1996 S NC Dept Commerce Community Housing Development Block Grant Program Grant Agreement

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-3- relating to the grant for a period of three years following the completion of all closeout procedures. 7. Project Savi=. The recipient is obligated to contribute 100 percent of its pledged cash contribution to the CDBG project even if the project experiences a savings after authorized activities are completed. Any project savings accrue to the CDBG program. 8. Method of Payment. The Department of Commerce uses the STEPS-OUT system for CDBG payments to units of local government. Payments on requisitions will be made only by electronic funds transfer. 9. Fair Housing. For each grant year that a CDBG is active, a recipient must describe the actions it will take in the areas of enforcement, education and removal of barriers and impediments to affirmatively further fair housing. Guidance for developing a Fair Housing Plan can be found in DCA Bulletin 93-4. 10. Equal Employment and Procurement Opportunity_. A recipient must describe the actions it will take annually while the grant is open in the areas of enforcement, education and removal of barriers and impediments that affirmatively further equal access in employment and procurement. This includes a description of steps to be taken in the areas of advertisement, compliance and complaint tracking. 11. Local Economic Benefit. For each year that a CDBG is active, a recipient must describe a strategy whereby opportunities in employment and procurement arising out of a CDBG assisted project are identified and made available to low-income residents within the CDBG assisted area to the greatest extent feasible. This strategy must include(1) identification of training and technical assistance resources to prepare low-income residents for employment and procurement opportunities, (2)attempts to reach the numerical targets for new hires set forth in the Section 3 regulation, which applies to recipients receiving$200,000 or more in non-administrative line items expended for construction contracts of at least$100,000 per contract, and(3) education of low-income residents within the CDBG assisted area about the components and opportunities of the program. 12. Section 504 and ADA. Recipients must complete the Section 504 Survey and Transition Plan. This plan will not satisfy all the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act,but it will meet the minimum requirements for a CDBG assisted project. 13. Obligation of Recipient With Regard to Vacant Units. The recipient shall ensure that all vacant units being rehabilitated will be occupied by a low or moderate income family by the time close-out occurs.