2013-05-08 Set Agenda w/Handouts

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SECTION V. SPECIAL PROVISIONS A. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to prevent or otherwise modify or abrogate the right of the Cooperating Community or the County to submit individual applications for discretionary funds in the event County does not receive designation as an urban county -entity under the Act. B. The Cooperating Community and the County mutually agree to indemnify and hold harmless each other from any claims, losses, costs, expenses, or damages resulting from the acts of omissions of their respective officers, agents, and employees relating to activities conducted by either under this Agreement, the Act or the Regulations. C. In the event that there is a revision of the Act and/or Regulation which would make this Agreement out of compliance with the Act or Regulations, both parties will review this Agreement and renegotiate those items necessary to bring the Agreement into compliance. D. All funds received by the County under the Act shall be deposited in the County treasury. I E. The Cooperating Community and the County shall maintain financial and other records and accounts in accordance with requirements of the Act and Regulations. Such records and accounts will be in such form as to permit reports required'of the County to be prepared therefrom and to permit the tracing of grant funds and program income to final expenditure. F. The Cooperating Community and the County agree to make available all records and accounts with respect to matters covered by this Agreement at all reasonable times to their respective personnel and duly authorized federal officials. Such records shall be ! retained as provided by law, but in no event for a period of less than (5) five years from the date of completion of any activity funded under the Act or less than (5) five years from the last receipt of program income resulting from activity implementation. The County shall perform all audits of the basic grant amounts and resulting program income as required under the Act and Regulation. G. The county, as the CDBG grant recipient, either for the urban county or a joint recipient (Metropolitan City/Urban County Joint Recipients) has full responsibility for the execution of the community development program, for following its Consolidated Plan, and for meeting the requirements of other applicable laws (e.g., National Environmental Policy Act, Uniform Relocation Act, Fair Housing Act, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 109 of Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and for affirmatively furthering fair housing). The Counties responsibilities must include these functions even where, as a matter of administrative convenience or State law, the county permits the participation units of general local government to carry out essential community development and housing assistance activities. The county will be held accountable for the accomplishment of the community development program, for 4 26