBITS
A – LICENSEE OPERATING AREA
A.1 – READY RETURN LOT AND RENTAL CAR STORAGE AND SERVICE
FACILITY SPACE ALLOCATION
A.2 – RENTAL CAR COUNTER/OFFICE/CUSTOMER SERVICE AREA
B – SAMPLE MONTHLY REPORTING STATEMENT
C – OPERATING AREA MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR RESPONSIBILITIES
D – FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE
E – MONTHLY ALLOCATION OF MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE
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RENTAL CAR COMPANY LICENSE AND USE AGREEMENT
THIS LICENSE AND USE AGREEMENT, made as of the date last below signed, is by
and between the BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PITKIN COUNTY,
COLORADO, (“County”), a Colorado Home-rule County, as Licensor/Permittor, and, Enterprise
Leasing Company of Denver, LLC (herein “Licensee” or “Company”), a corporation authorized
to conduct business in the State of Colorado and doing business at the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport
only under the (Alamo Rent A Car / Enterprise Rent A Car / National Car Rental) brand/trade
names which are owned or licensed to be used by Licensee.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, County is the owner, operator and sponsor of the Aspen/Pitkin County
Airport (Sardy Field), located in Pitkin County in the vicinity of Aspen, Colorado (hereinafter
the "Airport"), at which it has made available certain public airfield facilities, and airline
terminal and facilities, a general aviation terminal and facilities, certain areas for public use,
certain areas for exclusive and non-exclusive commercial use (subject to lease, license or
permit) and certain reserved areas; and
WHEREAS, the County has the authority to operate and manage the Airport, to regulate
commercial activities at the Airport and to lease and license space thereon, pursuant to, inter alia,
C.R.S. Sections 30-11-107, 30-15-401, 30-35-201/202, 41-4-101 et seq., as amended, Title X of
the Pitkin County Code, as amended and Section 8.7 of the Pitkin County Home Rule Charter; and
WHEREAS, on-airport rental car services at the Airport are necessary for the proper
accommodation of customers arriving at and departing from the airline passenger terminal at the
Airport (hereinafter the “Terminal”); and
WHEREAS, Licensee is engaged in the business of providing commercial rental car
services and desires to occupy and use some of the areas and facilities of the Airport to make said
services available at the Airport; and
WHEREAS, Licensee is qualified, ready, and able to perform or see to the performance
of said services, and to furnish or see to the furnishing of proper facilities in connection therewith;
NOW, THEREFORE, in recognition and reliance upon the foregoing recitals, and in
consideration of the mutual covenants and promises hereinafter set forth, and in exchange for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of all of which is hereby
acknowledged by the parties hereto, County and Licensee agree as follows:
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1. DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this Agreement, the following terms shall, unless the context requires
otherwise, have the following meanings:
(a) “Agreement” shall mean this License and Use Agreement between the Parties as
described in this Agreement including all exhibits, attachments, appendices, schedules, and
subsequent amendments thereto.
(b) “Agreement Year” shall mean each period of twelve (12) months beginning on the
commencement date.
(c) “Airport” shall mean Aspen-Pitkin County Airport located in Pitkin County,
Colorado.
(d) “Airport Director” shall mean the chief executive officer of the Aspen-Pitkin
County Airport or his/her designated duly recognized representative.
(e) “Airport Snow Removal Plan” shall mean a plan developed by the Airport Director
that addresses the means and methods for snow removal at the Airport.
(f) “Automobile” shall mean, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, those types
of self-propelled vehicles commonly used by Airport patrons for transportation of persons or
property upon public highways and made available for rent to Airport customers.
(g) “Commencement Date” shall mean the date specified by the County for the
commencement of this Agreement.
(h) “Common Licensee Area” shall mean approximately 56,100 square feet of space
within the Rental Car Storage and Service Facility Area designated for the non-exclusive use in
common by all Licensees and includes a 7,231 square foot Service Facility Area and 48,869 square
feet of roadways and driving lanes within the Rental Car Storage and Service Facility Area.
(i) “County” shall mean Pitkin County, its Board of County Commission members,
employees, agents and representatives, and shall include such public officials and public bodies as
may, by operation of law, succeed to any or all of the rights, powers, or duties which lawfully
reside in the Board of County Commissioners of Pitkin County Colorado.
(j) “Customer” shall mean any person who comes to the Airport by any means of
transportation and enters into a motor vehicle rental agreement with Licensee anywhere on the
Airport.
(k) “Customer Facility Charge” or “CFC” shall mean a fee used to fund certain capital
projects and accomplish additional projects designed to facilitate major customer service
improvements at the Airport.
(l) “Gross Revenue” shall mean the total amount of monies paid to, or earned by,
Licensee at, or from the Operating Area in its performance of this Agreement as further defined in
Section 5.4.1herein.
(m) “License Fee” shall mean the greater of ten percent (10%) of Gross Revenue or the
Minimum Annual Guarantee (MAG).
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(n) “License Recovery Fee” shall mean a separate statement of and charge for the
License Fee on Airport Customer invoices or rental agreements, which is not required, but will not
be prohibited by the County as further defined in Section 5.6.
(o) “Licensee” shall mean any rental car company entering into a Non-Exclusive On-
airport Rental Car License and Use Agreement with the County, for facilities, premises, and
operating rights at the Airport.
(p) “Licensees” shall mean all rental car companies entering into a Non-Exclusive On-
airport Rental Car License and Use Agreement with the County, for facilities, premises, and
operating rights at the Airport.
(q) “Licensee Fee” shall mean the greater of ten percent (10%) of Gross Revenue or
the Minimum Annual Guarantee (MAG).
(r) “Licensee Operating Area” shall mean that portion of the Operating Area assigned
to Licensee by the County for Licensee’s on-airport rental car operations as more specifically
identified in Section 3.
(s) “Market Share” shall mean the percentage of Licensee’s Gross Revenue during any
Agreement Year, as reported by Licensee to the County for the payment of the Licensee Fee, as
compared to the total Gross Revenue of all Automobile Renal Licensees for the designated
consecutive twelve (12) month measurement period.
(t) “Minimum Annual Guarantee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.
(u) “Minor Preventative Maintenance” shall mean the changing of engine oil and other
fluids, replacement of filters and bulbs, and changing and repair of tires, all in accordance with
applicable law and regulations, and the County's adopted policies, plans and guidelines.
(v) “Off-airport Rental Car Company” shall mean a car rental company that is not
located at the Airport, but which does business at the Airport.
(w) “On-airport Rental Car Company” shall mean a car rental company that is located
at, upon, or within the Airport and is a party to an On-Airport Rental Car License and Use
Agreement with the County.
(x) “Operating Area” shall mean that portion of the Airport designated by the County
for the use, occupancy, and operation of non-exclusive, on-airport rental car Licensees, and shall
include:
(i) “Ready/Return Parking Area” means an area consisting of 61 Ready/Return
Area automobile storage spaces; as depicted on Exhibit A.1 of this Agreement.
(ii) “Rental Car Storage and Service Facility Area” means an area of
approximately 131,300 square feet of space as depicted on Exhibit A.1 of this Agreement for
automobile storage, staging, and washing and detailing of Licensees automobiles. The Rental Car
Storage and Service Facility Area consists of (1) of 75,218 square feet of space for automobile
storage and staging; (2) 56,100 square feet of Common Licensee Area for the maneuvering of
automobiles in the Rental Car Storage and Service Facility Area; and (3) a building and associated
area of 7,231 square feet of space consisting of one automatic car wash bay, three manual car wash
bays, one external car wash bay, a fuel island and vacuum system, including without limitation all
related equipment, paving, and utilities. The building is to be used solely for the washing, cleaning,
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fueling, and minor preventative maintenance of rental vehicles and shall be used on a first-come,
first served basis by all Licensees.
(iii) “Rental Car Counter/Office Area” consisting of four (4) designated ticket
counter and office locations each consisting of approximately 163 square feet of space each and
located within the Airport’s terminal building as depicted on Exhibit A.2 of this Agreement.
(y) “Terminal” shall mean the County’s current air carrier terminal at the Airport.
(z) “Transaction Day” shall mean a twenty-four (24) hour period or fraction thereof for
which a rental car customer is provided the use of a rental car for compensation regardless of the
duration or length of the rental term, except that a partial day that is a grace period of no more than
two (2) hours after the last 24-hour day booked shall not be considered a Transaction Day. If the
same rental car is rented to more than one customer within such continuous twenty-four (24) hour
period, then each such rental shall be calculated as a “Transaction Day.”
(aa) “Yearly Financial Statement” means Licensee’s annual report and statement of
Gross Revenue which shall specify in detail in accordance with the Yearly Financial Statement
requirements set forth in this Agreement, all Gross Revenue and operating expenses associated
with the operation of Licensee’s license at the Airport certified by an independent certified public
accounting firm acceptable to County, and shall be acknowledged by an officer of Licensee as
being accurate and complete based on such officer’s examination of the books, accounts and
records of Licensee.
2. TERM
The term of this Agreement shall commence as of November 1, 2024 and shall expire on
October 31, 2029, or the final day of operations at the current Terminal, whichever occurs first, or
unless sooner terminated as provided herein.
2.1 Extension.
At the sole discretion of the County, the initial term may be extended for three (3), one-
year (1) periods commencing on the day following the expiration of the initial term.
2.2 Holdover.
If Licensee remains in occupancy and use of the Licensee’s Operating Area after the
expiration of this term with the consent of County, Licensee’s interest in the Licensee’s Operating
Area from and after that date shall be deemed to be month-to-month, pursuant to the terms and
conditions of the Agreement (Other than the payment of the License Fee), or as the parties may
otherwise agree in writing, or, if the parties shall fail to agree, upon such other terms and conditions
as may be established by the County upon ten (10) days’ notice to Licensee.
3. LICENSEE OPERATING AREA
Licensee shall use its assigned portion of the Operating Area solely for its on-airport rental
car activities and only for the purposes specifically described in this Section 3.
3.1 Licensee's Operating Area
Licensee's Operating Area shall consist of those areas designated on the drawings attached
as Exhibit “A” including: (1) Ready Return parking spaces (often referred to as ready-return
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parking spaces or “Ready/Return Spaces”); (2) the Rental Car Storage and Service Facility Area
including the Common Licensee Area and use of the building within the Rental Car Storage and
Service Facility Area to be used in common with other Licensees; and (3) the Rental Car
Counter/Office Area and check-in counter space within the Airport Terminal . The County may
unilaterally change the Licensee’s Operating Area from time to time as deemed necessary by the
County, at the County’s expense provided that the County shall give Licensee commercially
reasonable advance written notice of each substantial change, and further provided that the County
shall make a reasonable effort to implement any changes that are made to minimize adverse
impacts on Licensee’s airport business operations, to the extent minimization is commercially
reasonable under the circumstances. The County shall not be responsible for any Licensee
administrative, moving, or planning expenses.
3.1.1 Ready/Return Spaces
Licensee shall have the right to use those parking spaces designated on the attached
drawing hereinafter referred to as Exhibit “A.1”, containing ten (10) surface spaces. Licensee may
use its allocated Ready/Return Spaces for: (1) the parking of Licensee's automobiles awaiting
customer rental at the Airport and (2) the return of rental vehicles.
At the end of every second Agreement Year, Licensee may request the County to reallocate
the Ready and/or Return Spaces if the Market Share of Licensee or any other Automobile Rental
Licensee has changed by more than fifteen percentage points (15%) compared to its Market Share
as of the Commencement Date. Should the County determine, in its sole discretion, to reallocate
the Ready and/or Return Spaces it will do so in accordance with the following formula: (i) the total
number of Ready Return Parking Spaces available for all Licensees, multiplied by (ii) Licensee’s
Market Share for the previous Agreement Year, rounded down to the nearest whole number. In
the event the County approves such reallocation, each Automobile Rental Licensee shall pay its
own costs and expenses associated with such reallocation.
Parking spaces in the ready return lot are intended for use by rental vehicles only, and
Licensee shall not permit or allow other vehicles, including those owned or operated by employees,
the general public, or others to park in these spaces. Violation of parking restrictions can result in
the Licensee paying fees that would have been collected in available Airport paid public parking
lots.
3.1.2 Rental Car Storage and Service Facility Area
Licensee shall have the exclusive use of 12,186 square feet of space at the Rental Car
Storage and Service Facility Area as depicted on Exhibit A.1. Licensee shall further have the non-
exclusive right to use the Common Licensee Area as depicted on Exhibit A.1.
At the end of every second Agreement Year, Licensee may request the County to reallocate
the Storage and Service Facility space if the Market Share of Licensee or any other Automobile
Rental Licensee has changed by more than fifteen percentage points (15%) compared to its Market
Share as of the Commencement Date. Should the County determine, in its sole discretion, to
reallocate the Storage and Service Facility space it will do so in accordance with the following
formula: (i) the total amount of Storage and Service Facility space available for all Licensees,
multiplied by (ii) Licensee’s Market Share for the previous Agreement Year, rounded down to the
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nearest whole number. In the event the County approves such reallocation, each Automobile
Rental Licensee shall pay its own costs and expenses associated with such reallocation.
Licensee shall use the Rental Car Storage and Service Facility Area solely for the washing,
servicing, detailing, maneuvering, queuing, and storage of its vehicles used in its on-airport rental
car operation. In no event shall engine tune-ups, engine or chassis repair or overhaul, painting or
body work be performed. All uses of the Rental Car Storage and Service Facility Area shall be
subject to and conducted in strict accordance with the Airport Stormwater Management Plan.
Licensee shall not allow its customers or the public to enter the Rental Car Storage and
Service Facility Area. Licensee shall ensure that only its rental vehicles are being serviced at the
Rental Car Storage and Service Facility Area. No personal vehicles are permitted at the Rental Car
Storage and Service Facility Area unless otherwise authorized by the County. The Licensee may
provide temporary staging and storage of its rental vehicles in the Rental Car Storage and Service
Facility Area prior to their return to the Licensee’s Ready/Return parking spaces. No other vehicle
parking, including non-facility-based employee parking, shall otherwise be permitted in or about
the Rental Car Storage and Service Facility Area except for fueling, maintenance, towing, or
emergency services purposes. Licensee shall not allow parking of vehicles of passengers or flight
crew intending to use the Terminal for commercial flights. Licensee shall not allow parking of
vehicles outside the designated lane markers in the Licensee’s Vehicle Storage Area. Licensee
shall not double park vehicles in the Rental Car Storage and Service Facility Area. Violation of
parking restrictions can result in the Licensee paying fees that would have been collected in
available Airport paid public parking lots.
3.1.3 Rental Car Counter/Office Area
Licensee shall have the use of that counter and office space in the Terminal Building
designated on the attached drawing hereinafter referred to as Exhibit A.2 consisting of 163 square
feet of space. Licensee may use its Rental Service Counter/Office Area for customer rental, return,
and related transactions approved by the County, and for an administrative office.
3.2 Condition of Licensee's Operating Area
Licensee specifically acknowledges, agrees, accepts, and leases Licensee’s Operating Area
from the County in “as is” condition with the exception of any Hazardous Substances conditions
or contamination existing in, on, under or about the Licensee’s Operating Area prior to Licensee’s
occupancy. Licensee is not relying on any representations or warranties of any kind whatsoever,
express or implied from County or its agents, as to any matters concerning the condition of
Licensee’s Operating Area. Licensee shall install proprietary equipment and personal property in
its designated Licensee Operating Area as required by this Agreement, or as necessary for
Licensee's operation of its rental car license, and as approved by the County.
All personal property, equipment, furnishings, decorations and trade fixtures placed upon
the Licensee’s Operating Area by Licensee shall be at Licensee’s sole risk, and County shall not
be liable for damage to or loss of such personal property or trade fixtures arising from the acts or
omissions of any persons or from any causes whatsoever, except from the acts or omissions of
County, its agents and employees. Licensee represents that it is (and will be for the entire term
hereof) the owner of or fully authorized to use any and all services, processes, machines, articles,
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trade names, trademarks, logos or slogans to be used by it in its operations under or in any way
connected with this Agreement. Licensee agrees to save and hold the County, its officers,
employees, agents and representatives free and harmless of and from any loss, liability, expense,
suit, demand or claim for damages in connection with any actual or alleged infringement of any
patent, trademark, or copyright arising from any alleged or actual unfair competition or other
similar claim arising out of the operations of Licensee under or in any way connected with this
Agreement.
3.3 Rights of Third Party Ingress and Egress
Licensee's use of the Operating Area is subject to reasonable concurrent ingress and egress
by the County and its employees, contractors, and representatives, by the car-renting public, and
by third parties for police, fire, safety, construction, maintenance, inspection, and other activities
reasonably related to its Airport business. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to interfere
with the County’s right to enforce the provisions of this Agreement, including but not limited to
rules adopted by the County. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to interfere with the
County’s ability to exercise its police powers.
3.4 Surrender of Licensee Operating Area
Upon the expiration or termination of the License, Licensee immediately shall surrender
Licensee’s Operating Area as shown on Exhibit A to County in good condition and repair,
ordinary wear and usage excepted; and Licensee shall remove all of its personal property, trade
fixtures, equipment or improvements removable by prior agreement with County from the
Licensee’s Operating Area and shall repair any damage to Licensee’s Operating Area caused by
such removal. Excluding Licensee’s rental automobiles, any personal property of Licensee, or
anyone claiming under Licensee, which shall remain upon Licensee’s Operating Area at the
expiration or termination of this License shall be deemed to have been abandoned and may be
retained by County as County’s property or disposed of by County in such manner as County sees
fit without compensation to any party.
3.5 Operations After Termination
If this Agreement expires or is terminated for other than Licensee's default, the County, in
its sole discretion, may allow Licensee to continue operating under this Agreement on a
month-to-month basis. Licensee's continuation of operations after expiration or termination of this
Agreement shall not operate or be construed to renew or extend this Agreement. The fees for
continued operations after expiration or termination of this Agreement shall be calculated and
payable in the same manner as under the Agreement, except that, if this Agreement expires or is
terminated for other than Licensee's default, the reconciliation of payments shall occur at six-
month intervals and at the end of the extended period of operation. If the reconciliation shows that
Licensee paid more than was required during the extended period of operation, the County will
rebate the amount of overpayment within 20 business days after the reconciliation. If the
reconciliation shows that Licensee paid less than was required during the extended period of
operation, Licensee shall pay the unpaid amount within 20 business days after the reconciliation.
Licensee shall not continue operations after expiration or termination of this Agreement without
the County's express written permission, Licensee shall be liable to the County for any loss or
damage arising in connection with that continued operation, including but not limited to loss or
damage not contemplated by the parties at the time this Agreement is executed. The County's
acceptance of a payment made pursuant to this section shall not give Licensee any right to remain
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in possession, nor shall it constitute a waiver by County of its right to immediate possession.
Nothing in this section shall preclude the County from exercising any rights or remedies it may
have under this Agreement or otherwise. Except as expressly provided otherwise by this section,
all provisions of this Agreement shall remain effective during any post-expiration or post-
termination operation under this section.
4. OPERATING RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES AND OBLIGATIONS OF LICENSEE
4.1 Grant of Operating Rights and Privileges
Licensee shall have the right and obligation to rent non-chauffeured vehicles to passengers,
tenants, and other patrons of the Airport. Licensee shall have an affirmative obligation, for the
term of the Agreement, as it may be extended as provided above, to conduct a non-exclusive, on-
airport commercial rental car operation at all times that such service is customarily provided to the
traveling public at the Airport. In conjunction with its operation, Licensee may:
(a) Offer personal accident insurance, personal effects insurance, and other insurance
related to travel by car or the rental and use of Licensee's vehicles;
(b) Rent or sell mobile and cellular phones;
(c) Rent or sell other services or personal property approved in writing by the Airport
Director, provided that (1) the services or personal property must be of a type that customarily are
offered for sale or rent at other comparably-sized airport car rental facilities and (2) the sale or
rental of the services or personal property must not conflict with a right or privilege of another
Licensee.
(d) Store, stage, wash, fuel, and conduct minor preventive maintenance and repair of
automobiles to be made available for rental, including movement of such vehicles necessarily
incident to these activities.
4.2 Restrictions on Licensee’s Operations
Licensee, in the conduct of its operation shall be subject to the following limitations and
restrictions:
(a) Licensee shall park on, store on, and rent from its assigned Operating Area only
automobiles as defined herein and only automobiles available for rental exclusively from its
Operating Area. No other automobiles, including trucks above 5,000 lbs. empty vehicle weight,
motor homes, busses, motorcycles, trailers, or non-passenger registrations shall be permitted on
the Airport, without express prior written permission of the County, in the discretion of the County,
and under such fees, terms and conditions as the County may require.
(b) Licensee shall not hold or control, directly or indirectly, any rights or obligations
in the management, operation, premises, inventory, ownership, voting or financing of any other
entity doing business on, at or through the Airport including, expressly, any On-Airport or Off-
Airport Rental Car Company without full disclosure by Licensee to County of all such rights or
obligations and the County’s written consent. For purposes of this section, “Licensee” shall include
all natural persons, corporations or other business entities holding or controlling, directly or
indirectly, any rights or obligations in Licensee’s management, operations, premises, inventory,
ownership, voting or financing. All revenues derived from the conduct of business prohibited or
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restricted by this section shall be includable for purposes of percentage of Gross Revenue
calculations and payments pursuant to this Agreement.
(c) Licensee may not offer vehicles for sale to the public at any location at the Airport.
4.3 Other Licenses
Licensee must have the Airport Director’s prior written consent before engaging in any
licensed operation not expressly and specifically permitted by this Agreement, including but not
limited to the sale of food, beverages, maps, or newspapers, and may be required as a condition of
that consent to pay the County a fee, which may include, but is not necessarily limited to, a
percentage of Gross Revenue.
4.4 Rights of Ingress and Egress
Licensee shall have the right of ingress to and egress from its Operating Area over public
walkways and roadways. Licensee shall have the right to use common use roadways, following
established speed and safety signage. Licensee's rights of ingress and egress and use of common
use roadways shall be subject to all applicable laws and regulations.
4.5 Other Licensees
The rights granted by this Agreement are non-exclusive. The County may grant similar
rental car rights to other on-airport Licensees during the term of this Agreement.
4.6 Operating Obligations
4.6.1 Vehicle Rentals
Licensee shall provide rental car services continuously during the term of this Agreement
and shall operate it in a first-class manner to serve passengers and other Airport users.
4.6.2 Automobiles
Licensee shall maintain on hand at the Airport an adequate number of vehicles to meet all
reasonably foreseeable rental demands. The model year of the vehicles shall not be more than three
(3) years older than the current model year. All vehicles shall be maintained in good mechanical
condition, and shall be clean, well maintained, safe, and contain all necessary safety equipment for
mountainous terrain, including, during winter season, mud and snow tires rated “M/S” and
accepted by the Colorado State Patrol under the then-existing “Traction Law” for mountain passes.
It is understood that the winter season shall include, at a minimum, November 1 to April 15 of
each year, though weather conditions may dictate lengthening this period.
The Airport Director may disapprove any vehicle provided by Licensee for public use at
the Airport if the vehicle fails to comply with the requirements of this Agreement. Upon receipt of
the Airport Director’s written notice of disapproval with a statement of grounds, Licensee shall
immediately withdraw the disapproved vehicle(s) from use as rentals at this Airport and shall not
return the vehicle(s) to rental use at the Airport until the grounds for disapproval have been
eliminated to the Airport Director’s satisfaction.
4.6.3 Hours of Operation
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Licensee shall provide customer service personnel and car rental services at the Rental Car
Counter seven days per week between 6:30 AM local time and thirty (30) minutes after the last
actual airline arrival of the day. Alternatively, Licensee shall provide customer service personnel
and car rental services at the Rental Car Counter seven days per week beginning at least thirty (30)
minutes prior to the first scheduled airline departure of the day until thirty (30) minutes after the
actual last airline arrival of the day. Licensee shall provide customer service personnel during
periods of irregular flight operations that result in delayed or cancelled flights and the transport of
customers to the Airport by other modes of transportation. In the event employees cannot be
available during these periods, Licensee shall make every effort to accommodate the reasonable
needs of its customers, which shall include providing a telephone, free of charge to the customer,
with direct communication to employees who can provide service to the customer.
The Airport Director, upon Licensee's written request, may authorize deviations from the
requirements of this subsection. The schedule of business hours so established is subject to periodic
review by the County or upon written request from Licensee to the Airport Director. As a result of
any such review, the Airport Director may require an expansion or allow a reduction of the hours
of operation as public demand requires. In no event shall the hours of operation be curtailed to an
extent that the service contemplated herein shall be diminished.
4.6.4 Quality of Service
Licensee shall furnish prompt, courteous, and efficient service on a fair, reasonable and
nondiscriminatory basis to any member of the public commensurate with rental car operations of
the size and traffic volume at first-class U.S. destination resort locations. Licensee shall keep its
Operating Area in a safe, clean, orderly and inviting condition. All services and property sold or
rented by Licensee must conform in all respects to federal, state, and County laws, ordinances, and
regulations, and to any applicable rules adopted by the Airport Director. Licensee shall conduct its
operations in an orderly and proper manner and so as not to annoy, disturb or be offensive to
customers; patrons; County employees; or other tenant employees, agents, and representatives at
the Airport.
4.6.5 Manager
Licensee shall engage a full-time manager who: (1) is qualified and experienced; (2) has
full authority to control the day to day operation of the car rental license at the Airport; (3) has
authority to respond to and clean up a Hazardous Substance Release in a timely and appropriate
manner and (4) has authority to respond to accidents, both with personnel and property. The
manager or the manager's designee shall be stationed at the Airport and shall be present at the
Airport between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The manager or the manager's designee
shall participate in all County Airport tenant meetings including an annual snow removal plan
briefing. In the manager's absence, the manager’s designee shall be in charge and present at the
Airport.
4.6.6 Staff
Licensee shall employ a sufficient number of trained personnel to handle customer service;
vehicle cleaning, servicing, and handling; and office and administrative duties necessary for the
efficient and effective operation of the rental car license. Employees shall be safety-conscious,
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environmentally-sensitive, and helpful and courteous at all times, consistent with acceptable
customer relations practices at first-class U.S. destination resorts.
4.6.7 Staff Conduct
Licensee shall be responsible for the conduct, demeanor, and appearance of its officers,
agents, employees, and representatives. Licensee’s officers, agents, employees, and
representatives shall comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the United States of
America, the State of Colorado and the County of Pitkin and any and all departments and agencies
thereof, as the same may now exist or may be hereafter promulgated or amended from time to
time. Licensee’s officers, agents, employees, and representatives shall not act in a manner which
will constitute a public or private nuisance, or which will disrupt the safe, efficient, and normal
operations of the Airport. Licensee’s officers, agents, employees, and representatives shall strictly
observe all posted speed limits and other traffic and safety signs. Reckless operation of a motor
vehicle or speeding by Licensee, their officers, agents, employees, contractors and representatives
are considered potential grounds for termination of this Agreement. Employees on duty shall wear
uniforms or appropriate business attire. Uniforms and business attire shall be kept neat, orderly,
and clean. Customer service personnel, Rental Car Storage and Service Facility Area service
personnel, and attendants shall be trained by Licensee to render high quality, courteous, and
efficient service. Licensee shall closely supervise service personnel to assure a high standard of
service to rental car customers. Upon receipt of a written objection from the Airport Director
concerning the conduct of Licensee’s officers, agents, employees, contractors and representatives,
Licensee shall promptly meet with the Airport Director or his/her designee to discuss the basis for
the objection and take steps to eliminate the conduct, including if necessary the initiation of steps
that could lead to the discharge of the offending employee in accordance with Licensee's
employment policies and any applicable collective bargaining agreements.
4.6.8 Solicitation Prohibited
Licensee shall not permit its agents or employees to use pressure sales tactics or to overtly
solicit for car rentals or related services offered by Licensee under this Agreement. The Airport
Director shall be the sole judge of whether conduct amounts to a violation of this subsection. Upon
written notice from the County, Licensee shall take all necessary steps to eliminate conduct in
violation of this subsection and to prevent its recurrence.
4.6.9 Relationship with Competitors
Licensee shall maintain cooperative, albeit competitive, relationships with its competitors
at the Airport, and shall not engage in open, notorious, or public disputes, disagreements, or
conflicts with competitors that would tend to interfere with quality of the rental car services at the
Airport.
4.6.10 Diversion of Customers Prohibited
Licensee shall not divert or allow the diversion of any prospective customers from the
Airport to another location. If any such diversion does occur, the diverted transaction shall be
deemed to have occurred at the Airport.
4.6.11 Signs
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Licensee shall not erect, install, nor permit upon its Operating Area any sign or other
advertising device without first having obtained the Airport Director’s written consent, which may
be withheld in its sole discretion. Licensee shall remove all signs and sign hardware upon
expiration or termination of this Agreement and restore each sign location to its former state, unless
the Airport Director elects to retain all or any portion of the signage.
4.6.12 Compliance with Rules
In addition to complying with the requirements of this Agreement and with all applicable
federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations, including but not limited to the requirements
of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Licensee shall comply with reasonable rules adopted by
the County or the Airport Director regarding the use of, entry on, and access to the County's
property.
4.6.13 Branding
Licensee shall be prohibited from operating at the Airport under any brand name or trade
name other than the brand name or trade name listed in the Preamble of this Agreement. During
the Term, Licensee shall operate and maintain all signage only under the brand or trade name listed
in this Agreement. No other brand or trade name shall be used or displayed by Licensee at the
Airport during the Term. Except as provided herein, the operation and display of any other brand
or trade name(s) by Licensee is prohibited. If Licensee utilizes a brand or trade name under a
license or franchise agreement, Licensee represents and warrants to the County that Licensee has
been granted the right to use any such brand or trade name for the Term of this Agreement,
pursuant to a franchise or license agreement (the “Franchise Agreement”) with the brand or trade
name owner (a “Franchisor or Licensor”). At the County’s request, Licensee agrees to provide the
County with a copy of the Franchise Agreement and reasonable evidence that such Franchise
Agreement remains in full force and effect. Licensee agrees that a Franchisor’s or Licensor’s
termination of Licensee’s right either to use Licensee’s brand or trade name, shall constitute an
Event of Default under this Agreement.
4.6.14 Disincentive Fees
The following table sets forth a schedule of Disincentive Fees for Licensee’s violations
of the operating standards or failure to adhere to contractual requirements. These Disincentive Fees
shall be in addition to all other rents and fees required by Section 0, hereof. All Disincentive Fees
shall be paid in full within ten (10) calendar days of written notice from the County.
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Infraction
1st
Violation 2nd Violation
3rd
(or further) Violation
Section Error! Reference
source not found. - Hours of
operation violation.
Written
Warning
$100 per
incident
$500 per incident
Not providing customer service
personnel during operational
hours at rental car counters.
Written
Warning
Written
Warning
$100 per incident
Parking, loading, unloading, and
storage of vehicles in areas other
than Licensee Operating Area
depicted in Exhibit A.1
$50 per day per vehicle
Parking or storage of any
vehicles in areas marked as a Fire
Lane as set by the Fire Marshall.
Cited by Fire Marshall
Plus
$100 per day per vehicle
Conducting any vehicle
maintenance or cleaning
activities in the Ready/Return or
Storage Area. If trash is removed
from a vehicle parking in the
Ready/Return Area the trash
must be disposed of in proper
receptacles located in the Rental
Car Storage and Service Facility
Area.
Written
Warning
$250 per
incident
$500 per incident
Storing any items other than
Lessee's rental vehicles.
Incidental items required by
Licensee (i.e. child car seats, etc.)
are permitted to be stored in the
Licensee’s Operating Area.
Written
Warning
$250 per
incident
$500 per incident
Failure to maintain any portion of
Operating Area in a safe clean,
neat and orderly condition; or
allowing any accumulation of
rubbish, trash, or other waste
materials in or about the
Operating Area and Fueling
Area. Failure to latch and lock
trash and recycling receptacles at
all times when not in use.
Written
Warning
$250 per
incident
$500 per incident
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5. FEES AND FINANCIAL REPORTING
5.1 Fees
In addition to any other payments required under this Agreement, Licensee shall pay all of
the following fees to the County:
(a) A “License Fee” equal to the greater of: (1) the Minimum Annual Guarantee
(“MAG”) or (2) ten percent (10%) of Licensee's Gross Revenue for the applicable Agreement
Year. The License Fee shall be paid in monthly installments which shall be the greater of the
percent of monthly allocation of the MAG as depicted in Exhibit E or ten percent (10%) of
Licensee's Gross Revenue for the month.
(b) For 12,186 square feet of exclusive use of space at the Rental Car Storage and
Service Facility Area for the staging and storage of rental vehicles, Licensee shall pay $6.75 per
square foot of space allocated to it or a total monthly fee of $6,855. The County shall adjust this
fee at the commencement of the third Agreement Year, and at the commencement of each
succeeding Agreement Year based upon the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-
U) as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. The adjustment
shall be by a percentage equal to the percentage increase of the CPI-U between the published CPI-
U for the most immediately available month prior to the Commencement Date and the
corresponding CPI-U for the same period twelve months previous. Provided however, the total
monthly fee shall never be lower than the total monthly fee for the preceding Agreement Year.
(c) For 56,100 square feet of the Common Licensee Area of the Rental Car Storage
and Service Facility Area, used in common with other Licensees for the staging and maneuvering
of rental vehicles, Licensee shall pay $6.75 per square foot of space allocated to it or a total
monthly fee of $5,516. The County will multiply Licensee’s Market Share for the previous
Agreement Year, rounded down to the nearest whole number, by the amount due for purposes of
calculating the fee assessed to Licensee for its proportionate share of the Common Licensee Area
of the Rental Car Storage and Service Facility Area. The County shall adjust this fee at the
commencement of the third Agreement Year, and at the commencement of each succeeding
Agreement Year based upon the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) as
published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. The adjustment shall
be by a percentage equal to the percentage increase of the CPI-U between the published CPI-U for
the most immediately available month prior to the Commencement Date and the corresponding
CPI-U for the same period twelve months previous. Provided however, the total monthly fee shall
never be lower than the total monthly fee for the preceding Agreement Year.
(d) For the use of the Rental Car Ready/Return Area, Licensee shall pay the monthly
sum of $245.00 per space. The County fee shall adjust this fee at the commencement of the second
Agreement Year, and at the commencement of each succeeding Agreement Year based upon the
percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) as published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. The adjustment shall be by a percentage equal to the
percentage increase of the CPI-U between the published CPI-U for the most immediately available
month prior to the Commencement Date and the corresponding CPI-U for the same period twelve
months previous. Provided however, the total monthly fee shall never be lower than the total
monthly fee for the preceding Agreement Year.
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(e) For Rental Car Counter/Office Area allocated to Licensee, a monthly fee of
$1,570.23 ($115.60 per square foot per year for 163 square feet) during the first Agreement Year.
The fees for Rental Car Counter/Office Area shall be adjusted annually by County Resolution to
reflect the same rate the airlines pay for counter/office space.
5.2 Minimum Annual Guarantee
For the first Agreement Year, the Minimum Annual Guaranteed Fee or "MAG" amount
payable by Licensee to the County shall equal $315,012. Beginning with the second (2nd)
Agreement Year and continuing thereafter, the MAG shall be adjusted for each Agreement Year
to equal eighty-five percent (85%) of the License Fee paid in the prior Agreement Year.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the MAG will never be less than the first Agreement Year. Should
the County exercise its right to an extension as discussed in Section 2.1, the MAG base will be
reset after the end of Agreement Year five (5) to reflect the most recent year’s Gross Revenue
provided the MAG will never be below the amount for Agreement Year 1. In the event of a
holdover as discussed in Section 2.2, the Licensee it required to pay monthly MAG or ten percent
(10%) of Gross Revenue.
Although each new MAG will be effective as of the first day of each Agreement Year the
County will not finalize calculation of the new MAG until sometime thereafter. Once the new
MAG has been calculated by the County, based upon information supplied to the County by
Licensee, the Airport Director will send Licensee written notice of the new MAG amount. Licensee
shall then pay the County any additional License Fee due based on the difference between the
License Fee as calculated under the previous Agreement Year’s MAG compared to the new MAG.
The County will credit Licensee if there is a credit due based on that same calculation within thirty
(30) days of the date of the Airport Director's written notice.
Immediately upon the Licensee’s receipts of revenues from its activities hereunder, such
funds representing the License Fee and other fees and charges payable to the County under the
terms of this Agreement, shall be vested in and become the property of the County and the Licensee
shall hold and be responsible for said funds as a Trustee thereof until the same are delivered to the
County.
5.3 Minimum Annual Guarantee Abatement
In the event that the total number of scheduled deplaning airline passengers at the Airport
for any month during the Term of this Agreement declines to a level lower than seventy-five
percent (75%) of the number of deplaning passengers for the corresponding month of the previous
Agreement Year, Licensee’s MAG shall be abated by a percentage equal to the percentage
decrease in such deplaning passengers, for each month during which deplaning passengers remain
at a level less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the deplaning passengers for the corresponding
month of the previous Agreement Year. Licensee shall continue to pay the License Fee for each
month for which the MAG is abated. When monthly deplaning passengers rise to a level at or
above seventy-five percent (75%) of passenger deplanements for the corresponding month of the
previous Agreement Year, Licensee’s full MAG shall be reinstated. Any MAG abatements under
this Section shall be accounted for as part of the Agreement Year Adjustment under Section 5.8.3.
5.4 Gross Revenue
5.4.1 "Gross Revenue"
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"Gross Revenue" shall be determined by the total of charges on the face of the customer's
rental agreement, less any charges excluded in the definition of Gross Revenue, and shall mean,
unless specifically excluded herein all amounts paid or payable to or considerations of
determinable value received by Licensee, after any discounts are deducted at the time of rental,
for:
(a) all charges, including, but not limited to, time and mileage charges and separately stated
fees (including but not limited to license recovery or recoupment fees) for rental of vehicles and
other related or incidental services or merchandise, including but not limited to, ski racks,
navigation units, car seats, refueling charges and any other items or services, made at or from the
Airport, regardless of where the vehicles or services are delivered to or returned;
(b) all amounts charged to the customer for insurance offered by Licensee incidental to the
rental of such vehicles, including but not limited to personal accident insurance;
(c) all charges attributable to any vehicle originally rented at the Airport which is
exchanged at any other location;
(d) all proceeds from the long-term lease of vehicles from any location on the Airport;
(e) all amounts charged to Licensee's customers and which are separately stated on the
rental agreement as an optional charge for waiver by Licensee of its right to recover from customer
for damage to or loss of the vehicle rented;
(f) all amounts charged to Licensee's customers at the commencement or the conclusion of
the rental transaction for the cost of furnishing and/ or replacing fuel provided by Licensee;
(g) all amounts charged by Licensee, and described under Section 5.6 as a pass-through to
its customers of License Recovery Fees; and
(h) Membership fees associated with car-sharing brands operating at the Airport.
Gross Revenue shall be deemed received by the Licensees at the time the sale, lease, or
service transaction occurs giving rise to Licensee’s right to collect said monies, regardless of
whether said transaction was conducted in person, by telephone, electronically, by mail or by any
other method of information transmission, whether the transaction was for cash or credit, and of
for credit, regardless of whether the Licensee ultimately collects the monies owed for said
transaction from the customer involved. Any Gross Revenue included in the formula for
determining the License Fee owed the County and determined by Licensee at a later date to be
uncollectible shall not offset future License Fees owed the County. If the initial rental car contract
entered into between Licensee and a rental car customer is subsequently amended, solely because
the customer’s actual time and mileage usage contemplated by the original contract, and the
charges to be paid by the customer are therefore different from the charges contemplated by the
original contract, the percentage of Gross Revenue that the County is entitled as fees hereunder
shall be based upon the Gross Revenue that the Licensee actually receives or is entitled to receive,
under the amended rental car contract with its customer.
5.4.2 Exclusions from Gross Revenue
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The following shall be excluded from Gross Revenue:
(a) any federal, state, City, or County sales or other taxes or surcharges separately stated
on the customer’s rental agreement and collected from customers of Licensee and paid in full by
Licensee to the taxing authority;
(b) Amounts Licensee receives, or is entitled to receive, for the sale (other than "rent to
own" program vehicle sales rental amounts), disposition, loss, conversion, or abandonment of
Licensee’s used automobiles and other equipment, personal property, and trade fixtures not in the
normal course of the commercial rental car business permitted hereunder;
(c) amounts which Licensee receives, for the repair of damages to its automobiles and other
equipment, personal property, and trade fixtures; including revenue from the wholesale transfer of
salvage vehicles;
(d) Customer Facility Charges;
(e) all non-revenue rentals to employees of Licensee;
(f) Payment and administration of parking tickets, tolls, towing and impound fees, traffic
and red-light tickets;
(g) mandatory fees shown on the customer rental agreement, paid to other governmental
agencies, excluding the County, relating to transactions at the Airport; and
(h) net corporate discounts applied at the time the rental contract is closed but only to the
extent Licensee provides auditable proof to County that discount or rebate is specifically
attributable to a rental agreement with an Airport customer.
5.4.3 Retroactive Adjustment of Gross Revenue Prohibited
The retroactive adjustment by Licensee of Gross Revenue designated by Licensee as
volume discounts, corporate discounts or any other designation of any nature, or for any purpose,
is prohibited.
5.5 Obligations Regarding Fees
Licensee shall:
(a) Take all reasonable measures to maintain, develop and increase Licensee's car
rental business at the Airport;
(b) Not divert, or cause or allow the diversion of, any business from the Airport.
(c) Permit inspection during ordinary business hours by the County or the County’s
representatives of any sales equipment used by the Licensee, including but not limited to cash
registers, recording tapes, point of sale equipment and computer sales terminals, provided that the
County shall take all reasonable precautions to ensure that its inspections under this subsection do
not unnecessarily disrupt Licensee’s business operations.
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(d) Maintain full and accurate books of account and records from which Gross
Revenue, as defined herein, the amount and nature of all business transacted on or though the
Airport location, and the amount of percentage rental owed the County hereunder, can be
determined and verified, according to standards and accepted accounting and auditing practices.
The books of account and records that Licensee must maintain shall include, but need not be
limited to, legible, true and accurate copies of all written and electronic records and reports kept
in the normal course of Licensee’s business including, without limitation, all motor vehicle rental
contracts and cancelled contracts forms, sales slips, cash register tapes, credit card invoices,
monthly sales tax returns, sales and disbursements journals, general ledgers, bank statements, bank
books, bank deposits slips, annual federal income tax returns, state sales tax returns and all Airport
related revenues reported submitted by Licensee to its franchisor and all computer and /or
electronic reproductions of the above. These books and records shall be maintained on a current
basis and shall be stored for a period of at least thirty-six (36) months from the end of each monthly
period, or for such longer period time as County reasonably may direct in writing. If such records
are not stored within Pitkin County, it shall be Licensee’s responsibility, at its expense, to promptly
make such records, upon request, available to County, or its representatives, in a time, manner and
format to the satisfaction of the County, in its reasonable discretion.
Licensee’s financial record keeping and reporting systems for all business conducted on or
through the Airport location or subject to this Agreement shall include, without limitation, as
follows:
(a) Complete, accurate and legible copies of all automobile rental contracts.
(b) Adequate financial controls, under generally accepted accounting principles and
auditing standards, to ensure complete and accurate recording and reporting of all revenues,
including commissionable revenues.
(c) Any other documents or procedures which, in the reasonable discretion of the
County, are necessary or useful to determine or verify Licensee’s obligations hereunder. Such new
documents or procedures shall be used or instituted a reasonable time after written notice thereof
has been sent by County to Licensee.
The County may, annually, at the end of the term herein, or upon a request by Licensee of
assignments of its rights hereunder, unless expressly waived by the County, conduct audits of
Licensee’s books of accounts and records, which audits shall be conducted upon reasonable notice
to Licensee and during normal weekday business hours. For purposes of this Agreement, the
annual audit period shall be deemed to commence on January 1st of each year of the Agreement
and to conclude on December 31st. In performing said audits, County shall be entitled to review,
and Licensee shall be obligated promptly to provide to the County upon demand therefore, all of
the books of account and records that Licensee is obligated to maintain pursuant hereto, as well as
other records, documents and files in Licensee’s possession, custody or control during the term
hereof that the County, or its auditor, determines, in its sole discretion, are useful, relevant or
necessary to determine or verify the correct amount of reportable, includable and excludable
revenues, and Gross Revenue enjoyed by Licensee, and the correct amount of percentage rental
owed by Licensee to the County, for the period involved. Should Licensee fail to maintain the
books of account and records required to be maintained pursuant hereto, or should License fail to
deliver and enable the County or its auditor to review Licensee’s books and records, and other
documents and files, as required by this subparagraph, said default is agreed by the parties to be a
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material breach of this Licensee Agreement and Licensee shall pay, as liquidated damages for such
breach, an additional amount equal to fifty (50%) percent of the verifiable costs, fee, payments
and changes due from Licensee hereunder for the period in question; provided, however, that
Licensee shall only pay these damages for failure to keep required records if such requirements
are reasonable in light of Licensee’s business practices (as such practices may be modified by a
County request hereunder) and generally accepted accounting principles and auditing standards.
If any audit shows percentage compensation and other fees and changes that should have
been paid to the County by Licensee pursuant to this Agreement were understated or underpaid
for any period involved (including, expressly, revenues from business), Licensee shall, within
thirty (30) day notice by County of any such deficiency, pay to the County the full amount
underpaid, plus two percent (2%) interest per month, calculated as provided above, and such
underpayment from the time said underpayment should have been paid to the time said
underpayment is fully paid. If the amount of underpayment exceeds two (2%) percent of the total
percentage compensation that was owed by Licensee to the County for the period involved,
Licensee, in addition to paying the County the underpayment owed and the interest accrued
thereon, shall within thirty (30) days’ notice by County reimburse the County for the cost of the
audit. If the audit discloses overpayment of the percentage compensation paid to the County by
Licensee, the County shall refund the amount of overpayment to Licensee, within thirty (30) days
of said audit.
The County shall hold all information obtained from any such audit in confidence, except
as may be necessary to enforce the County’s rights under this Agreement, except with respect to
tax proceedings, and except with respect to any legal requirements or Court Order to disclose said
information.
One Hundred Eighty (180) days after Licensee’s annual audit report has been received by
the County or, whichever is later, the date all supplemental documents requested by the County
have been received by the County, the County shall release Licensee from any liability for
underreporting or underpayment hereunder, unless the County shall have given written notice,
within that period, of any claims for inadequate or deficient reporting or payment. Once such notice
is given, the parties shall expeditiously and in good faith cooperate to resolve the matters contained
in the notice(s).
Prior to any assignments, conveyance, or transfer by License of this License or any rights
or obligations hereunder requiring approval of the County as required below, the County shall be
entitled to an audit as defined here in above at the sole expense of the Licensee.
5.6 License Recovery Fee
Licensee acknowledges that License Fee payments by Licensee to the County under this
Agreement are for Licensee's privilege to access the Airport market and are not fees imposed by
the County upon Licensee's customers. The County does not require, but will not prohibit, a
separate statement of a License Recovery Fee on customer invoices or rental agreements, provided
that such separate statement of fees meets all of the following conditions:
(a) such License Fee pass through must be titled "License Recovery Fee" or "License
Recoupment Fee";
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(b) the License Recovery Fee or License Recoupment Fee must be shown on the
customer rental agreement and invoiced with other Licensee charges;
(c) the License Recovery Fee as stated on the invoice and charged to the customer shall
be no more than eleven and eleven hundredth percent (11.11%) of Gross Revenue;
(d) Licensee shall neither identify, treat, or refer to the License Recovery Fee or
License Recoupment Fee as a tax, nor imply that the County is requiring the pass through of such
fee;
(e) if Licensee elects to include the License Recovery Fee or License Recoupment Fee
on its customers' rental agreement, it will be considered part of Gross Revenue; and;
(f) Licensee shall comply with all applicable laws, including Federal Trade
Commission requirements.
5.7 Monthly Statements
5.7.1 General Requirements
Licensee shall submit to the County a Monthly Statement of Gross Revenue to include a
calculation of the License Fee and a report of the number of closed rental transactions ("Monthly
Statement") by the twentieth (20th) day of each month following the month covered by the Monthly
Statement. The Monthly Statement shall be submitted on a form substantially similar to the
Monthly Statement form in Exhibit “B”. The County reserves the right to revise the form and
reporting requirements as needed. The accuracy of the Monthly Statement shall be certified by the
affidavit of Licensee's chief financial officer, or the chief financial officer's designee. The
certification shall be placed on the face of or attached to the Monthly Statement.
5.7.2 Liquidated Damages
The parties recognize that the County will incur additional administrative costs if Licensee
is late in providing the monthly statements required by this Section 0, and that the amount of those
costs is difficult to determine with certainty. Consequently, the parties agree that Licensee shall
pay the County $100.00 as liquidated damages each time Licensee is more than 10 calendar days
late in submitting the monthly statement required by this Section 0. The sums set forth herein as
liquidated damages are not a penalty but are reasonable estimates of the costs the County will incur
for Licensee’s non-compliance.
5.8 Payments
5.8.1 Monthly Payment
By the first day of each month during the term of this Agreement, Licensee shall pay to the
County in advance the monthly allocation of its MAG as shown in Exhibit E, plus all other fees
due monthly under this Agreement.
5.8.2 Payment of Excess
By the twentieth (20th) day of each month during the term of this Agreement, and of the
month following the expiration or termination of this Agreement, Licensee shall pay to the County
any amount by which the monthly installment of the License Fee for the preceding month exceeds
the MAG payment as provided in Section 5.8.1.
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5.8.3 Annual Adjustment
An adjustment shall be made at the end of each Agreement Year so that Licensee's payment
for the Agreement Year is the greater of the MAG for that year or ten percent (10%) of Licensee's
Gross Revenue for that year. Any credit to which Licensee is entitled as a result of the adjustment
shall be credited against the annual installment of the License Fee for the first month of the
following Agreement Year, except that any credit to which Licensee is entitled at the end of the
final Agreement Year shall be paid by the County within 30 calendar days after the County receives
Licensee's final monthly Statement of Gross Revenue with License Fee Computation.
5.8.4 Method of Payment and Interest
Licensee shall make payments due under this Agreement automatically, including but not
limited to interest accrued on late payments. Payments under this Agreement shall be by wire,
draft, or check on a bank authorized to engage in banking in the United States, shall be payable to
the County in U.S. dollars, and shall be delivered to the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport, 0233 E.
Airport Road, Suite A, Aspen, Colorado, 81611. Payments may also be submitted via wire or
Automated Clearing House (ACH). County wire and ACH account details will be provided to
Licensee following execution of this Agreement. Reporting and any financial records may be sent
to AP@PitkinCounty.com. Payments shall be made without abatement, offset, or deductions.
Payments not received by the County by the twentieth (20th) day of each month, as
described above, shall be subject to a late penalty of ten (10%) percent of the amount due, or ten
($10) dollars, whichever is more, which shall be added to the principle then due and owing. If still
unpaid for 30 days after the delinquency date, a late fee of 2.0% per month will be added. In the
event of any delinquent fees or changes hereunder, and to the extent thereof, including late charges
and interest, the County shall be entitled to a lien for such amounts on Licensee’s trade fixtures,
furniture, and equipment in use at or located at the Airport.
5.9 Annual Audit and Annual Statements
5.9.1 Annual Statement
Within ninety (90) calendar days after the end of each Agreement Year, Licensee shall, at
its sole expense, prepare and deliver to the County an Annual Statement of Gross Revenue
including a calculation of its License Fee ("Annual Statement"). The Annual Statement shall be
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. If an Annual Statement
discloses that Licensee owes additional amounts to the County, Licensee shall pay those amounts
when it delivers the Annual Statement to the County. Each Annual Statement shall be accompanied
by the opinion of an independent Colorado Licensed certified public accountant ("CPA"); a state-
licensed CPA acceptable to the County, in its reasonable discretion; or Licensee’s Chief Financial
Officer establishing that the:
(a) CPA or Licensee’s Chief Financial Officer has examined the Annual Statement and
any supporting documentation in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and the
terms of this Agreement, and using appropriate tests of accounting records and other auditing
procedures deemed necessary under the circumstances; and
(b) Annual Statement fairly presents Licensee's Gross Revenue for the Agreement Year
in question.
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5.10 Customer Facility Charge (“CFC”)
5.10.1 Collection of CFC
Licensee shall collect a Customer Facility Charge (“CFC”) from its Airport Customers. All
CFC revenue collected by Licensee shall be a debt owed to the County by Licensee.
County agrees to use CFC revenue to fund certain capital projects and to accomplish
additional projects designed to facilitate major customer service improvements at the Airport. As
of the date of this Agreement, the CFC rate is set at $5.50 per transaction day. The County reserves
the right to adjust the CFC rate after consultation with the Licensees and providing a ninety (90)
day written notice of adjustment.
5.10.2 Monthly Activity Report
On or before the twentieth (20th) day of each month following the first calendar month after
the Commencement Date and every calendar month thereafter during the Term, Licensee shall
provide to the Airport Director as part of the monthly Statement of Gross Revenue Report (see
Section 5.7 of this Agreement), Licensee’s total number of vehicle rental contracts, the total
number of rental transaction days, and the total CFC revenue collected for the past monthly period.
Licensee shall submit such report for each month during the Term, regardless of whether Licensee
actually entered into any vehicle rental contracts during any such month. If the monthly activity
report is not provided on or before the twentieth (20th) day of each month as required herein,
Licensee shall pay a late reporting fee as provided in Section 5.7. County’s assessment of the
delinquency fees shall be in addition to any other remedies that County may have in law or in
equity, including termination and revocation of this Agreement and of all rights and privileges
granted therein.
5.10.3 Payment to County of CFC Revenue
All CFC revenue collected by Licensee for the past monthly period are due and payable to
County with the Monthly Activity Report on or before twentieth (20th) day of each month and shall
be deemed delinquent if not received by County on or before the twentieth (20th) day. In the event
that County does not receive payment on the due date, Licensee shall pay interest thereon from the
due date until the date that full payment is received ("payment date") at two percent (2.0%) per
month or the maximum interest rate then allowed by law. County reserves the right to audit any
monthly activity reports and payments based upon such reports. Acceptance of any payments
hereunder shall not operate as a waiver of County's right to collect CFC revenue determined to be
due and owing. County’s assessment of the late payment fee shall be in addition to any other
remedies County may have in law or in equity, including termination and revocation of this
Agreement and all rights and privileges granted therein.
All CFC revenue shall be paid by check made payable to “Pitkin County” and delivered to
the Office of the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport, 0233 Airport Road, Suite A, Aspen, Colorado,
81611, with a simultaneous copy to the Director of Aviation. All such CFC revenue payable by
Licensee shall be in lawful money of the United States of America and in same day funds as of the
due date.
6. LICENSEE'S OTHER OBLIGATIONS
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6.1 Capital Additions by Licensee
6.1.1 Duty to Provide and Maintain
Licensee shall provide and maintain, at its own expense, all proprietary Capital Additions,
equipment, trade fixtures, tenant fixtures, and furnishings necessary for the effective and efficient
operation of its rental car business at the Airport.
6.1.2 County and Licensee Coordination
Licensee shall work with and coordinate its activities with the County, other rental car
Licensees, and Airport planners, designers, architects, engineers, contractors, and subcontractors.
6.2 Plans and Specifications; Compliance with Law; County Approval
6.2.1 County Approval of Proprietary Capital Additions
No Proprietary Capital Additions, improvements or installations shall be made, removed,
demolished, or relocated in the Licensee Operating Area without the Airport Director's prior
written approval. The County may require plans and specifications and the issuance of a permit
from the County. All Proprietary Capital Additions, improvements, and installations shall conform
to the County's design criteria and architectural requirements of the County.
Any proprietary Capital Additions, equipment, trade fixtures, tenant fixtures, furnishings,
improvements, or alterations to the Lessee’s Operating Area and to the buildings thereon with
respect to which County has given its written consent, shall be done at Licensee’s sole cost and
expense and Licensee shall not cause or permit any statutory claims or liens to be filed against the
Lessee’s Operating Area or against the buildings or other improvements thereon by reason thereof
and hereby does indemnify the County against all costs and liabilities arising from such claims or
liens filed as a result of Licensee’s activities.
6.2.2 Compliance with Laws and Building Codes
Licensee shall ensure that all Proprietary Capital Additions, improvements, equipment,
furnishings, fixtures, and tenant finishes constructed or installed by Licensee, or Licensee's
contractor, conform in all respects to applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and building
codes; the County's approval shall not be construed as a representation or warranty of
conformance. The County may withhold approval based upon, among other grounds, engineering,
architectural, airport safety/security operational impact, or aesthetic considerations.
6.3 Taxes
6.3.1 Duty to Pay Taxes
Unless exempt, Licensee agrees to pay, before becoming due, all taxes, assessments, user
fees, and other charges, however named, which, during the term of this Agreement, may become
due or a lien or which may be levied by the state, County, city, district, or any other body upon the
Licensee Operating Area or improvements in the Licensee Operating Area, or upon any taxable
interest of Licensee acquired in this Agreement, or any taxable possessory right which Licensee
may have in or to the Licensee Operating Area, or the improvements thereon by reason of its
occupancy thereof, as well as all taxes on all taxable property, real or personal, owned by Licensee
in or about the Licensee Operating Area (collectively, "Taxes"). Upon request from the County,
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Licensee shall give to the County a copy of the receipts and vouchers showing such payment.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Licensee reserves the right to contest such taxes in good faith and
Licensee will provide County with advance notice that it will be contesting such taxes.
6.4 Maintenance and Repairs
Except for the maintenance or repair obligations assigned to the County by the maintenance
and repair responsibility matrix attached as Exhibit “C”, or another express provision of this
Agreement, Licensee shall always maintain its Operating Area in good repair, clean, and orderly.
Licensee shall not cause nor, when advised thereof by the County, permit any dangerous or
hazardous condition or nuisance to exist related to the use and occupancy of its Operating Area as
granted herein.
6.4.1 Airport Terminal and Licensee Rental Car Counter/Office Area
With respect to the maintenance and repair of the Terminals, including the Rental Car
Counter/Office Area, the County and the Licensee shall have the following obligations:
a. County shall, at the County’s own expense, keep the structure and exterior of the
Terminal and the interior common areas including utilities and heating, ventilation and air
conditioning systems in good condition and repair.
b. Licensee shall, at Licensee’s own expense, maintain the remainder of its Operating
Area, including the interior of the buildings and any structures or facilities used by Licensee, in
good repair in a picked-up, neat, orderly and safe condition and in accordance with first-class
maintenance practices and in common with other users of Licensee’s classification. The Airport
Director shall be the sole judge of the quality of the maintenance.
6.4.2 Ready/Return Parking Area
With respect to the maintenance and repair of the Ready/Return Parking Area, the County
and the Licensee shall have the following obligations:
a. County shall, at the County’s own expense, keep the pavement, pavement
markings, lighting, landscaping, and sidewalks in good condition and repair.
b. Licensee shall, at Licensee’s own expense, maintain all signage in good condition
and repair. Licensee shall promptly remove all rubbish, debris, or waste materials from the
Ready/Return Parking Area. The Airport Director shall be the sole judge of the quality of the
maintenance.
6.4.3 Rental Car Storage and Service Facility Area
The entire cost of operation, management, maintenance, care and any necessary repair or
replacement of the Service Facility or its equipment shall be borne jointly by Licensees. The
Service Facility shall be kept in good order and Licensees shall make all necessary repairs and
replacements thereof promptly and in a good workmanlike manner. No rubbish, debris, or waste
materials shall remain on any part of the Service Facility or be disposed of improperly. The
Licensee with the largest market share shall be the primary point of contact and responsible for
disseminating information and coordinating with the other Licensees regarding any necessary
repair or replacement of the Service Facility or its equipment.
Licensees agree to (1) share in the costs of operation and maintenance of the Service
Facility based on each Company's proportionate share of total transactions during the previous
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Agreement Year and (2) share in the costs of repair and replacement of the Service Facility based
on each Company's proportionate share of total transactions during the previous Agreement Year.
6.4.4 Special Conditions Regarding Fuel Facility
The Fuel Facility shall be used only for the purpose of dispensing fuel to automobiles
authorized by a current or successor Agreement to be stored on and rented from the Airport. No
fuel from the Fuel Facility shall be sold, bartered, exchanged, or otherwise dispensed to anyone
other than an authorized On-Airport rental Car Company.
In the maintenance and operation of the Fuel Facility, the Licensees shall pay all tank fees
and otherwise strictly comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and guidelines, including
Sections 8.-20.5-101 et seq. C.R.S. as they now exist and may hereafter be amended. Licensees
shall maintain the Fuel Facility free of contamination and shall remove and properly and legally
dispose of all contaminated material provided, however, that Licensee shall not be liable for such
contamination or removal if not placed in, on or under the Fuel Facility directly by Licensee, its
employees, agents, officials, agents, representatives, and guests.
Licensees shall, at their expense, take such actions and make such modifications, repairs,
and improvements on or to the Fuel Facility as may be necessary to comply with laws or
regulations then in effect, and to qualify the Fuel Facility for federal and state sponsored insurance
or indemnity coverage. To the extent that state or federal insurance coverage is not available, and
to the extent of any deductible of such coverage, Licensees shall insure the Fuel Facility and its
operation thereof against damages for personal injury or property damage to the limits specified
in this Agreement.
6.4.5 Duty to Maintain Operating Area
Except for the maintenance or repair obligations assigned to the County, or another express
provision of this Agreement, Licensee shall always maintain its Operating Area in good repair,
clean, and orderly.
6.4.6 Quality
All maintenance and repairs to Licensee’s Operating Area shall be of first-class quality in
both materials and workmanship, and shall comply with all applicable federal, state, and local
laws, rules, and codes.
6.4.7 Remedies
If Licensee fails to undertake maintenance, repairs, or replacements required under this
Agreement, the Airport Director may give Licensee written notice of the failure. If Licensee fails
to undertake the maintenance, repairs, or replacements described in the notice within a time that is
reasonable under the circumstances, but in no event longer than 30 calendar days after receiving
the notice, the County may perform the work and recover the cost of performance from Licensee.
The cost of the County’s performance shall include direct costs, overhead, and an administrative
fee equal to thirty percent (30%) of costs, expenses, and overhead. The County's remedy under
this subsection is in addition to any other remedies the County may have under this Agreement or
otherwise. If Licensee's failure to undertake maintenance, repairs, or replacements is a material
breach of this Agreement, the County’s exercise of its remedy under this subsection shall not
preclude the County from exercising remedies for Licensee's default.
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6.5 Janitorial Costs
Licensee shall at all times at its expense, keep its Operating Area, including all of the
improvements installed by it, together with all of its fixtures, equipment, and personal property
therein clean from all trash and other debris and in an orderly condition and appearance and shall
keep the areas immediately adjacent to its Operating Area and to the exits and entrances to the
Operating Areas clean and free of obstructions.
Licensee shall be responsible for providing janitorial services in the Rental Car
Counter/Office Area. After written notice of a violation and failure of the Licensee to meet
compliance with this section, the County’s associated cost of any janitorial services and/or clean-
up will be billed to the Licensee.
6.6 Utilities
County shall, at no additional cost to Licensee, provide electrical service, common heat,
trash removal from areas open to the public, lighting and ventilation in connection with the
Licensee’s Rental Car Counter/Office Area. All other utility services and charges, including
telephones, shall be provided by Licensee at its own cost. Licensee shall permit no liens or claims
against its Operating Area arising from unpaid or disputed utility bills and hereby does indemnify
the County from costs or liabilities arising therefrom. If, during this License term, the County is
required to increase its water, sewer, gas, or electrical service and such increase requires a capital
contribution from the Airport, Licensee, if it consumes the increased utility, agrees to pay a pro-
rated, reasonably-amortized portion of said increase, which amount will be set by agreement or
binding arbitration before the Pitkin County Hearing Officer.
6.7 Trash and Refuse
Licensee shall provide for the neat and sanitary handling of all trash and other refuse
generated as a result of Licensee's rental car business and its use and occupancy of its Operating
Area. Licensee shall provide and use suitable covered fireproof receptacles for all trash and other
refuse. Licensee shall not permit boxes, cartons, barrels, pallets, or other similar items to be piled
or stored in view of a public area. Licensee shall maintain all portions of its Operating Area in a
safe clean, neat, and orderly condition and not allow any accumulation of rubbish, trash, or other
waste materials in or about its Operating Area. Failure to always latch and lock trash and recycling
receptacles when not in use will be considered an infraction and will be dealt with according to
the Disincentive Fees outline in Section 4.6.14. If Licensee allows dust or debris to be generated
or accumulated in the Operating Area to the extent they may be blown about within the Operating
Area or blown from the Operating Area to other parts of the Airport, Licensee shall pay to the
County $50 in the first instance in an Agreement Year, $150 in the second instance, and $500 in
each instance thereafter in the same Agreement Year. In addition, Licensee shall reimburse the
County for any costs incurred by the County to remove or suppress the dust or debris.
6.8 Hazard, Potential Hazard, Nuisance, or Annoyance
Licensee shall correct any hazardous or potentially hazardous condition, nuisance, or
annoyance caused by Licensee in its Operating Area immediately upon receipt of oral or written
notice from the Airport Director, or his designee. The Airport Director, or designee, may order the
closure of the Licensee’s Operating Area until the corrective action is complete. Licensee shall
maintain adequate emergency spill equipment and absorbent material commensurate with the
quantity and materials used in day-to-day operations to practically as possible remediate any
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negligent spill of hazardous, toxic, or environmentally threatening on site substances. The Licensee
shall follow applicable environmental regulations along with the County prepared and maintained
Storm Water Pollution and Prevention Plan (SWPPP) and Spill Prevention and Control and
Countermeasure (SPCC) plan documents. Licensee shall be responsible for training its employees
on all applicable environmental regulations along with the SWPPP and SPCC plan and maintain
and coordinate emergency contact information with the County’s Public Safety Department
Communication Center, in case of emergencies.
6.9 Snow Removal
Licensee shall at Licensee’s own expense, remove snow from all portions of its Operating
Area, including the removal of snow on, under, and around parked vehicles, the buildings,
walkways, and other portions of its Operating Area in accordance with the Airport Snow Removal
Plan. County, at its sole discretion, may assist with snow removal from Licensee’s Operating Area;
provided, that County shall not be required to move or relocate parked vehicles to accomplish such
snow removal. The Airport Director shall authorize the County to assist with snow removal from
Licensee’s Operating Area.
6.10 Security
The County provides law enforcement for the Airport. Licensee may provide whatever
additional security it may wish at its own cost, provided that the additional security is subject to
approval by the Airport Director. Security provided by Licensee shall be subject to the authority
of the County Sherriff and shall in no way hinder or interfere with the duties of those officers.
6.11 Deliveries
All rental car fleet vehicle deliveries and transfers by Licensee at the Airport will be in a
manner and location approved by Airport Director in writing. Unless otherwise approved by the
Airport Director, all vehicle deliveries and vehicle removals will only occur in the Rental Car
Storage and Service Facility Area. Costs to repair access road and driveway damages due to a
Licensee’s delivery of fleet vehicles, or other airport facilities, shall be reimbursed to the County
by the specific Licensee who is requiring such delivery.
7. DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES
49 USC 47104(e) and 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 23 require the County
to ensure nondiscrimination in the provision of opportunities for disadvantaged business
enterprises at the Airport. It is the policy of the County and the FAA that airport concession
disadvantage business enterprises (ACDBE) shall have the maximum opportunity to participate in
any activity, service or facility at the Airport under agreement, lease, contract with or franchise
from the County. Licensee shall agree to make good faith efforts to ensure that business concerns
owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals as defined in the
U.S. Department of Transportation's regulations, 49 CFR Part 23 and 26, as amended, participate
in at least 2.6% of the activity, service or facility provided by a Licensee during the entire term of
this Agreement by means of a joint venture, partnership, franchise or any other legal arrangement
that results in bona fide ownership and control of the activity, service or facility. Licensee shall
further agree to confirm that those socially and economically disadvantaged individuals as defined
in the U.S. Department of Transportation's regulations, 49 CFR Part 23 and 26, as amended,
selected by Licensee are properly registered and certified ACDBE.
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If the Licensee is unable to achieve this goal under joint venture, partnership, franchise or
similar legal arrangement, the Licensee shall seek to obtain the required DBE participation by
other means, such as the purchase of goods, services, supplies and/or products from certified
ACDBE vendors. In the event that the Licensee qualifies as a certified ACDBE, the agreement
goal shall be deemed to have been met.
Within ninety (90) days after the end of every calendar year, and at the expiration of the
License term and prior to the assignment of Licensee's rights hereunder, Licensee shall provide
the County with the following information related to the previous calendar year: the name and
address of each certified ACDBE with which they have done business during the past year, a
description of the nature of the services performed by and/or items purchased from each firm
named, and the dollar value of each transaction. If Licensee fails to achieve the 2.6% goal stated
herein for the purchase of goods and services, it will be required to provide documentation
demonstrating that it made good efforts in attempting to do so.
8. RIGHT TO ENTER
The County shall have the right to enter Licensee's Operating Area to:
(a) Inspect, at reasonable times during Licensee's regular business hours, or at any time
in case of emergency, to determine whether Licensee is in compliance with the provisions of this
Agreement;
(b) Perform any of Licensee's obligations under this Agreement that Licensee has
failed to perform after reasonable notice to do so, including but not limited to maintenance, repairs,
and replacements in Licensee's Operating Area. The County may recover the cost of non-
performance from Licensee;
(c) Exercise County's police power; and
(d) Respond as appropriate to any emergency.
9. COUNTY OBLIGATIONS
9.1 Warranty on Rights of Use
The County warrants that it is the owner of the Licensee’s Operating Area and has the right
to grant the rights to use the Licensee’s Operating Area under the terms of this Agreement.
Provided that Licensee performs all of its obligations under this Agreement, and except as
otherwise provided by this Agreement, Licensee's rights under this Agreement will not be
disturbed by the County or the County's employees, contractors, or agents.
9.2 Construction Disruption
The County shall attempt to minimize but has no responsibility for disruptions of
Licensee’s operations or temporary interruptions of Licensee’s use of any part of its Operating
Area due to construction activities by the County or the County’s contractors.
10. INDEMNITY, INSURANCE, FINANCIAL SECURITY, AND
ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS
10.1 Indemnity
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10.1.1 Duty to Indemnify
Licensee (including, by definition here and hereinafter, its officials, employees, agents and
representatives, sub, Licensees and suppliers), shall and hereby does release, discharge, indemnify
and hold harmless the County of Pitkin and its officials, employees, agents and representatives
from and against liability for any claim, demand, loss, damages, penalty, judgment, expenses, costs
(including costs of investigation and defense), fees (including reasonable attorney and expert
witness fees) or compensation in any form or kind whatsoever for any bodily injury, death,
personal injury, or property damage arising out of or in connection with any negligent act,
intentional act, error or omission by the Licensee, and for any consequential liability alleged to
accrue against the County on account of the Licensee's acts, errors or omissions; provided,
however, that such indemnity shall not be construed as an indemnity for death, personal injury,
bodily injury, or property damage arising from the sole negligence of the County or its employees.
The Licensee further shall investigate, process, respond to, adjust, provide defense for and
defend, pay or settle all claims, demands, or lawsuits related hereto at its sole expense and shall
bear all other costs and expenses related thereto, even if the claim, demand or lawsuit is groundless,
false or fraudulent.
The obligation to indemnify shall be effective and shall extend to all such claims and losses,
in their entirety, even when such claims or losses arise from the comparative negligence of the
County, its officers, agents, and employees. Licensee shall indemnify and hold the County
harmless from and against any hazardous materials or environmental requirements, damages or
claims. However, this indemnity will not extend to any claims or losses arising out of the sole
negligence or willful misconduct of the County, its officers, agents, and employees to the furthest
extent allowable under applicable law.
It is the intent of the parties to provide the County the fullest indemnification, defense, and
hold harmless rights allowed under the law. If any word(s) contained herein are deemed by a court
to be in contravention of applicable law, said word(s) shall be severed from this Agreement and
the remaining language shall be given full force and effect.
10.1.2 Environmental Indemnity
Without in any way limiting the generality of any general indemnity required under this
Agreement, Licensee shall be solely responsible for and agrees to defend (using legal counsel
acceptable to the County), indemnify and hold harmless the County from and against all
Environmental Costs claimed against or assessed against the County or incurred by the County
arising, in whole or in part, directly or vicariously, from acts or omissions of Licensee, its agents,
employees, or independent contractors at or about the Licensee’s Operating Area after the
Effective Date of this Agreement or earlier if caused by Licensee. To the furthest extent allowable
under applicable law, this indemnification shall require Licensee to reimburse the County for any
diminution in value of its Operating Area or other adjacent or nearby County property, caused by
Hazardous Substances arising out of or caused by, in whole or in part, directly or vicariously, from
acts or omissions from Licensee's use of the its Operating Area, including damages for the loss or
restriction on use of rentable or usable space or of any amenity of the Licensee’s Operating Area,
or any other County property, including damages arising from any adverse impact on marketing
of space in or near the Licensee’s Operating Area, including other County property, including lost
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revenues. Licensee's obligations shall not apply if the Hazardous Substances were deposited on its
Operating Area by the County or the County's agents, or any other person or entity other than
Licensee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Licensee shall not be responsible for, and does not
indemnify the County for, environmental damage or a violation of any Environmental Law on the
Licensee’s Operating Area due to the County’s sole negligence.
10.1.3 Scope of Duty
The claims, damages, suits, actions, liabilities, and expenses encompassed by Licensee's
duty to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless under this subsection shall include without limitation
civil and criminal fines or penalties, natural resource damages, response costs, health study costs,
and remediation costs imposed by a governmental agency or as the result of a citizen's suit brought
under a federal, state, or local environmental law.
10.2 Insurance
10.2.1 Insurance Requirements
Licensee shall procure and maintain for the duration of this Agreement, insurance against
claims for injury to persons or damage to property which may arise from or in connection with this
Agreement. The insurance requirements herein are minimum requirements for this Agreement and
in no way limit the indemnity covenants contained in this Agreement. The County in no way
warrants that the minimum limits contained herein are sufficient to protect the Licensee from
liabilities that might arise out of this Agreement. Licensee is free to purchase such additional
insurance as Licensee determines necessary.
10.2.2 Minimum Scope and Limits of Insurance
Licensee shall provide coverage with limits of liability not less than those stated below. An
excess liability policy or umbrella liability policy may be used to meet the minimum liability
requirements provided that the coverage is written on a “following form” basis.
1.Commercial General Liability – Occurrence Form
Policy shall include bodily injury, property damage and liability assumed under an Insured
Contract including defense costs.
(a) The policy shall be endorsed to include the following additional insured language:
"The County, its elected officials, trustees, employees, agents, and volunteers shall be named as
additional insureds with respect to liability arising out of the activities performed by, or on behalf
of the Licensee".
(b) A Waiver of Subrogation shall apply in favor of the County, its subsidiary, parent,
associated and/or affiliated entities, successors, or assigns, its elected officials, trustees,
employees, agents, and volunteers.
Minimum Limits:
General Aggregate $ 5,000,000
Products/Completed Operations Aggregate $ 5,000,000
Each Occurrence Limit $ 2,000,000
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Personal/Advertising Injury $ 2,000,000
Fire Damage Expense $ 2,000,000
Premises Medical Expense (Each Person)$ 10,000
2.Automobile Liability
Bodily Injury and Property Damage for any owned, hired, and non-owned vehicles.
Minimum Limits:
Bodily Injury/Property Damage (Each Accident)$ 1,000,000
3.Property Insurance
Policy shall include the following:
(a) Property insurance shall be written on a Covered Cause of Loss-Special Form,
replacement cost coverage, including coverage for flood and earth movement for Licensee’s
improvements and betterments.
(b) The County shall be named as a loss payee on property coverage for tenant
improvements and betterments.
(c) If property coverage on the building is required, "the County shall be named as an
Additional Insured-Owner/ loss payee".
(d) A waiver of subrogation applies in favor of the County for any Lessor Property.
Coverage for Licensee’s Tenant Improvements,
Fixtures
100% replacement cost
Coverage on Building (required if Licensee is
sole occupant)
100% replacement cost
Coverage for Loss of Rents:Amount equal to all
Minimum Annual Rent and
other sums payable under
this Agreement.
4.Business Interruption Insurance
Licensee shall insure that the Base Rent will be paid to County for a period of at least one
(1) year if Licensee is unable to operate its business at the Airport. Said insurance shall
also cover business interruptions due to failures or interruptions in telecommunications
services, strikes, employee lockouts, riots, or other civil commotion. To calculate Base
Rent during any such interruption of business, the Gross Revenue for the 12-month period
immediately preceding the incident causing the business interruption shall be used.
5.Worker's Compensation and Employers' Liability
Minimum Limits:
Coverage A (Workers’ Compensation)Statutory
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Coverage B (Employers Liability)$100,000/each accident
$100,000/Disease – each employee
$500,000/Disease – Policy Limit
10.2.3 Additional Insured Requirements
The policies shall include, or be endorsed to include the following provisions:
On insurance policies where the County is named as an additional insured, the
County shall be an additional insured to the full limits of liability purchased by the
Licensee even if those limits of liability are in excess of those required by this
Agreement.
10.2.4 Notice of Cancellation
Each insurance policy required by the insurance provisions of this Agreement shall provide
the required coverage and shall not be suspended, voided, or canceled except after thirty (30) days
prior written notice has been given to the County, except when cancellation is for non-payment of
premium, then ten (10) days prior notice may be given. Such notice shall be sent directly to: Pitkin
County Attorney, 530 E. Main Street, Suite 301, Aspen, CO 81611 with duplicate copy to:
Airport Director, Aspen/Pitkin County Airport, 0233 E. Airport Road -- Suite A, Aspen, CO
81611. If any insurance company refuses to provide the require notice, the Licensee or its insurance
broker shall notify the County of any cancellation, suspension, non-renewal of any insurance
within seven (7) days of receipt of insurers’ notification to that effect.
10.2.5 Acceptability of Insurers
Insurance is to be placed with insurers duly licensed or authorized to do business in the
state of Colorado and with an “A.M. Best” rating of not less than A- VII. The County in no way
warrants that the above-required minimum insurer rating is sufficient to protect the Licensee from
potential insurer insolvency.
10.2.6 Verification of Coverage
Licensee shall furnish the County with certificates of insurance (ACORD form or
equivalent approved by the County) as required by this Agreement. The certificates for each
insurance policy are to be signed by a person authorized by that insurer to bind coverage on its
behalf.
All certificates and any required endorsements are to be received and approved by the
County before this Agreement commences. Each insurance policy required by this Agreement
must be in effect at or prior to commencement of this Agreement and remain in effect for the
duration of this Agreement. Failure to maintain the insurance policies as required by this
Agreement or to provide evidence of renewal is a material breach of contract.
All certificates required by this Agreement shall be sent directly to: Airport Director,
Aspen/Pitkin County Airport, 0233 E. Airport Road -- Suite A, Aspen, CO 81611. The
Airport, Agreement number, and location description are to be noted on the certificate of insurance.
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10.2.7 Approval
Any modification or variation from the insurance requirements in this Agreement shall be
made by Risk Management or County Attorney, whose decision shall be final. Such action will
not require a formal Agreement amendment, but may be made by administrative action.
10.2.8 Other Requirements
(a) All insurers must be licensed or approved to do business within the State of
Colorado, and unless otherwise specified, all policies must be written on a per occurrence basis.
(b) The Licensee shall provide the County a Certificate of Insurance evidencing all
required coverages, before commencing work or entering the Airport. A sample of a completed
Certificate of Insurance is attached as Exhibit D.
(c) The Licensee shall name the County, its subsidiary, parent, associated and/or
affiliated entities, successors, or assigns; its elected officials, trustees, employees, agents, and
volunteers as “Additional Insureds” for work that is being performed by the Licensee.
(d) Upon request by the County, Licensee must provide a copy of a Certificate of
Insurance required by the Agreement.
(e) The County requires that all policies of insurance be written on a primary basis,
non-contributory with any other insurance coverages and/or self-insurance carried by the County.
(f) The Licensee shall advise the County in the event any general aggregate or other
aggregate limits are reduced below the required per occurrence limit. At their own expense, the
Licensee will reinstate the aggregate limits to comply with the minimum requirements and shall
furnish the County with a new certificate of insurance showing such coverage is in force.
(g) Certificates of insurance shall state that on the policies that the County is required
to be named as an Additional Insured, the insurance carrier shall provide a minimum of 30 days
advance written notice to the County for cancellation, non-renewal, or material changes to policies
required under the Agreement. On all other policies it is the Licensee’s responsibility to give the
County 30-day’s notice if policies are reduced in coverage or limits, cancelled or non-renewed.
However, in those situations where the insurance carrier refuses to provide notice to County, the
Licensee shall notify County of any cancellation, or reduction in coverage or limits of any
insurance within seven (7) days or receipt of insurer’s notification to that effect.
(h) The Licensee agrees that the insurance requirements specified in the Agreement do
not reduce the liability Licensee has assumed in the indemnification/hold harmless section of the
Contract.
(i) Failure of the Licensee to fully comply with these requirements during the term of
the Agreement may be considered a material breach of contract and may be cause for immediate
termination of the Agreement at the option of the County. The County reserves the right to
negotiate additional specific insurance requirements at the time of the contract award.
10.3 Environmental Requirements
10.3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions shall apply:
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(a) "Environmental Laws" shall be interpreted in the broadest sense to include any and
all federal, state, and local statutes, regulations, rules, permit terms, codes, and ordinances now or
hereafter in effect, as the same may be amended from time to time, and applicable decisional law,
which in any way govern materials, substances, regulated wastes, emissions, pollutants, animals
or plants, noise, or products and/or relate to the protection of health, natural resources, safety or
the environment.
(b) "Hazardous Substances" shall be interpreted in the broadest sense to include any
and all substances, emissions, pollutants, materials, or products defined or designated as
hazardous, toxic, radioactive, dangerous or regulated wastes or materials or any other similar term
in or under any Environmental Laws. “Hazardous Substances” shall also include, but not be limited
to, fuels, petroleum, and petroleum derived products.
(c) "Environmental Costs" shall be interpreted in the broadest sense to include, but not
be limited to costs and damages arising from or relating to: (i) any actual or claimed violation of
or noncompliance with any Environmental Law; (ii) claims for damages, response costs, fines,
fees, or other relief relating to matters addressed in any Environmental Law; (iii) injunctive relief
relating to matters addressed in any Environmental Law; (iv) Hazardous Substances; and (v)
violations of any environmental provisions of this Agreement. Costs and damages as used in this
subsection shall include but not be limited to: (a) costs of evaluation, testing, analysis, clean-up,
remediation, removal, disposal, monitoring and maintenance; (b) costs of reporting to or
negotiating with any government agency; (c) fees of attorneys, engineers, consultants, and experts,
whether or not taxable as costs, incurred at, before or after trial, appeal or administrative
proceedings; (d) lost revenue; and (e) diminution of value, loss, or restriction on use of property.
(d) "Hazardous Substance Release" shall be interpreted in the broadest sense to include
the spilling, discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, emitting, releasing, leaking or placing of any
Hazardous Substance into the air or into or on any land or waters, except as authorized by a then
current permit issued under applicable Environmental Laws.
10.3.2 General Environmental Obligation
Licensee shall manage and conduct all of its activities, and the activities of its employees,
agents, contractors, and invitees, on or relating to its Operating Area (i) in compliance with all
Environmental Laws and the Environmental provision of this Agreement, (ii) in a manner designed
to protect the environment, (iii) in cooperation with the County in the County’s efforts to comply
with all Environmental Laws, and (iv) in adherence with best management practices of Licensee’s
industry and activities. As used herein, “Best Management Practices” shall mean those
environmental or operational standards applicable to a particular business or industry group as a
matter of common and accepted practice or as articulated by all or some of the following: Trade
associations or professional associations for the particular business or industry group; the business
or industry group’s own standard operating procedures; and those Best Management Practices
specifically defined or identified for a particular business operation or industry group by regulatory
agency guidelines. Licensee shall be responsible for ascertaining which Environmental Laws
govern its activities on or relating to its Operating Area and shall be responsible for maintaining a
current understanding of such Environmental Laws throughout the Term. Licensee shall manage
and, as appropriate, secure its Operating Area and its occupation or use of the same so as to prevent
any violation of Environmental Law by Licensee, its employees, agents, contractors, vendors and
invitees on or relating to its Operating Area.
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Licensee acknowledges the County has approved Resolution No. 074-2017 Pitkin County
Climate Action Plan and Licensee shall promote the availability of environmentally friendly
vehicles to customers when they rent at the Airport. Licensee shall make good faith effort to
include green vehicles (hybrid; hybrid electric; or other fuel-efficient vehicles) in their on-airport
vehicle fleet. Within ninety (90) days after the end of every calendar year, and at the expiration of
the License term and prior to any assignment of Licensee's rights hereunder, Licensee shall provide
the County with the percent of green vehicles operated in Licensee’s fleet in the previous calendar
year. If Licensee fails to demonstrate the use of green vehicles as stated herein, it will be required
to provide documentation demonstrating that it made good efforts in attempting to do so.
Additionally, when commercially practicable and reasonable, Licensee shall strive to participate
in future environmental and climate discussions with both the Airport and the Board of County
Commissioners in an effort to assist them in preserving a flourishing environment both locally and
nationally.
10.3.3 Storage Tanks
No underground or above ground tanks for the storage of Hazardous Substances shall be
installed or operated on the Operating Area, except with the prior written consent of the County,
which consent may be withheld or conditioned in the County's sole discretion.
10.4 Environmental Audits
10.4.1 Special Audit.
If the County, at any time during the term of this Agreement or any extension thereof, has
reason to suspect that Hazardous Substances are being or have been used, handled, stored,
generated, created, disposed, placed and/or transported contrary to the requirements of this
Agreement, in violation of Environmental Laws, or in any manner that has resulted, or is likely to
result, in a Hazardous Substance Release, the County may, without limiting its other rights and
remedies, require Licensee to conduct, and furnish to the County, at Licensee's sole expense, an
environmental audit of the Rental Car Storage and Service Facility Area and/or Ready Return
Parking Area with respect to the environmental matters of concern to the County (each, a "Special
Audit"). If a Special Audit finds no Hazardous Substance Release, no violation of the
environmental provisions of this Agreement and no violation of Environmental Laws, the County
shall reimburse Licensee for the reasonable costs paid by Licensee for such Special Audit.
10.4.2 Exit Audit.
Licensee shall conduct an exit environmental audit (the "Exit Audit") of its Operating Area
to determine (i) its environmental condition, (ii) whether any Hazardous Substance Release has
occurred or exists on or about its Operating Area, and (iii) whether there have been any violations
of Environmental Laws or the environmental provisions of this Agreement. The Exit Audit shall
be performed not more than sixty (60) days prior to the scheduled expiration or termination date
of this Agreement. Licensee shall provide to the County a written update to the Exit Audit, as of
the last day of the Agreement Term, within thirty (30) days of the actual termination of this
Agreement. In the event this Agreement expires or terminates unexpectedly for any reason,
Licensee shall cause the Exit Audit to be completed within sixty (60) days of the actual termination
date of this Agreement.
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10.4.3 Audit Requirements.
The scope and procedures of any audit required by this Agreement shall be determined
solely by the County. Such audits shall (i) include an analysis of Licensee’s operations on the
Rental Car Storage and Service Facility Area and Ready/Return Parking Area and (ii) be no less
comprehensive in scope or procedures than those typical, at the time of such audit, of comparable
purpose audits of similarly situated properties with comparable uses and operations. If any audit
performed under this Agreement recommends additional testing or analysis or recommends an
additional audit (the “Additional Testing”), then, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the County
and Licensee, Licensee shall perform and pay for the Additional Testing and the records and results
of such Additional Testing shall be considered a part of the underlying audit that triggered the need
for the Additional Testing. If additional testing does not disclose any Hazardous Substance
Release, the reasonable cost of the additional testing shall be paid for by the County. The County
shall have the right to approve the company or individual conducting any audits performed
pursuant to this Agreement. The County and Licensee shall each receive a signed copy of any
environmental audit report prepared pursuant to this Agreement.
10.5 Environmental Inspection
The County reserves the right, at any time, and from time to time, after notice to Licensee,
to inspect the Rental Car Storage and Service Facility Area and Ready/ Return Parking Area and
Licensee’s operations on and use of the Rental Car Storage and Service Facility Area and Ready/
Return Parking Area: (i) for the presence of and/or Licensee's management of Hazardous
Substances; (ii) for compliance with Environmental Laws or the environmental provisions of this
Agreement and (iii) to facilitate the County’s environmental management, permitting and analysis
related to the Operating Area or any other property of the County.
10.6 Licensee’s Liability
10.6.1 Hazardous Substance Releases.
Licensee shall be liable for any Hazardous Substance Release which occurs during the
Agreement Term on the Operating Area arising out of or caused by, in whole or in part, directly
or indirectly, from acts or omissions from Licensee's use of the Operating Area. Licensee shall
also be liable for any Hazardous Substance Release on the Operating Area or on the Airport or in
the air or in adjacent or nearby waterways (including groundwater) as a result of or in connection
with Licensee’s occupancy or use of the Operating Area which occurs during the Agreement Term
or which occurs or continues after the Agreement Term.
10.6.2 Licensee’s Liability for Environmental Costs.
Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, Licensee shall be liable for all
Environmental Costs arising under this Agreement. Any Environmental Cost for which Licensee
is obligated under this Agreement shall be paid by Licensee on or before the date such
Environmental Costs are due. Any Environmental Cost incurred by, paid by or assessed against
the County, for which Licensee is responsible under this Agreement, shall be paid by Licensee
within thirty (30) days after the date of written notice or invoice from the County, together with
interest at the rate of 1.5 percent per month from the date the expense was incurred by the County.
The County shall promptly notify Licensee of any Environmental Costs for which Licensee is
liable. If the County negligently fails to promptly notify Licensee of an Environmental Cost for
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which Licensee is liable, and if Licensee does not have actual knowledge of the Environmental
Cost, Licensee’s obligation to pay interest shall be excused for that part of the delay beyond the
date the Environmental Cost is incurred, paid or assessed attributable to the County’s negligence.
10.6.3 Limitation of Licensee’s Liability.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided in this Agreement, Licensee shall have
no liability for Hazardous Substances or Hazardous Substance Releases, or Environmental Costs
arising therefrom, that (i) existed on the Operating Area prior to the Effective Date of this
Agreement (except if caused by Licensee or Licensee's agents, employees or contractors), (ii) were
caused by the County or the agents, employees or contractors of the County (or other party other
than Licensee, its agents, employees, contractors, vendors or invitees) after the Effective Date of
this Agreement, or (iii) is the result of a Hazardous Substance Release occurring on property other
than the Operating Area which has migrated to the Operating Area through no fault of the Licensee,
its employees, agents, contractors or invitees and the Hazardous Substance Release has not been
worsened by any action of the Licensee, its employees, agents, contractors or invitees.
10.7 Environmental Remediation
10.7.1 Releases and Violations.
In the event of a violation of an Environmental Law, a violation of an environmental
provision of this Agreement, or a Hazardous Substance Release or the threat of or reasonable
suspicion of the same for which Licensee is responsible under this Agreement, Licensee shall
immediately undertake all acts necessary or appropriate to cure or correct the violation or
investigate, contain and stop the Hazardous Substance Release.
10.7.2 Remediation and Removal.
Licensee shall promptly undertake all remedial and/or removal actions necessary or
appropriate to ensure that any Hazardous Substance Release is eliminated and that any violation
of any Environmental Law or environmental provision of this Agreement is cured or corrected.
Licensee shall remove, at Licensee's sole expense, all Hazardous Substances for which Licensee
is liable under this Agreement or under any Environmental Law and shall restore its Operating
Area or other affected property or water to its baseline condition as established in the Baseline
Audit. In the event that any remediation or removal required by this Agreement cannot reasonably
be completed prior to the termination or expiration of this Agreement, Licensee shall not be in
default of its remediation obligations so long as Licensee immediately commences all
investigation, containment, remediation and removal activities within thirty (30) days (or sooner
if required by Environmental Laws) and diligently and continuously pursues such activities until
completion.
10.7.3 Report to the County.
Within thirty (30) days following completion of any investigatory, containment,
remediation, and/or removal action required by this Agreement, Licensee shall provide the County
with a written report outlining in detail what has been done and the results thereof.
10.7.4 The County’s Right to Approve.
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The County shall have the right to approve or disapprove all investigatory, containment,
remediation, and removal procedures and the company(ies) and/or individuals conducting such
procedures which are required by this Agreement or by any Environmental Laws whether on the
Operating Area or any affected property or water. Licensee shall not initiate any risk assessment-
based remediation or closure without the prior written consent of the County, which consent may
be withheld or conditioned in the County's sole discretion. The County will have the right to require
Licensee to request oversight from the Colorado Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”)
of any investigatory, containment, remediation and removal activities and/or require Licensee to
seek a statement from DEQ of No Further Action.
10.8 Notice to the County
Licensee shall promptly notify the County upon becoming aware of (i) a violation or
alleged violation of any Environmental Law related to the Operating Area or to Licensee’s
occupation or use of the Operating Area or any environmental provision of this Agreement, (ii)
any Hazardous Substance Release on, under or adjacent to the Operating Area or threat of or
reasonable suspicion of any of the same, (iii) any notice or communication from a governmental
agency or any other person directed to Licensee relating to any Hazardous Substance Release or
any violation or alleged violation of any Environmental Laws which relate to the Operating Area
or to Licensee’s occupation or use of the Operating Area, and (iv) any Hazardous Substance
Release or violation of Environmental Law discovered by Licensee on property or in the air or
water adjacent to the Operating Area.
10.9 Licensee’s Documentation of Environmental Conduct
10.9.1 Annual Certification.
If requested in writing by the County, Licensee shall provide on or before each anniversary
of the Effective Date of this Agreement, a written statement, certified by Licensee as true and
complete to the best of Licensee’s knowledge, that during the preceding year with respect to the
Operating Area and Licensee’s occupation and use of the Operating Area: (i) Licensee has
complied with applicable Environmental Law; (ii) Licensee has not received any notice from any
government agency regarding a violation of any Environmental Law; and (iii) Licensee has
obtained and has in force all permits required under all Environmental Laws. If Licensee is unable
to provide such certification at the time requested by the County, then Licensee shall provide the
County with a written statement of the steps Licensee is taking to enable it to provide a certification
of compliance. Upon the County’s written request, Licensee shall provide to the County a copy of
any permit or notice described in this subsection.
10.9.2 Record Keeping.
Licensee shall maintain for the duration of the Agreement term or for a period as required
by Environmental Laws, whichever is greater, for periodic inspection by the County, and deliver
to the County, at the County’s request, true and correct copies of all records required to be
maintained pursuant to any Environmental Laws related to the Operating Area or to Licensee’s
occupation or use of the Operating Area. Such records shall include, but not be limited to, Material
Safety Data Sheets ("MSDS"), for all Hazardous Substances used or stored on the Operating Area.
MSDS information shall be kept current and, in a place, known to and accessible to the County.
10.10 The County’s Right to Perform
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In the event Licensee fails to perform any of its obligations under this section or any
Environmental Laws, the County shall have the right, upon giving Licensee ten (10) business days
written notice, except no prior notice shall be required in the event of an emergency, to perform
such obligations and charge Licensee all resulting Environmental Costs. The County may not
commence performance on behalf of Licensee under this section, if during the ten (10) business
day period, Licensee promptly begins and diligently pursues to completion the performance of the
obligations set forth in the County's notice. In the event the County determines that an emergency
exists, and Licensee is unavailable, unwilling or unable to take immediate and appropriate action,
the County may take whatever immediate action it deems necessary and charge Licensee the
resulting Environmental Cost.
10.11 Survival of Obligations
Licensee’s obligations herein shall survive any termination of this Agreement or Licensee’s
activities at the Airport.
11. THE COUNTY'S RIGHT TO IMPROVE AIRPORT
County reserves the right to further plan, develop, improve, remodel and/or reconfigure the
Airport, including the Operating Area and existing vehicle and pedestrian traffic patterns, as
County deems appropriate without interference or hindrance by the Licensee, and County shall
have no liability hereunder to Licensee by reason of any interruption to Licensee's operations on
the Airport occasioned by such County activities; provided, however, that County shall consult in
advance with Licensee on such changes. Additionally, possibility of terminal and airfield closures
due to construction, security or bad weather might occur. The County will make a good faith effort
to minimize the effects on operations.
12. TITLE TO CAPITAL ADDITIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS
Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, other than for Licensee's default, and
upon reimbursement of Licensee by the successor Licensee in accordance with this Agreement,
title to all Capital Additions, structures, installations, and improvements placed upon the Operating
Area shall automatically vest in the successor Licensee. If there is no successor Licensee, title to
all Capital Additions except underground storage tanks shall vest in the County; title to
underground storage tanks shall remain in Licensee under all circumstances. Nothing in this
section shall be deemed to prevent Licensee from removing its trade fixtures and moveable
equipment and furniture, including but not limited to car wash equipment, maintenance racks, and
counter inserts.
13. DAMAGE TO THE OPERATING AREA
13.1 Repairs
If all or part of the Operating Area is damaged, the County shall repair the Operating Area
at County’s expense, except for any Capital Additions made by Licensee; Licensee shall be
responsible for repairing its Capital Additions at Licensee's own expense. If the waiver of
subrogation does not apply, Licensee shall reimburse the County for the reasonable cost of repairs
to the extent damage to the Operating Area is caused by Licensee or by Licensee’s employees,
agents, contractors, or invitees. If the waiver of subrogation does not apply, the County shall
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reimburse Licensee for the reasonable cost of repairs to the extent Licensee’s Capital Additions
are damaged by the County or its employees.
13.2 Fees During Repairs
If repairs can be completed and the Operating Area made tenable within 30 calendar days
after the damage occurs, Licensee shall continue to pay all fees due during the period of repairs. If
the Operating Area cannot be made tenable within 30 calendar days, or if the parties sooner agree
that the Operating Area cannot be made tenable within 30 days, the fees due under this Agreement
shall be suspended between the date the damage occurred and the date the Operating Area is
returned to tenable condition. If the Operating Area cannot be made tenable within 12 months after
the damage occurred, or if the parties sooner agree that the Operating Area cannot be made tenable
within 12 months, either party may terminate this Agreement upon written notice to the other.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if the damage was caused in part by the
negligence or other fault of Licensee or Licensee's employee, contractor, agent, customer, or
business invitee, the fees due under this Agreement shall not abate sooner than the end of the 12th
month following the occurrence of the damage, and then only if the Agreement is terminated
pursuant to this section.
13.3 Liability for Repair Costs
To the extent the damage was caused by the negligence or other fault of Licensee or
Licensee's employees, contractors, agents, customers, or business invitees, Licensee shall
reimburse the County for the cost of the repairs, subject to any express waiver of subrogation under
this Agreement.
13.4 Limits of County's Obligation to Repair
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the County's obligation to make repairs
under this Article shall be limited to repair of the Operating Area to the extent necessary to return
the Operating Area to its condition prior to the damage and shall not exceed the amount of
insurance proceeds available to the County for repairs. The County shall have no duty to redecorate
or to replace furniture, equipment, or supplies. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
the County may decline to make repairs upon determining that demolition and reconstruction is in
the County's best interest, in which case the County may terminate this Agreement by written
notice to Licensee.
13.5 Damage to Licensee's Capital Additions and Improvements
Licensee shall repair at its own expense, whether covered by insurance or not and
notwithstanding any waiver of subrogation, any of Licensee's Capital Additions or improvements
that may be damaged during the term of this Agreement. If Licensee fails to repair Licensee's
damaged Capital Additions or improvements within 30 days, or a commercially reasonable time,
and the damaged Licensee Capital Additions or improvements interfere with the efficient and
effective provision of rental car services, the County may make the repairs and recover the cost of
the repairs from Licensee, including the County's overhead.
13.6 No Duty to Protect
The County shall have no duty to protect or insure against loss of Licensee's Capital
Additions or improvements or property in the Operating Area by fire or otherwise.
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14. DEFAULT
14.1 Events of Default by County
The County shall be in default under this Agreement if, after reasonable written notice from
Licensee, the County fails without excuse to remedy any of the following occurrences:
(a) The permanent abandonment of the Airport for scheduled certificated airline
service;
(b) The issuance by any court of competent jurisdiction of any injunction preventing
or restraining the use of the Airport for 60 calendar days or more in a manner that substantially
prevents Licensee from conducting the operations authorized by this Agreement;
(c) The exercise by an agency of the United States Government for 90 calendar days
or more of control over the Airport and its facilities in a manner that substantially prevents
Licensee from conducting the operations authorized by this Agreement;
(d) The County’s failure to substantially comply with a material provision of this
Agreement for more than 60 calendar days after written notice of the failure from Licensee.
14.2 Remedies for County's Default
In addition to any other remedies Licensee may have at law or in equity, if the County is
in default under this Agreement, Licensee may terminate this Agreement by written notice to the
County. The County shall not be deemed in default if the County has initiated appropriate remedial
action prior to the notice of termination and diligently pursues that remedial action to completion.
In no event shall Licensee be entitled to recover lost profits or consequential damages from the
County for a default under this Agreement.
14.3 Events of Default by Licensee
Licensee shall be in default under this Agreement if, after 10 calendar days written notice
from the County, Licensee fails to remedy, or to commence remediation if the remedy cannot
reasonably be completed within 10 days, any of the following occurrences:
(a) Licensee's failure to comply with a material provision of this Agreement, including
but not limited to a failure to pay any fee or other amount due under this Agreement within 10
business days after it is due, or any different period expressly provided by this Agreement or by
applicable law; or
(b) To the extent permitted by the United States Bankruptcy Code:
(i) Licensee's insolvency;
(ii) An assignment by Licensee for the benefit of creditors;
(iii) Licensee's filing of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy;
(iv) An adjudication that Licensee is bankrupt;
(v) The appointment of a receiver with respect to Licensee's property, and the
receiver is not discharged within 30 calendar days;
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(vi) The filing of an involuntary petition of bankruptcy and Licensee's failure to
secure a dismissal of the petition within 30 calendar days after filing;
(c) Attachment of or the levying of execution on any interest in this Agreement and
Licensee's failure to secure discharge of the attachment or release of the levy of execution within
10 calendar days;
(d) Licensee becomes a corporation in dissolution or voluntarily or involuntarily
forfeits its corporate charter; or
(e) Licensee's failure to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and
rules, including but not limited to County ordinances and reasonable rules established by the
Airport Director, for more than 30 calendar days after Licensee's receipt of written notice of the
failure, or a reasonable longer period if Licensee promptly undertakes and works diligently toward
effecting a cure of the breach; or
(f) Licensee's failure to timely commence operating a rental car concession in its
Operating Area; or
(g) Licensee's abandonment of rental car concession operations in all or any part of its
Operating Area; or
(h) The creation, maintenance, failure to correct, or sufferance of a dangerous or
hazardous condition on or emanating from its Operating Area; or
(i) Failure to provide and maintain current, all required types and amounts of insurance
and proof thereof; or
(j) Loss or surrender by Licensee of its franchise rights under its national system
license.
(k) Making an assignment, conveyance or transfer of Licensee’s rights and obligations
hereunder without the consent of County; or
(l) Failure to comply with any other obligation under this Agreement.
14.4 Notice of Defaults/Right to Cure
The party aggrieved by an Incident of Default hereunder shall declare a default hereunder
by delivering a written Notice of Default to the other party (and its surety, if applicable), which
Notice shall specify the Incident(s) of Default asserted and a specific cure therefore. After the
effective date of such Notice, the time periods for cure shall be:
(a) Within three (3) business days if the default is maintenance of a hazardous
condition or failure to maintain and/or prove required insurance coverage(s); or
(b) Within ten (10) calendar days if the default is failure to make full and timely
payments hereunder; or
(c) Within twenty (20) calendar days if the default is in the performance of any other
obligation or conditions to be performed under the provisions of this Agreement.
If, in the discretion of the aggrieved party, the cure required cannot reasonably be
completed within the foregoing time periods and the cure is promptly undertaken by the defaulting
party and diligently prosecuted, the aggrieved party will, upon request and proof of these
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mitigating circumstances, extend the period to cure by a reasonable time. In the event of multiple
Incidents of Default, the cure periods above shall be concurrent, not consecutive.
14.5 Notice of Termination/Right to Re-enter.
If such Incident(s) of Default are noticed as provide herein and remain uncured after the
cure period specified, the aggrieved party may thereafter terminate this Agreement and the
defaulting party’s rights hereunder by delivery of written Notice of Termination to the defaulting
party, which Notice shall be effective on the date delivered to the defaulting party. Upon
termination of this Agreement by County, County may re-enter the Licensee’s Operating Area and
remove all persons and property there from, using all necessary force to do so.
14.6 Remedy Not Exclusive.
The parties shall have such other rights and remedies as may be provided for by law or in
equity, including damages.
14.7 Suit
If Licensee is in default under this Agreement, the County may sue Licensee to recover
fees due under this Agreement or damages arising from Licensee's breach of this Agreement, or to
bar Licensee from operating a rental car concession in the Operating Area or elsewhere on the
Airport. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to require the County to await the expiration
of this Agreement before suing Licensee under this subsection.
14.8 Remedies Nonexclusive
The remedies provided by this subsection are in addition to any remedies the County may
have at law or in equity.
14.9 Cumulative Nature of Remedies
The remedies provided by this Article are nonexclusive and in addition to any other remedy
provided by this Agreement and any remedy to which a party otherwise may be legally or equitably
entitled.
15. GENERAL PROVISIONS
15.1 Coordination with other Airport Users.
County and Licensee acknowledge that each has rights and obligations arising from various
third-party agreements with other Airport users. County and Licensee agree to cooperate with each
other to effectuate these third-party agreements, so as long as such agreements are not illegal,
impossible or do not reasonably interfere with Airport operations or conflict with the right and
obligations of the various parties hereunder. County and Licensee acknowledges their respective
obligations as signatories under the following agreements:
(a) Those certain on-Airport non-exclusive rental car Agreements, between the County
and other Licensees.
(b) Those certain lease and use agreements between the County and the Airport’s
airlines.
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(c) Those certain Lease and Use and Redevelopment Agreements between the County
and the Airport’s full-service fixed-base operator.
(d) Those certain agreements or permits for off-Airport rental car operators entered into
from time to time between the County and the various off-Airport rental car companies.
(e) Those certain Agreements and Operating Permits between the County and the
Airport’s various specialized fixed-base operators.
(f) Those certain agreements for commercial ground transportation including taxis,
ride sharing entities, limousines, hotel and resort shuttles, and buses.
(g) Such further and other agreements or permits as the County may amend or enter
into from time to time in the normal operation of the Airport; provided that Licensee shall, upon
request, be provided with copies of any agreements that are connected to this obligation to
cooperate, as set forth herein.
The County reserves the right to direct Lessee's operations in the event that such operations
are unreasonably interfering, in the reasonable discretion of County, with the use by others of the
Airport; e.g., to restrict the use of "public" areas of the Terminal and public-access curbs,
sidewalks, and roadways in favor of the public.
15.2 Off-Airport Rental Car Operators
The County reserves the right, but shall not be obligated, to permit other rental car
companies, with whom the Airport has not executed On-Airport License and Use Agreements, to
enter upon the Airport in general, and the Airline Terminal in particular, to pick up and drop off
customers, to purchase advertising space on the Airport and within the Airline Terminal, and to
establish a courtesy phone system on the Airport and within the Airline Terminal, all subject to
fees and charges in common with other users of that classification.
15.3 Compliance with Applicable Laws and Regulations
In connection with its occupancy and use of its Operating Area and the conduct of its
operation thereon, the Licensee acknowledges that the County reserves the right to establish and
enforce reasonable rules and regulations for the conduct of activities and uses permitted herein and
also to promulgate minimum standards for the conduct of commercial activities related hereto
including, without limitation, minimum hours of operation if County determines that the needs of the
traveling public are not being met. Licensee shall:
(a) Comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the United States of
America, the State of Colorado and the County and any and all departments and agencies thereof,
as the same may now exist or may be hereafter promulgated or amended from time to time.
Licensee acknowledges that the County has the continuing authority to enact general legislation
pursuant to its power to protect the health, welfare, and safety of its citizens, as well as the
continuing authority, in its executive capacity, to enact Airport regulations. Present applicable
Airport regulations are as follows:
(i) Airport Regulations, Title X, Pitkin County Code:
(ii) Aspen-Pitkin County Airport Certification Manual;
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(iii) Aspen-Pitkin County Airport Security Program
(iv) Off-airport rental car regulations
(v) Ground transportation regulations
(vi) Airport Financial Policy (Resolution 87-56-A)
(b) Comply with the notification and review requirements of 14 CFR Part 77 in the
event any future structure or building is planned for the location, or in the event of any planned
modification or alteration of any present or future structure or building situated on the locations.
(c) Not discriminate against any person or class of persons by reason of race, color,
sex, creed, religion, handicap or national origin in providing any services or in the use of any
facilities provided for the public in any manner prohibited by Part 21 of the Regulations of the
Office of the Secretary of Transportation, and shall comply with the letter and spirit of the
Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act of 1957, as amended, and any other laws and regulations with
respect to discrimination in unfair employment practices, and shall comply with such enforcement
procedures as any governmental authority might demand that the County take for the purpose of
complying with any such laws and regulations.
(d) With respect to the parking regulations of the City of Aspen and the Town of
Snowmass Village, Licensee agrees that pursuant to Section 42-4-1209, C.R.S. (2005), as
amended, a “reasonable time” within which the Licensee furnish to the City and Town the name
and address of the person who had custody of the vehicle at the time of a violation, shall be deemed
to be forty five (45) days. As a condition precedent to the enforcement of this interpretation, the
City and the Town will be required to make every effort to provide notification to the Licensee of
any violation as soon as practical after the date of said violation.
15.4 Assignment
15.4.1 Consent
Except for an assignment, sublease, or transfer to Licensee’s principal, affiliate, parent,
subsidiary of its principal, member or partner, so long as such transferee has the qualifications and
financial responsibility necessary and adequate to fulfill the obligations of this Agreement, or as a
result of a merger, sale or other business reorganization of substantially all of Licensee’s assets in
the market in which the Airport is located (“Permitted Assignment”), Licensee shall not assign or
transfer this Agreement or any interest herein, without the prior written consent of County which
shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; provided, however, that Licensee shall
notify County in writing of a Permitted Assignment within thirty (30) days thereafter. For purposes
of this provision, an “assignment” shall include any sale, grant, conveyance, transfer, sublicense,
encumbrance or similar transaction, however styled, disposing of or creating rights or obligations
in third parties affecting this Agreement. Examples of transactions covered by this restriction
include, without limitation: any assignment for security purposes; any assignment to or by a trustee
or receiver in any federal or state bankruptcy, receivership or other insolvency proceeding; any
assignment of all or substantially all of Licensees’ assets; and the assignment, in one or a series of
related transactions, of 15% (fifteen percent) or greater of the Licensee’s voting stock.
15.4.2 Automatic Termination
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Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the County, this Agreement shall terminate
automatically upon:
(a) Any transfer of an ownership interest in Licensee, other than the ordinary purchase
and sale of stock if Licensee is a publicly held corporation;
(b) The transfer of fifteen percent (15%) or more of the outstanding stock if Licensee
is a corporation; or
(c) The transfer of any partnership or joint venture interest, if Licensee is a partnership
or joint venture.
15.4.3 Requests for Approval
Any request by Licensee for approval under this subsection shall be made in writing at
least thirty (30) calendar days before the assignment would occur, and must be accompanied by a
full description of the assignment, including copies of relevant documents. The County shall not
unreasonably withhold its approval of an assignment or transfer, provided that: (1) immediately
prior to the assignment or transfer, the quality of the successor's management staff and the
successor's financial condition equal or exceed the quality of Licensee's management staff and
Licensee's financial condition; (2) the assignee assumes all of the obligations under this
Agreement, and (3) if determined necessary by the County in the reasonable exercise of its sole
discretion, Licensee guarantees the performance of the successor under this Agreement.
15.5 Choice of Forum
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of Colorado and venue is agreed to be exclusively in the courts of Pitkin County, Colorado.
15.6 Nondiscrimination
In all its activities within the scope of its airport program, the Licensee agrees to comply
with pertinent statutes, Federal Executive Orders, and such rules as identified in Title VI List of
Pertinent Nondiscrimination Acts and Authorities to ensure that no person shall, on the grounds of
race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency), creed, sex (including sexual
orientation and gender identity), age, or disability be excluded from participating in any activity
conducted with or benefiting from Federal assistance.
This provision is in addition to that required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The above provision binds the Licensee and subcontractors from the bid solicitation period
through the completion of the contract.
15.7 No Exclusive Rights
Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to grant Licensee any exclusive right or
privilege within the meaning of Title 49 USC Section 40103(e).
15.8 Most Favored Nations
In the event that any Agreement granted by the County to any other Licensee shall contain
any terms and conditions more favorable to such Licensee than the terms and conditions herein
described (other than the number of allocated parking spaces and the location of the concession
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area, etc.), then this Agreement shall be amended to include such more favorable terms and any
offsetting burdens that may be imposed on any such other Licensee.
15.9 Subordination to Agreements with the United States
This Agreement is subject and subordinate to the provisions of any agreement already made
or to be made in the future between the County and the United States relative to the operation or
maintenance of the Airport, the execution of which is a condition precedent to the transfer of
federal rights or property to the County for Airport purposes, or to the expenditure of federal funds
for the improvement or development of the Airport in accordance with the provisions of the
Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended.
15.10 Nonwaiver of Rights
The Failure of either party hereto to exercise any right or remedy hereunder shall not be
deemed a waiver thereof or a waiver of the right to exercise the same at any future time, or the
waiver of any other right or remedy hereunder. No waiver by either party or any right of remedy
hereunder shall be effective unless in writing signed by the party.
15.11 Notices
15.11.1 Method
All notices required or authorized to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
served upon the party entitled thereto either by personal delivery to such party, or by overnight
courier service, or by certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to such party pursuant to
Section 15.11.2 of this Agreement, or at such other address as either party may so notify the other
party of in writing. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been received on the date so delivered
personally to the party entitled thereto or three (3) business days after the same has been properly
deposited in the United States mail, with postage thereon fully prepaid, as aforesaid.
15.11.2 Addresses
Until the addressee gives written notice of a change, notices shall be delivered to:
THE COUNTY:Airport Director
Aspen – Pitkin County Airport
0233 E. Airport Road – Suite A
Aspen, CO 81611
LICENSEE:Enterprise Leasing Company of Denver, LLC
15.12 Headings
The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference, and in no way define,
limit, or describe the scope or intent of any provisions of this Agreement.
15.13 Severability
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If a provision of this Agreement is held to be unlawful, invalid, or unenforceable, the
remainder of this Agreement shall remain in effect and fully enforceable.
15.14 Waiver of Claims
Licensee waives any claim against County or the County's employees, contractors, or
agents for loss of anticipated profits caused by any suit or proceeding directly or indirectly
attacking the validity of any part of this Agreement, or by any judgment or award in any suit
or proceeding declaring this Agreement null, void, or voidable, or delaying performance of any
part of this Agreement.
15.15 Incorporation of Exhibits
All Exhibits and documents referred to in this Agreement are incorporated into this
Agreement by this reference.
15.16 Incorporation of Required Provisions
The parties incorporate into this Agreement by this reference all provisions lawfully
required in this Agreement by any unit of federal, state, or local government.
15.17 Successors and Assigns Bound
This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
and to their properly qualified successors and assigns.
15.18 Right to Amend
If the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration, or its successor,
requires changes in this Agreement as a condition precedent to the granting of funds for the
improvement of the Airport, or otherwise, Licensee agrees to consent to those changes subject to
any additional changes to this Agreement required by equity.
15.19 Time of Essence
Time is of the essence of this Agreement.
15.20 Force Majeure
The County shall not be liable to Licensee for any breach of this Agreement due to causes
beyond the County's control, including but not limited to strikes, boycotts, labor disputes,
embargoes, acts of God, acts of the public enemy, acts of superior governmental authority, weather
conditions, floods, riots, rebellion, and sabotage. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to excuse
any part of Licensee's obligations to make any payments due under this Agreement.
15.21 Gender and Number
Words of any gender used in this Agreement shall include any other gender. Words in the
singular shall include the plural, unless the context clearly requires otherwise. The words “hereof,”
“herein,” “herewith,” “hereunder,” and words of similar meaning shall refer to this Agreement as
a whole and not to any particular provision of the Agreement.
15.22 Avigation Easement
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Licensee's right to use the Operating Area for the purposes as set forth in this Agreement
shall be secondary and subordinate to the operation of the Airport. The County specifically
reserves for itself, and for the public, a right of flight for the passage of aircraft in the air space
above the surface of the Operating Area together with the right to cause noise in the air space as
may be inherent in the present or future operation of aircraft.
15.23 Attorney's Fees
If either party to this Agreement incurs attorney’s fees and/or costs in connection with the
declaration of a Default hereunder or any other legal proceeding to interpret, protect or enforce
any of its rights hereunder, the party prevailing in such proceeding shall be entitled to recover its
reasonable attorney’s fees and costs in connections with such proceeding.
15.24 Amendment
This Agreement may be modified or amended or supplemented only by an instrument in
writing signed by the parties hereto. The County’s representative for the administration of this
Agreement shall be the Director of Aviation or his/her designee in writing; provided, however,
that all matters affecting material terms of this Agreement, including term, fees and charges and
use of Operating Area by Licensee, shall only be modified or amended by a writing approved by
a Resolution of the Board of County Commissioners at a duly-noticed public meeting.
15.25 Relationship of Parties
It is the intent and agreement of the County and the Licensee that they shall have the
relationship respectively of Licensor/Licensee and Permittor/Permittee hereunder, and nothing
contained herein shall be deemed or construed to constitute the parties as partners or joint ventures,
and in no event shall County be liable for any loss which may result from the operations of
Licensee upon its Operating Area or for any indebtedness incurred by Licensee in the operation of
its business from its Operating Area or for the claims of third parties against Licensee in the
conduct of its business. In addition, the County shall not be liable in any manner to the Licensee
for any damages the Licensee may incur due to the inability of the County to deliver possession of
Licensee’s Operating Area, or any part thereof, to the Licensee for reasons beyond the reasonable
control of the County.
15.26 Non-Liability of County’s Agents and Employees
No official, agent, or employee of the County shall be personally liable to Licensee in the
event of any default or breach hereunder by the County.
15.27 Entire Agreement
This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties and there have been no oral or
written promises, representations or agreements, either express or implied, except as expressly set
forth herein. Any and all prior agreements or understandings between the parties are expressly
agreed to have merged herein.
15.28 Representations of Licensee
Licensee represents and warrants to County as follows:
(a) Licensee, and those individuals executing this License on behalf of Licensee,
represent and warrant that they are familiar with Section 18-8-301, et seq. of the Colorado Revised
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Statutes (Bribery and Corrupt Influences) and Section 18-8-401, et seq. of the Colorado Revised
Statutes (Abuse of Public Office) and that no violations of the provisions thereof are present.
(b) Licensee, and those individuals executing this License on behalf of Licensee,
represent and warrant that to the best of their knowledge no employee of Pitkin County has
personal or beneficial interest whatsoever in this License or in the business to be conducted upon
the Location by the Licensee.
15.29 Execution in Duplicate
This Agreement shall be executed in duplicate originals, with one original to be held by
each party.
15.30 Authority to Sign
As an inducement to the County to execute this Agreement, the undersigned officer of
Licensee represents that he/she is expressly authorized to execute this Agreement and to bind
Licensee to the terms and conditions hereof and acknowledges that the County is relying on this
representation, authorization and execution.
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LICENSEE
Enterprise Leasing Company of Denver, LLC
By:________________________________________________
Printed Name/Title: Steve Delaney, Vice President/General Manager
LICENSOR
PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO
0233 E. Airport Rd., Suite A
Aspen, Colorado 81611
ATTEST:
_______________________ Sam Engen
Deputy County Clerk
APPROVED AS TO
FORM:
________________________ Richard Neiley
Interim County Attorney
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO
______________________________Greg Poschman, Chair
Date: _________________________
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
______________________________
Daniel P. Bartholomew
Airport Director
Dec-16-2024
EXHIBIT A
OPERATING AREA
EXHIBIT A CONSISTS OF EXHIBITS A.1 & A.2
EXHIBIT A.1
READY RETURN LOT
AND
RENTAL CAR STORAGE AND SERVICE FACILITY AREA
SPACE ALLOCATION
EXHIBIT A.2
RENTAL CAR COUNTER/OFFICE AREA
SPACE ALLOCATION
EXHIBIT B
SAMPLE MONTHLY REPORTING STATEMENT
On-Airport Licensee Monthly Statement
Of
Gross Revenue and Customer Facility Charge Revenue
Date: __________________
Period Covered (Month/Year): _____________________
Rental Car Company: _____________________________
Gross Revenue Statement
Gross Revenue: $__________________
10% of Gross Revenue: $__________________
Customer Facility Charge Statement
Total Number of Vehicle Contracts: ____________
Total Airport Customer Contracts: __________
Total Non-Airport Customer Contracts: _________
Total Number of Vehicle Contract Days: ____________
Total Airport Customer Contract Days: __________
Total Non-Airport Customer Contract Days: __________
Total CFC Collections: $___________
Certification by Licensee's Chief Financial Officer or the Chief Financial Officer's designee:
Signature: ___________________________ Print Name: _________________________
Title:_______________________________
Date: _______________________________
Remit by the 20th day of each month to:
Daniela Angelova
Aspen/Pitkin County Airport
0233 E. Airport Road, Suite A
Aspen, CO 81611
EXHIBIT C
OPERATING AREA MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR RESPONSIBILITIES
EXHIBIT C
LICENSEE OPERATING AREA MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES
County Licensee
Rental Car Service Counter/Office Area
Shell Building (structural, mechanical &
electrical)x
Monthly Utility Costs (electrical, water,
sanitary sewer, and natural gas)x
General Maintenance (HVAC & fire
suppression)x
Janitorial Services x
Monthly data & telecommunications services x
Overall Cleanliness & Appearance x
Cleaning of Floors, Walls, Ceilings &
Surfaces x
Carpet Cleaning (Minimum of Twice per
Year)x
Proprietary Operating Systems, furnishings,
signage, fixtures, & equipment specific to
Concessionaire
x
Disposal of Trash, Refuse, Debris and
Recycling x
Parking Spaces (Ready/Return)
Repair and maintenance of paved surfaces x
Pavement Markings x
Common Area Lighting x
Directional Signage x
Code-required Signage x
Landscape Maintenance x
Monthly Utility Costs – electrical x
Stormwater management system x
Parking Space Stall Signage &
Concessionaire Branding
x
Snow Control x
Snow Removal x
Disposal of Trash, Refuse, Debris and
Recycling
x
Storage & Service Facility Area
Storage Area and Vehicular Common Area
Perimeter security fence x
Perimeter security fence gates x
Common Area Lighting x
Delineation barriers between brands x
Monthly Utility Costs – electrical x
Snow Control x
Snow Removal x
County Licensee
Entry/Exit security x
Code-required signage x
Common circulation striping x
Common circulation paving x
Landscaping x
Fuel Islands
Fuel area paving x
Fuel area drainage and drainage system x
Code-required signage x
Bollards x
Disposal of Trash, Refuse, Debris and
Recycling x
Fueling System
Facility fueling system x
Fuel dispenser including nozzles x
Fuel accounting system x
Fuel monitoring system x
O/H Hose reel system x
O/H fluid distribution system x
Common-use, vehicle vacuum system x
Service Facility Utilities
Fire/Life/Safety systems x
Lighting x
Electrical Conduit x
Electrical Wiring x
Electrical outlets (Outlets provided as part of
overhead hose reel system)
x
Data/Comms conduit Fuel management
system
x
Data/Comms wiring Fuel management
system
x
Data/Comms systems Fuel management
system
x
Car Wash Building
Building roof system x
Building structural x
Exterior walls x
Exterior signage x
Exterior glazing x
Exterior doors Includes fast‐closing overhead
doors at car wash bay ends
x
Roll‐up doors Automatic, fast‐acting roll‐up
doors
x
Code‐required signage x
Directional signage x
General circulation striping x
Bollards x
Eye wash stations x
County Licensee
Water supply hose bib x
Wash bay structure x
Wash bay exterior walls x
Wash bay enclosure‐bay demising wall x
Wash bay slab and wall waterproofing x
Car Wash System
Car Wash System x
Vehicle wash rocker panel system x
Vehicle wash blower drying power
infrastructure
x
Vehicle wash R.O. system x
Excess water drainage system x
Oil/Water Separator(s)x
Vacuum Room and Fluids Room finish‐out x
Fuel Farm Area
Delivery Area x
Common Circulation Striping x
Common Circulation paving x
Site lighting x
Disposal of Trash, Refuse, Debris and
Recycling
x
Fuel farm fencing and pedestrian gates x
Fuel tanks and required improvements x
Fuel fill system x
Security – fuel tank fill point x
Pedestrian access – fuel farm area x
Snow Control x
Snow Removal x
Disposal of Trash, Refuse, Debris and
Recycling
x
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE
To be filed as renewed with:
Aspen Pitkin County Airport
233 Airport Road, Suite A
Aspen, CO 81611
EXHIBIT E
MONTHLY ALLOCATION OF MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE
MONTHLY ALLOCATION OF
MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE
Month Percent
of MAG
YEAR 1
MONTHLY MAG
January 12%$
February 13%
March 14%
April 3%
May 2%
June 8%
July 10%
August 9%
September 7%
October 6%
November 4%
December 12%
TOTAL YR 1 MAG $