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Amendment No. 9 to the Agreement with Schwebke-Shishkin & Associates, Inc. 004- 3oy7y AMENDMENT NO. 9 TO THE PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING (A/E) SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA AND SCHWEBKE-SHISKIN &ASSOCIATES, INC. FOR ADDITIONAL RESIDENT PROJECT REPRESENTATIVE AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION SERVICES FOR 137 ADDITIONAL DAYS, FOR THE VENETIAN ISLANDS BID PACKAGE 13C RIGHT-OF-WAY NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT This Amendment No. 9 to the Professional Services Agreement between the CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, a municipal corporation existing under the laws of the State of Florida, having its principal offices at 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139 (CITY), and Schwebke-Shiskin & Associates, Inc., having its offices at 3240 Corporate Way, Miramar, Florida 33025 (Consultant) is made and entered into this /of Septeksbe5-2018. Som 204 RBCITALS WHEREAS, on September 9, 2009, the Mayor and City Commission adopted Resolution No. 2009-27161, approving and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a Professional Services Agreement (the Agreement), pursuant to Request for Qualifications (RFQ) No. 42-08/09, with Schwebke-Shiskin &Associates, Inc. ("Consultant'), to provide professional services for the design, bid, award and construction administration phases of the Venetian Islands Bid Package 13C, Right-Of-Way Neighborhood Improvement Project(the Project), in the amount of$585,660, and WHEREAS, on June 2010, the Administration approved Amendment No. 1, to the Agreement in the amount of $9,900, for a topographic survey of the existing outfalls scheduled for rehabilitation; and WHEREAS, on May 8, 2013, the Mayor and City Commission adopted Resolution No. 2013- 28202, approving Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement, for additional RPR services and Supplemental Construction Administration services, in the amount of$349,957 and WHEREAS, on March 5, 2014, the Mayor and City Commission adopted Resolution No. 2014- 28528, approving Amendment No. 3 to the Agreement, in the amount of $201,814, for re-design and permitting phase services associated with the enhanced stormwater system criteria; and WHEREAS, on November 19, 2014, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. 2014-28821, approving Amendment No. 4 in the amount of $76,500, to implement additional enhanced stormwater drainage design modifications based on comments from AECOM, the City's Flood Mitigation Consultant, and the City Engineer; and WHEREAS, on April 15, 2015, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. 2015-28993, approving Amendment No. 5 in the amount of $666,462 for additional pump station design modifications, plus extended resident project representative services, which included conceptual design, meetings with City staff, electrical and structural revisions, permit submittals and construction administration services and an additional twenty months of resident project representative and construction administration services added to the Agreement; and WHEREAS, on June 8. 2016, the Mayor and City Commission adopted Resolution No. 2016- 29432, approving Amendment No. 6 in the amount of $207,356 for additional design services, to finalize pump system equipment, components and stakeholders' meetings required to complete the design of the Project, and further authorized additional construction administration services for six (6) additional months, to correspond with the construction contractor's approved schedule; and WHEREAS, on May 17, 2017, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. 2017-29868, approving Amendment No. 7 in the amount of $86,326, for Resident Project Representative and Construction Administration services for an additional period of one hundred and thirty seven (137) days, due to extended construction duration, as a result of various underground utility conflicts with existing gas lines and electrical raceways, and WHEREAS, on December 27, 2017, Amendment No. 8 extended Resident Project Representative and Construction Administration services for an additional period of ten (10) months, in the amount of$115,576; and WHEREAS, this Amendment No. 9 will provide extended Resident Project Representative and Construction Administration services for an additional period of one hundred and thirty seven (137) days of extended construction duration as a result of relocation of existing FPL transformer and franchise utilities construction delays due to relocation of existing gas lines, FPL electrical lines, and new FPL point of service for pump stations, in the negotiated not-to-exceed amount of$99,239.29 dollars; and WHEREAS, this Amendment No. 9 will revise the total contract sum to a not-to-exceed total of $2,398,789.89 dollars. NOW, THEREFORE the parties hereto, and in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants, agreements, terms, and conditions herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the respect and adequacy are hereby acknowledged, do agree as follows: 1. ABOVE RECITALS The above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated by reference herein. 2. MODIFICATIONS The Agreement is amended to incorporate by reference the attached Schedule "A-9" (scope of services) and Schedule"8-9" (Consultant Compensation), as if fully set forth herein. a In consideration for the additional work set forth in Schedule "A-9" (scope of services) and Schedule "B-9" (Consultant Compensation), the City shall pay Consultant the total not-to-exceed amount of $99,239.29, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Agreement. b. The work associated with this Amendment No. 9 includes an extension for Resident Project Representative and Construction Administration services for an additional period of one hundred and thirty seven (137) days of extended construction duration. c. The amount and time set forth herein are the maximum agreed to by both the City and Consultant for all work associated with this Amendment No. 9. Consultant attests that the Agreement adjustment provided herein is reasonable, and constitutes compensation in full for all costs, claims, markup, and expenses, direct or indirect, attributable to this Amendment, including but not limited to compensation in full for any delays, acceleration, or loss of efficiency encountered by Consultant in the performance of the Work through the date of this Amendment. In consideration of the compensation and time, if any, in this Amendment No. 9, the Consultant hereby releases the City from all Claims, demands. or causes of action arising out of the transactions, events and occurrences giving rise to this Amendment No. 9. This written Amendment No. 9 is the entire agreement between the City and Consultant with respect to this Amendment. No other agreements or modifications shall apply to this contract amendment unless expressly provided herein. 3. OTHER PROVISIONS All other provisions of the Agreement, as amended, are unchanged. 4. RATIFICATION The City and Consultant ratify the terms of the Agreement, as amended by this Amendment No, 9. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment No. 9 to be executed in their names by their duly authorized officials as of the date first set forth above. ATTEST: n CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA dr 1 111141 Cc , "S , 2C �Q; '� ' ' q, Raf- -I E. Gr-nado, . a----P r City Clerk * 4 NCORF i��TED; • .. ,..... i ATTEST.jap) \9jLC .i; •NTI Ia / I Neaeror BKESHISKIN & ASSOCIATES, INC. Se r-ta ! y, �' I", President Aw Print Name Print Name Attachment: Schedule A-9. Schedule B-9 APPROVED AS TO FORM & LANGUAGE & FOR EXECUTION City Attorney /i Date --Sa&vegkxet cifswciates, �zc. Principals Civil Engineers-Land Planners-Surveyors Luis r Leon.P E Hernando J.Navas,P.E. Alberto A.Mora.P E. Mark S Johnson,P.S 3240 Corporate Way•Miramar, Florida 33025 John C.Teilo PE. Oi Counsel Phone': (954)435-7010•Fax.(954)438-3288 Glre, scn Ronald P SM Alfonso C.Tena.P E..P S.M. Raymond F Mielke.P.S M August 20, 2018 Michael-1 alar.P.S.M. Mr. Tony Brown City of Miami Beach Capital Improvement Projects Office 1701 Meridian Avenue, Suite 300 Miami Beach, Florida 33139 Re: Venetian Island Neighborhood 13 BID Package "C"—Extend Resident Project Representative and Construction Administration Services Dear Tony, Based on the updated construction schedule for construction of the stormwater pump stations it is our understanding that the City of Miami Beach is requesting to extend our Resident Project Representative services to November 30th, 2018. Our previous contract with the City of Miami Beach extended our Resident Project Representative services for an additional 10.5 months, or an anticipated final completion date of July 15th 2018. Our records indicate that the contractor's final completion date is to exceed that date. As such, should the City require our Resident Project Representative and Construction Administration services, our services will need to be extended by approximately 4.5 months. SCOPE OF SERVICES: I. Supplemental Construction Administration Services Our understanding of the scope of work for this project is to provide Resident Project Representative and Construction Administration services that shall include all tasks previously included under the original contract with the exception that in this proposal we will provide one full time Construction Inspector for the period of July 166 2018 to November 30th, 2018 (4.5 months). Our scope will also include additional services noted in the previous contract such as hi-weekly progress meetings/phone conferences,review and approve shop drawings, respond to all requested changes in construction cost and/or schedules, requests for additional information and contract document clarification. Should additional Resident Project Representative and Construction Administration Services be required through no fault of our own our additional fees will be negotiated prior to proceeding with additional services. Our fee to perform these services shall be a lump sum amount of Ninety Nine Thousand Thirty Nine Dollars and Twenty Nine Cents ($99,039.29) with Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) in anticipated reimbursable expenses for a total of Ninety Nine Thousand Two Hundred Thirty Nine Dollars and Twenty Nine Cents ($99,239.29). &,hwe66e- 41 iobin �edpcia&, -9nc. e'uarproposaisnony brownaony brown,venetian islands addmmmal mr services 4.5 months 201808E0 doe Mr.Tony Brown August 20.2018 Page 2 oft I would like to thank you for giving us the opportunity to offer you this proposal. If this proposal is acceptable to you, please execute the original and return it to our office,so we can proceed with the work. Respectfully submitted, .Sc%tuCiffee-5w:n4%v &l¢2¢aliates, See. 71' ILui�s . eon, ".E. Assistant Vice 'resident Accepted For: City of Miami Beach Accepted By: (Signature) (Title) (Print Name) (Date) Sbwe1be-Sh;,bia &Safoc.atei, 9nc. c\Iu s\proposalslmny brownkonv brown-venetian islands additional rpr services 45 months 10180820.doc SCHEDULE A-9 SCOPE OF SERVICES Task 18—Supplemental Resident Project Representative (RPR) and Construction Administration (CA) Services for the Venetian Islands Bid Package 13C Right of Way Improvement Project: TASK 18 - CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION SERVICES will be amended to provide supplemental CA services which will include a monthly progress meeting and a monthly phone conference for a total of 9 meetings/phone conferences and a total of 1 meeting with residents to coordinate construction in the outfall right-of-ways. The amended RPR services will include supplemental hours for the full time Construction Inspector for a total of forty (40) hours per week with responsibilities as outlined herein: 18.1 Bi-Weekly Construction Progress Meetings: The Consultant shall attend, participate and take a lead role in bi-weekly construction project meetings with the City and the Contractor of the Project. These meetings will serve as forums to review the status of construction progress, discuss construction issues, discuss schedule and/or cost concerns, discuss potential changes or conflicts, review the status of shop drawing submittals and Construction Document clarifications and interpretations, and to resolve problems before they become critical. Consultant shall prepare weekly meeting minutes and distribute to all meeting attendees, review the two week look ahead provided by the Contractor and provide comments or objections to written statements within the specified timeframe. The Consultant will prepare detailed weekly reports that describe the construction activities, progress, incidents and issues that have occurred on the construction site and distribute to the attendees in advance of the bi-weekly construction progress meetings. The services amended herein will supplement the meetings included in the agreement approved by Resolution No. 2009-27161 and No. 2014-28821 to provide services for a total of nine (5) progress meetings and 4 phone conferences. 18.2 Requests for Information/Construction Document Clarification (RFIsICDCs): When RFI's and CDCs involve design issue interpretations, the Consultant will coordinate with the EOR, as needed, to resolve the Contractor's Requests for information, Construction Document Clarifications, Field Orders, and other related correspondence. The Consultant will be also be responsible for ensuring the EOR provides a written response to RFIs and CDCs in a timely manner for processing, logging and distributing all RFIs/CDCs. Consultant will upload all RFI and CDC responses to the City's E-Builder MI document management system. 18.3 Change Orders: Consultant shall perform an independent review of any Change Orders submitted by the Contractor and provide a written statement noting recommendation for approval or denial of the Change Order to the City. If recommended for approval, the Consultant will note if the requested cost and schedule impacts are fair and reasonable. The Consultant will be responsible for maintaining a Change Order log and uploading approved Change Orders to the City's E-BuilderT" document management system. The Consultant shall also participate in change request review meetings with City and Contractor to resolve and/or negotiate resolution of request. The Consultant will review and familiarize themselves with the construction schedule, monitor the progress of construction, and ensure the Contractor's adherence to the schedule. The Contractor will be required to submit a detailed schedule to the Consultant at the pre- construction meeting. This schedule will be reviewed and approved by the Consultant and the City. This schedule will be updated on a biweekly basis by the Contractor; however, the Consultant will be responsible for reviewing the contactors schedule to confirm accuracy of the work activities completed. Analysis of the Contractor schedule will be on the basis of planned versus actual costs for the month and construction contract to date. Consultant shall verify that the Contractor is uploading approved schedule and schedule updates to the City's E-Builder'" document management system. 18.4 Resident Project Representative:The Consultant will communicate daily or periodically with the City and Contractor, as needed. They will report on concerns as it relates to the construction effort and activities. In addition, the Consultant shall also coordinate with the Contractor's Public Information Officer where notifications such as utility outages, road closures, etc. may be required. The Consultant will monitor and verify that the Contractor has made the required notifications to the utility owners, residents and businesses as may be required. (a) Field Inspections: The Consultant shall conduct field inspections on a daily basis throughout the duration of construction. In accordance to the agreement approved by Resolution No. 2009-27161 and No. 2014-28821, Consultant shall provide a supplemental hours for the full time Construction Inspector for a total of forty (40) hours per week for a project duration of four and a half (4.5) months. These Consultant services are limited to not more than four and a half(4.5) months (98 working days or 138 calendar days) in duration. The Consultant shall be present at the construction site daily during the construction phase of the project and will be expected to be available as needed,throughout the Contractor's 8-hour work day, 40-hour work week, excluding weekends and City holidays with 2.5 hours a week allotted to written reports and uploading said reports to the e-builder system. Any work outside the specified work period will be invoiced to the City on a time and materials basis per the rates in Schedule B-9. The Consultant's on-site typical workday shall begin at or about 8:00 AM and end at or about 5:00 PM for a total of 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week. Scope does not account for working on City holidays,weekends, nor more than 40-hours per week. Additionally 2.5 hours a week shall be allotted to produce written reports and uploading said reports to the city's e- builder system. Field inspections shall be provided jointly by the City and the Consultant.To supplement those services provided by the Consultant, the City will provide one (1) part-time construction inspectors for the duration of the Project. The role of the City's construction inspectors shall be limited. The Consultant shall be present at the construction site daily during the construction phase of the Project and will be expected to be available, as needed, throughout the Contractors work day. (b) Adherence to Construction Documents: The Consultant shall review materials and workmanship of the projects and report to the City any deviations from the Construction Documents that may come to the Consultant's attention. Consultant shall determine the acceptability of the work and materials and make recommendations to the City to reject ttems not meeting the requirements of the Construction Documents. (c) Daily Reports: The Consultant will prepare daily reports, on the same date as construction occurs, to record the daily performance of the Contractor as well as other significant construction related matters. Daily reports shall be uploaded to the City's E-Builder document management system by the Consultant. At the end of each week, the Consultant will forward the original daily reports to the City for review. The Consultant will maintain and file paper copies of the daily reports onsite for reference.The daily reports shall include records of when the Contractor is on the job-site, detailed field observations that will provide unit quantities for materials installed and/or removed from site, weather conditions, change orders, changed conditions, list of job site visitors, daily drilling and testing activities, testing results, testing observations, and records of the outcome of tests and inspections. At a minimum the daily reports will contain the following information: • Weather and general site conditions • Contractors work force counts by category and hours worked • Description of Work performed including location • Equipment utilized • Names of visitors to the jobsite and reason for the visit • Tests made and results • Construction difficulties encountered and remedial measures taken • Significant delays encountered and apparent reasons why • Description of(potential) disputes between the Contractor and City • Description of(potential)disputes between the Contractor and residents • Summary of additional directions that may have been given to the Contractor • Detailed record of materials, equipment and labor used in connection with extra work, or where there is reason to suspect that a claim or request for Change Order may be submitted by the Contractor • Summary of any substantive discussions held with the Contractor and/or City • Summary of nonconforming work referenced to corresponding Non-Compliance Notice • A log of photographs taken (d) Equipment Tests and Systems Start-up: Consultant shall be responsible for coordinating various tests for quality control on the projects; verifying that equipment tests and systems start-up are conducted in the presence of appropriate personnel; and that the Contractor is maintaining adequate records thereof. Consultant shall observe; record, and report appropriate details relative to the test procedures and startup. (e) Photographic Record:Consultant shall provide a photographic record of the overall progress of construction, beginning with preconstruction documentation, following with on-going construction documentation, and ending with post-construction documentation. Photographs shall be digital snapshot type taken to define the progress of the project and shall be filed electronically by month in the City's E-BuilderTM document management system, labeled by date, time and location. The Consultant will upload all photos to the E-Builderfm document management system on a weekly basis. (f) Workmanship: Review materials and workmanship of the Project and report to CITY any deviations from the contract documents that may come to the CONSULTANT's attention. Determine the acceptability of the Work and materials and make recommendation to the CITY to reject items not meeting the requirements of the contract documents. (g) Delivery of Unaccepted Materials to Jobsite: As new materials are delivered to the jobsite, the Consultant will check the material's certifications and samples and verify that an approved shop drawing was submitted for the material in question. If it is determined that a submittal has not been approved, the Consultant shall immediately notify the City and issue a Non- Compliance Notice. The Consultant will direct and supervise the sampling and testing of materials to be performed by the City's independent testing laboratory. The Consultant shall maintain test report logs which shall be submitted to the City for review on a monthly basis and uploaded to the City's E-Builder"' document management system on a weekly basis. Consultant shall also review invoices submitted by the independent testing laboratories and confirm tasks and test reports and invoices prior to recommendation for payment by the City. (h) Construction Process: Field observe critical points in the construction process. (i) Testing: Direct and supervise the sampling and testing of materials to be performed by independent testing laboratories under subcontract to the CITY. This task includes the receipt. review and processing of invoices from the independent testing laboratories for payment by the CITY. (j) Pay Requisitions: Consultant shall verify Contractor's pay requisition quantities and sign-off on all pay requisition quantities in the field. Consultant shall be responsible for reviewing with the Contractor the monthly payment requisition to confirm the status of completed and uncompleted work and stored materials. The Consultant shall advise the City of quantities being approved for subsequent concurrence for payment purposes. Payment Requisitions shall only be approved by the City. (k) Record Drawings: Consultant will monitor that record drawing mark-ups are properly maintained by the Contractor. At a minimum, the Consultant will review the record drawing mark-ups once a month, or more often, as deemed necessary. Contractor's failure to maintain the record drawings in up-to-date condition may be deemed grounds for withholding Contractor's monthly payment requisitions until such time as the record drawings are brought up-to-date. The Consultant will notify the City if it considers the mark-up documents insufficient. The City will make final determination of payment withholding. (I) Issuance of Non-compliance Notices: The Consultant will be responsible for notifying the City when they become aware of a condition that is believed to be in non-compliance with Construction Documents. Anytime the Consultant notices a potential construction problem or a condition that could result in noncomplying materials, equipment or workmanship, the Consultant will need to determine whether the condition poses an immediate threat to public health or safety. If a condition does not pose a threat to public health or safety, immediate verbal notification or "Pre-Noncompliance Notice" of the potential noncompliance should be made to the Contractor and the City. This verbal notice shall be documented in the Consultant's daily report and shall advise the Contractor of potential construction problems, errors. or deficiencies that can be promptly resolved and do not warrant a Non-compliance Notice. If the Contractor fails to respond to the verbal notification within a reasonable timeframe, the Consultant will notify the City and the City's Projects Coordinator will issue a Non-compliance Notice. If a condition poses an immediate threat to public health or safety, the Consultant will notify the Contractor and City immediately and the City's Projects Coordinator will issue a Non-compliance Notice to the Contractor. Non-compliance Notices will include a description of the Work that does not meet the construction contract requirements, along with a required timetable for corrective work to be implemented by the Contractor. Other items that should be included in the Notice include a reference to the provision of the Construction Documents that has been violated. (m)Value Engineering Meetings: The Consultant will be expected to attend, participate, and provide cost estimating information at Value Engineering meetings with between the City and the Contractor for the Project. (n) Resident's Information Meetings: The Consultant will be expected to attend, address residents' concerns, participate, produce meeting minutes, and take a lead role in Resident Information Meetings with the City for the Project. (o) Specialty Design Consultant Site Visits: The Consultant will monitor the number of specialty site visits requested by the Contractor or City and conducted by the Engineer of Record (EOR). When it becomes evident that a specialty site visit from the EOR will be required, the Consultant will notify the EOR to discuss and schedule a mutually acceptable time for meeting at the construction site. (p) Damage to Existing Facilities: The Consultant will identify any existing facilities damaged by the Contractor and verify that the Contractor has notified the respective owner(s). Include record of such occurrences in the daily reports. (q) Safety: Consultants will be expected to recognize a hazard that any reasonable non-safety professional might be expected to recognize. In addition, those safety obligations extend only to recognizable hazards that the Consultant may note while in the normal conduct of onsite business. If a situation presents itself, the following procedures should be followed: • Immediately direct personnel to remove themselves from the apparent danger, • Notify the Contractor's superintendent of the apparent condition that caused the concern and that the affected personnel were directed to remove themselves accordingly, • Notify the Contractor of the situation that arises concern, both in writing and verbally, • Issue a written Notice of Noncompliance stating that the Contractor should take immediate action as it deems necessary to correct the deficiency /condition. • Take photographs of the concern, • If the Contractor does not make corrections, the Consultant should notify the City, • The Consultant will review the situation with the City for further direction, • The condition, as well as all conversations and correspondence, will be recorded in the Consultants Daily Report. • In the case of a construction-related accident, Consultant will notify the City of the accident. Consultant will direct the Contractor to prepare an accident report with a copy forwarded to the City. (r) Quality Control: The Consultant will review and monitor the Contractor's adherence to an acceptable quality control program submitted by the Contractor prior to the issuance of the second Notice-to-Proceed by the City. This program will describe the Contactors quality control, organizational procedures, documentation controls and processes for each phase of the work. Quality control during construction will be the responsibility of the Contractor; however, oversight and ensuring the Contractor complies with applicable jurisdictional construction standards will be enforced on the City's behalf by the Consultant. (s) Proceeding with Disputed Work: In the event that an agreement cannot be reached on a Change Order, the Contractor must carry on the work and adhere to the project schedule in accordance with the construction contract general conditions. The Consultant will log all forced work efforts related to disputed change order on a Forced Work Daily Log Reports which will be signed and dated by the Consultant and the Contractor's representative at the completion of each workday. The Consultant will forward copies of this form to the City for record purposes. (t) Maintenance of Traffic (MOT): The Contractor shall provide the Consultant and the City with approved copies of its MOT at the Pre-Construction Meeting for general information purposes. It will be the Consultant's responsibility to verify compliance with the MOT in the field. (u) Contractor Request for Services: When the Contractor requires services from the City for issues such as water main shutdowns, tie-ins to existing water mains, special regulatory inspections, etc., a request shall be made in writing by the Contractor, and forwarded by the Consultant to the City, a minimum of three working days prior to when required. Accordingly, the parties agree that no deviation from the terms hereof shall be predicated upon any prior representations or agreements whether oral or written. It is further agreed that no modification, amendment or alteration in the terms or conditions contained herein shall be effective unless memorialized in written document approval and executed with the same formality and of equal dignity herewith. 18.5 Meetings with Residents regarding construction in the outfall right-of-way: Requires that the CONSULTANT attend and participate in up to (1) meetings with 2 adjacent property's homeowners representatives. • SCHEDUI E CONSULTANT COMPENSATI ON Construction Administration and Resident Project Representative Services* 599,039.29 Note*: These services will be paid lump sum based on percentage complete of each phase as identified in the individual tasks. The Resident Project Representative services shall be invoiced monthly and dividing by 4.5 months, when applicable. All hours will need to be verified by City Representative. Reimbursable Expenses: 5200.00 Note:" The Reimbursable Allowance belongs to the City and must be approved in writing, in advance, by the Project Coordinator. Unused portions will not be paid to the Consultant. In the event that Supplemental Construction Administration or Resident Project Representative Services are required to be extended additional fees will be negotiated prior to proceeding with additional services. )} • ( - ! »| )j = \| \\ H ^ ` \ | F:2 • z 5g () ~ , \ | 1 - \/\ z - • \92 ! - : ! § - §// j9J E,, . ! ! l . , l !