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8. Expenditure of Non- CDBG Funds. The recipient must ensure that non-CDBG funds are <br /> expended along with CDBG funds, following the implementation schedule described in <br /> the approved application and modified by the Performance Contract, and shall report on <br /> non-CDBG expenditures with each Annual Performance Report, consistent with Section <br /> 1100 PERFORMANCE of the program regulations (4NCAC 19L). <br /> 9. Method of Pa ment. The Department of Commerce uses the STEP-OUT system for <br /> CDBG payments to units of local government. Payments on requisitions will be made <br /> only by electronic funds transfer. <br /> 10. Fair Housing. For each grant year that a CDBG is active, a recipient must describe the <br /> actions it will take in the areas of enforcement,education and removal of barriers and <br /> impediments to affirmatively further fair housing. Guidance for developing a Fair <br /> Housing Plan can be found in DCA Bulletin 93-4. <br /> 11. Equal Employment and Procurement Opportunity. A recipient must describe the actions <br /> it will take annually while the grant is open in the areas of enforcement, education and <br /> removal of barriers and impediments that affirmatively further equal access in <br /> employment and procurement. This includes a description of steps to be taken in the <br /> areas of advertisement, compliance and complaint tracking. <br /> 12. Local Economic Benefit(Section 3 Regulation). For each year that a CDBG is active, a <br /> recipient must describe a strategy whereby opportunities in employment and procurement <br /> arising out of a CDBG assisted project are identified and made available to low-income <br /> residents within the CDBG assisted area to the greatest extent feasible. This strategy <br /> must include (1) identification of training and technical assistance resources to prepare <br /> low-income residents for employment and procurement opportunities, (2) attempts to <br /> reach the numerical targets for new hires set forth in the Section 3 regulation, which <br /> applies to recipients receiving$200,000 or more in non-administrative line items <br /> expended for construction contracts of at least$100,000 per contract, and(3) education of <br /> low-income residents within the CDBG assisted area about the components and <br /> opportunities of the program. <br /> 13. Section 504 and ADA. Recipients must complete the Section 504 Survey and Transition <br /> Plan. This plan will not satisfy all the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities <br /> Act, but it will meet the minimum requirements for a CDBG assisted project. <br /> 14. Obligation of Recipient.With Regard to Vacant Units. The recipient shall ensure that all <br /> vacant units being rehabilitated will be occupied by a low or moderate-income family by <br /> the time close-out occurs. <br /> 15. Utility Assessments or Fees. Assessments or fees to recover the CDBG funded portion <br /> of a utility project may be charged to properties not owned and occupied by low and <br /> Moderate-income persons. Such assessments are program income and, as such, must be <br /> used for eligible CDBG activities that meet a CDBG national objective. ' <br /> Page 3 <br />