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AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is between the City of Oshkosh,a Wisconsin municipal corporation,herein referred to as"CITY";and
ADVOCAP, Incorporated, P.O. Box 1108, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 54936, a Wisconsin non-profit corporation, herein
referred to as"SUBRECIPIENT".
I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION
A. The City has received funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development(HUD)
under the Title I Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program, to undertake projects and
activities as indicated in the City's Final Statement of Community Development Objectives and Projected
Use of Funds. The activity set forth in this AgreemenYs Scope of Services is one of the said activities and
it is the responsibility of the subrecipient to carry out the activities in compliance with this Agreement and
other applicable regulations referred to herein.
B. The City has allocated a portion of its 2014-2015 CDBG to a public service funding consortium whose
purpose is to evaluate public service grant applications and allocate funds contributed to the funding
consortium.
C. The City will review public service organizations funded through the conso�tium with 2014-2015CDBG
funds in order to evafuate subrecipient performance to ensure that the scope of services a subrecipient
stated that it would perForm in its application for funding to the consortium was being carried out in
accordance with applicable laws and regulations and to provide technical assistance.
D. The City will make quarterly payments on a reimbursement basis to the subrecipient afterwritten requests
for payment has been made with attached documentation supporting such requests.
E. Funding under this Agreement shall be paid with 2014-2015 CDBG funds. Should the City not receive
said funds, this Agreement shall be null and void. If a portion of the CDBG funds are rescinded by
Congress, the contract amount in Article V (A) of this Agreement shall be reduced by the same
percentage that is rescinded from the City's 2014-2015 CDBG Program by Congress or HUD, or as
determined by the City per applicable HUD regulations.
II. SCOPE OF SERVICES
A. The subrecipient shall:
(1) Provide a daily nutritious meal to persons 60 years of age or older and to some younger disabled
individuals when they are homebound through the"Winnebago County Nutrition Program."
(2) Provide said services in accordance with the objectives outlined in the subrecipienYs proposal to
the consortium(see"Appendix A",which is attached and fully incorporated into this Agreement)
and are for Ciry of Oshkosh residents only.
B. Said services shall commence on or about Mav 1 2014 and shall be completed by April 30, 2015.
C. The subrecipient certifies that the activities carried out with the funds provided under this Agreement will
meet one or more of the CDBG program's National Objectives: 1)benefit to low and moderate income
(LMI) persons; 2) aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight; and 3) meet a need having a
particular urgency(as defined in 24 CFR Part 570.208).
III. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS/RECORDS
A. The subrecipient shall provide quarterly reports to City by August 31,2014,November 30.2014,Februarv
28, 2015. and Mav 31.2015.Additionally,the final report shall include both the last quarter, as well as a
yearly summary of activities along with accomplishments.A template for the reporting will be provided to
the subrecipient and shall include, at a minimum, the following information: ,
( 1 ) Amount of CDBG funds expended per budget and additional funds leveraged for program
(2) Type and amount of services provided
( 3) Number of total clients
(4) Number of clients and percent of clients from Oshkosh
(5) Number of low/moderate income persons assisted
(6) Number of very low income persons assisted
(7) Number of extremely low income persons
( 8) Number of persons assisted based on one of the following 10 race catego�ies: White,
Black/African American,Asian,American Indian/Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific
Islander, American Indian/Alaskan Native & White, Asian & White, Black/African American &
White,American Indian/Alaskan Native& Black/African American,or Other
(9) Number of Hispanic persons assisted per each of the above 10 race categories
(10) Number of female headed households assisted
(11) Progress towards program goals(outcome statement)
Records necessary to substantiate these reports shall be kept on file at the subrecipienYs office and shall
include all documents, computer records and reports associated with this agreement.
B, Maintain a separate financial account for CDBG funds which shows all receipts, including program
income, and disbursements. All disbursements shall have documentation that substantiates that costs
incurred and paid from the CDBG account are reasonable,allowable,and allocable per applicable Federal
cost principals. Program income,as defined at 24 CFR 570.500(a),shall be reported to the City quarterly.
The subrecipient may use program income for activities specified in this agreement, but shall reduce
subsequent requests for funds under this agreement by the amount of the program income received.Any
program unused program income shall be returned to the Ciry at the end of the agreement period.
C. Provide the City with a copy of an agency audit, conducted in accordance with OMB Circular A-133, as
applicable, for any fiscal year CDBG funds were received under this Agreement.
D. All records required under this Agreement shall be retained for four(4) years after completion of the
project, or after all pending matters relative to this Agreement are closed.
E. The subrecipient agrees to provide access to the City,HUD,the Comptroller General of the United States,
or any of their duly authorized representatives to any books,documents, papers and records which are
directly pertinent to this Agreement for the purposes of making audit, examination, excerpts and
transcriptions.
IV. STANDARD PROVISIONS
A. The subrecipient agrees in all hiring or employment made possible by or resulting from this Agreement,
there (1)will not be any discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of
race, color, sex orientation, religion, sex or national origin; and (2) affirmative action will be taken to
ensure that applicants are employed and that employees are treated during employment without regard to
their race, color, religion, sex orientation, sex or national origin.
This requirement shall apply to, but not be limited to the following:employment, upgrading, demotion or
transfer, recruitment or recruitment advertising, lay-off or termination, rates of pay or other forms of
compensation,and selection for training,including apprenticeship. There shall be posted,in conspicuous
places available to employees and applicants for employment, notices required or to be provided by
Federal or State agencies involved setting forth the provisions of the clause. All solicitations or
advertisements for employees shall state that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex orientation, sex or national origin.
B. The subrecipient will make a good faith effort to use minority and women-owned businesses in
procurement of supplies,and upon request of the City,must provide satisfactory evidence of such effort.
Additionally, the subrecipient agrees to provide the City with the name(s)and contract amount(s) of all
minority and women-owned businesses awarded contracts on the project.
C. If the proceeds used under this Agreement result in book or other copyrightable materials,the author is
free to copyright the work, but the appropriate Federal agency involved reserves a royalty-free non-
exclusive and irrevocable license to reproduce,publish or otherwise use,and to authorize others to use all
copyrighted material and all materials which can be copyrighted.
D. Any discovery or invention arising out of or developed in the course of work aided by this Agreement shall
be promptly and fully reported to the appropriate Federal agency involved for determination by it as to
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whether patent protection on such invention or discovery shall be sought and how the rights in the
invention or discovery, including rights under any patent issued thereupon, shall be disposed of and
administered, in order to protect the public interest.
E. The subrecipient agrees to comply with all applicable standards, orders, or requirements issued under:
° Clean Air Act,42 U.S.C., 7401 et seq.
° Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., as amended,
1318 relating to inspection, monitoring, entry, reports, and information, as well as other
requirements specified in said Section 14 and Section 308,and all regulations and guidelines
issued there under.
° Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations pursuant to 40 CFR, Part 50, as
amended.
F. The subrecipient agrees to comply with mandatory standards and policies relating to energy efficiency,
which are contained in the State Energy Conservation Pfan.
G. No officer, employee or agent of the City who exercises any functions or responsibilities in the review or
approval,or the carrying out of responsibilities,to which this Agreement pertains,shall have any personal
interest, direct or indirect, in this Agreement.
H. Incorporated by reference herein are OMB Circulars A-21 orA-122 as applicable,and A-110,Attachments
A, B, C, G, I, J, M, O.
V. PAYMENT FOR SERVICES
A. Contract Amount
The subrecipient shall pertorm all work under this Agreement for an amount to be determined by the City
per (I) (B) of this Agreement, but not to exceed TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
12 500 .
B. Method Of Pa�ment
Funds witl be released quarterly by the City upon receipt of proper invoice verifying eligible expenses
actually incurred by the subrecipient with attached documentation supporting such requests, and
approved by the City.
VI. SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION
A. When the subrecipient has failed to comply with the terms,conditions or standards of this Agreement or
applicable HUD regulations, the City may, on reasonable notice to the subrecipient, suspend the
Agreement and withhold further payments or prohibit the subrecipient from incurring additional obligations
of funds, pending corrective action by subrecipient, or a decision to terminate in accordance with
paragraph B below.
B. This Agreement may be terminated for cause or convenience.
(1) TERMINATION FOR CAUSE: The City may terminate this Agreement in whole or in part at any
time before the date of completion,whenever it is determined that the subrecipient has failed to comply
with the conditions of this Agreement. The City shall promptly notify the subrecipient in writing of the
determination and the reasons for the termination, together with the effective date. Payments made to
the subrecipient or recoveries by the City in the event this Agreement is terminated for cause, shall be in
accordance with the legal rights and liabilities of the parties. In the event there is probable cause to
believe the subrecipient is in noncompliance with any applicable rules or regulations,the City may withhold
up to fifteen(15)percent of funds subject to this agreement until such time the subrecipient is found to be
in compliance by the City, or othenNise adjudicated to be in compliance.
(2) TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE: This Agreement may be terminated in whole or in part
when all parties agree that the continuation of the project would not produce beneficial results
commensurate with the further expenditures of funds. The parties shall agree upon the effective date and
in the case of partial terminations, the portion to be terminated. The subrecipient shall not incur new
obligations for the terminated portion after the effective date, and shall cancel as many outstanding
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obligations as possible. The City shall allow full credit to the subrecipient for any noncancellable
obligations properly incurred by the subrecipient prior to termination.
(3) The parties shall promptly settle the terminated grant and execute a written amendment upon
settlement, which sets forth the terms and conditions of the settlement Agreement.
VII. REVERSION OF ASSETS
The subrecipient agrees to transfer back to the City any CDBG funds and accounts receivable attributable to the
use of CDBG funds on hand at time of expiration of this Agreement. The subrecipient further agrees that any real
property under the subrecipient's control that was acquired or improved in whole or in part with CDBG funds in
excess of$25,000 is either:
A. Used to meet one of the national objectives in CFR 570.208 until five years after expiration of this
Agreement, or such longer period of time as determined appropriate by the City; or
B. Is disposed of in a manner which results in the City being reimbursed in the amount of the current fair
market value of the property less any portion thereof attributable to expenditures of non-CDBG funds for
acquisition of, or improvement to, the property. Such reimbursement is not required after the period of
time specified in accordance with A above.
VIII. AMENDMENTS
This Agreement may be amended at any time by a written modification mutually agreeable to both parties hereto.
IX. INDEMNIFICATION
The subrecipient agrees to and,does hereby hold the City harmless and does hereby indemnify the City against
any claims or demands of any person or legal entity arising by reason of this Agreement.
This Agreement is made this�day of L�f�;�F.hr ,2014,and is specifically binding upon the parties hereto.
ADVOCAP, I . CITY OF OSHKOSH
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MI A L BO ERT MAft ROHLOFF
EXEC IVE DIRECTOR � ITY M AGER ^
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PAMELA R. UBRIG
CITY CLERK
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FINANCE DIRECTOR
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CITY ATTORNEY
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