Agmt 2006 SL Public Library Foundation

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5.0 COORDINATION OF WORK 5.1 Representative of Subrecipient. The Director is hereby designated as being the representative of Subrecipient authorized to act in its behalf with respect to this contract and make all decisions in connection therewith. 5.2 Contract Officer. Contract Officer shall be the City's CDBG Manager or such person as may be designated by the City Manager. It shall be the Subrecipient's responsibility to assure that the Contract Officer is kept informed of the progress of the performance of the services and the Subrecipient shall refer any decisions that must be made by City to the Contract Officer. Unless otherwise specified herein, any approval of City required hereunder shall mean the approval of the Contract Officer. The Contract Officer shall have authority to sign all documents on behalf of the City required hereunder to carry out the terms of this contract. 5.3 Prohibition Against Subcontracting or Assignment. Neither this contract nor any interest herein may be transferred, assigned, conveyed, hypothecated or encumbered voluntarily or by operation of law, whether for the benefit of creditors or otherwise, without the prior written approval of City. Transfers restricted hereunder shall include the transfer to any person or group of persons acting in concert of more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the present ownership and/or control of Subrecipient, taking all transfers into account on a cumulative basis. In the event of any such unapproved transfer, including any bankruptcy proceeding, this contract shall be void. No approved transfer shall release the Subrecipient or any surety of Subrecipient of any liability hereunder without the express consent of City. 5.4 Independent Contractor. Neither the City nor any of its employees shall have any control over the manner, mode or means by which Subrecipient, its agents or employees, perform the services required herein, except as otherwise set forth herein. City shall have no voice in the selection, discharge, supervision or control of Subrecipient's employees, servants, representatives or agents, or in fixing their number, compensation or hours of service. Subrecipient shall perform all services required herein as an independent contractor of City and shall remain at all times as to City a wholly independent contractor with only such obligations as are consistent with the role. Subrecipient shall not at any time or in any manner represent that it or any of its agents or employees are agents or employees of City. City shall not in any way or for any purpose become or be deemed to be a partner of Subrecipient in its business or otherwise of a joint venture or a member of any joint enterprise with Subrecipient. 5.5 Conflict of Interest. The Subrecipient agrees to abide by the provisions of 24 CFR 570.611 with respect to conflicts of interest, and covenants that it presently has no financial interest and shall not acquire any financial interest, direct or indirect, which would conflict in any manner or degree with the performance of services required under this contract. The Subrecipient further covenants that in the performance of this contract no persons having such a financial interest shall be employed or retained by the Subrecipient hereunder. These conflict of interest provisions apply to any person who is an employee, agent, Subrecipient, officer, or elected official or appointed official of the City of San Leandro, or of any designated public agencies or subrecipients which are receiving funds under the CDBG Entitlement program. 5.6 Lobbying. The Subrecipient hereby certifies that: a. No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of it, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal contract, the making of any Federal grant, the making of any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan, or co-operative agreement; b. If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an -6. CDBG Agreement with Project Literacy FY06-07 G:ICOMMUNlTY DEVELOPMENTlHOUSING SERVICES D1VISIONlCDBGISUBRECIPIENTSIProject LiteracyIFY2006-07106-07 Proj. Literacy CDBG Subrecipient Agreement. doc