C859617 Contract

• Contract/PO #: C859617
• Contractor Name: Crook, Town of
• Contract Type: Grant
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Contract Documents

be undertaken and performed in aquence set forth in the attached Scop :rvices. The Contractor agrees
that time isof the essence in the performance of its obligations under this ..�ntract, and that completion of the
Project stiat occur no later than the termination date set forth in the Scope of Services.
4. ETiaibility and National Objectives. All project activities shall be eligible under Section 105 of the Act, as
amended.and all related regulations and requirements. Furthermore, project activities shall meet the following
indicated(with an *X'') broad national objective(s), as set forth in Section 104(b)(3) of the Act, as amended, and all
related regulations and requirements:
X Benefit persons of low and moderate income;
Prevent or eliminate slums or blight;
Meet other community development needs having a particular urgency because existing conditions
pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community where other financial
resources are not available to meet such needs.
5. Obligation, Expenditure and Disbursement of Funds.
a) Prior Expenses. Expenses incurred by the Contractor in association with said Project prior to execution
of this Contract are not eligible CDBG expenditures and shall not be reimbursed by the State.
b) Environmental Review Procedures. Funds shall not be obligated or utilized for any activities requiring a
release of funds by the State under the Environmental Review Procedures for the CDBG program at 24 CFR Part
58 until such release is issued in writing. Administrative costs, reasonable engineering and design costs, and costs
of other exempt activities identified in 24 CFR 58.34 (a)(1)through (8) do not require a release of funds by the State.
For categorically excluded activities listed in 58.35(a)determined to be exempt because there are no circumstances
which require compliance with any other Federal laws and authorities cited at 58.5, the Contractor must make and
document such a determination of exemption prior to incurring costs for such activities.
c) Community Development Plan Reauirement. Prior to receiving disbursements of CDBG funds from the
State, the Contractor shall identify its community development and housing needs, including the needs of low-and
moderate-income persons, and the activities to be undertaken to meet such needs.
6. Definition of Low-and Moderate-Income Persons. Low-income and moderate-income persons are defined,
for the purposes of this contract, as those persons who are members of low-income and moderate-income families
as set forth in the Exhibit B, which is attached hereto and in incorporated herein by reference, or as subsequently
promulgated in writing by the State.
7. Citizen Participation. The Contractor shall provide citizens with reasonable notice of, and opportunity to
comment on. any substantial change proposed to be made in the use of CDBG funds from one eligible activity to
another lir following the same citizen participation procedures required for the preparation and submission of its
CDBG application to the State. The Contractor shall also comply with the procedure set forth herein regarding the
modification and amendment of this Contract.
Adoilfionaliy,the Contractor shall have and follow a Citizen Participation Plan which includes the six elements
specified ii Section 104(a)(3)'the Act. The Citizen Participation Plan must include a provision for at least one public
hearing during the course of the Project to allow citizens to review and comment on the Contractor's performance
in carrying out the Project.
8. Residential Antidisolacement and Relocation Assistance Plan. The Contractor shall follow a residential
antidisplacement and relocation assistance plan which, should displacement occur, provide that: •
a) governmental agencies or private developers shall provide within the same community comparable
replacement dwellings for the same number of occupants as could have been housed in the occupied and vacant
occupiable low and moderate income dwelling units demolished or converted to a use other than for housing for
low and moderate income persons, and provide that such replacement housing may include existing housing
assisted rultt project based assistance provided under Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1939;
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