Property Tax Contest Cooperation. Subject to its consent under the Ground Lease or Sublease, as applicable, and subject to any conditions which it has imposed thereunder, a Public Agency shall join in a Property Tax Contest if such Property Tax Contest is legally required to be initiated or prosecuted in such Public Agency’s name. In such case, such Public Agency shall cooperate, as Developer reasonably requests, and at Developer’s sole cost and expense, to permit the Property Tax Contest to be prosecuted in such Public Agency name. The Public Agencies shall give Developer any publicly available documents requested by Developer in writing that are in their control and Developer determines are reasonably necessary for Developer to prosecute its Property Tax Contest except where (i) the document is subject to an exemption or exception under the California Public Records Act (California Government Code Sections 6250 et seq.); (ii) the document is confidential pursuant to another agreement between the relevant Public Agency and another Person; (iii) the document is protected by the attorney-client privilege or work-product protections; (iv) the disclosure or release of such document would result in a breach of an agreement to which the relevant Public Agency is a party; or (v) the disclosure or release of the document would result in a violation of Laws. Developer shall pay all costs and expenses, including any legal costs, of any Property Tax Contest, including, without limitation, any costs and expenses resulting from the withdrawal of a Property Tax Contest. If Developer requests that a Public Agency assist Developer with any Property Tax Contest in accordance with the Ground Lease or the Sublease, and such assistance is consistent with the requirements of Section 4.6 of the Ground Lease or Section 6.19 of the Sublease, as applicable, and this Section 19.4, then the Public Agency shall, within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such request, notify Developer of the total amount of Anticipated Assistance Costs. Developer may, but shall have no obligation to, fund the Anticipated Assistance Costs (“Developer Funding”). If Developer does not notify the Public Agency that Developer will provide Developer Funding to the Public Agency, then the Public Agency shall have no obligation to assist Developer with such Property Tax Contest. If Developer notifies the Public Agency that Developer will provide Developer Funding to the Public Agency and Developer pays to the Public Agency an amount that is ...
