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7 <br /> the Comptroller General at all reasonable times access to and the right to inspect, <br /> copy, monitor, and examine all of the books, papers, records, and other documents <br /> relating to the grant for a period of three years following the completion of all close- <br /> out procedures. <br /> 7. Project Savings. The recipient is obligated to contribute 100 percent of its pledged <br /> cash contribution to the CDBG project even if the project experiences a savings <br /> after authorized activities are completed. Any project savings accrue to the CDBG <br /> program. <br /> 8. Expenditure of Non-CDBG Funds. The recipient must ensure that non-CDBG <br /> funds are expended along with CDBG funds, following the implementation <br /> schedule described in the approved application and modified by the Performance <br /> Contract, and shall report on non-CDBG expenditures with each Annual <br /> Performance Report, consistent with Section .1100 PERFORMANCE of the <br /> program regulations(4NCAC 19L). <br /> 9. Method of Payment. The Department of Commerce uses the STEPS-OUT system <br /> for CDBG payments to units of local government. Payments on requisitions will be <br /> made only by electronic funds transfer. <br /> 10. Fair Housing. For each grant year that a CDBG is active, a recipient must describe <br /> the actions it will take in the areas of enforcement, education and removal of <br /> barriers and impediments to affirmatively further fair housing. Guidance for <br /> developing a Fair Housing Plan can be found in DCA,Bulletin 93-4. <br /> 11, Equal Employment and Procurement Opportunity. A recipient must describe the <br /> actions it will take annually while the grant is open in the areas of enforcement, <br /> education and removal of barriers and impediments that affirmatively further equal <br /> access in employment and procurement. This includes a description of steps to be <br /> taken in the areas of advertisement,compliance and complaint tracking. <br /> 12. Local Economic Benefit (Section 3 ReSuLation). For each year that a CDBG is <br /> active, a recipient must describe a strategy whereby opportunities in employment <br /> and procurement arising out of a CDBG assisted project are identified and made <br /> available to low-income residents within the CDBG assisted area to the greatest <br /> extent feasible. This strategy must include (1) identification of training and <br /> technical assistance resources to prepare low-income residents for employment and <br /> procurement opportunities, (2) attempts to reach the numerical targets for new hires <br /> set forth in the Section 3 regulation, which applies to recipients receiving $200,000 <br /> or more in non-administrative line items expended for construction contracts of at <br /> least $100,000 per contract, and (3) education of low-income residents within the <br /> CDBG assisted area about the components and opportunities of the program. <br /> 13. Section 504 and ADA. Recipients must complete the Section 504 Survey and <br /> Transition Plan. This plan will not satisfy all the requirements of the Americans <br /> with Disabilities Act, but it will meet the minimum requirements for a CDBG <br /> assisted project. <br /> 3 <br />