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<br />5.4 Independent Contractor. Neither the City nor any of its employees shall have any control over the
<br />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.
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<br />5.5 Conflict of Interest. The Subrecipient agrees to abide by the provisions of 24 CFR 570.611 with
<br />respect to conflicts of interest, and covenants that it presently has no financial interest and shall not acquire any
<br />financial interest, direct or indirect, which would conflict in any manner or degree with the performance of services
<br />required under this Agreement. The Subrecipient further covenants that in the performance of this Agreement no
<br />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
<br />person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an
<br />officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any
<br />Federal contract, the making of any Federal grant, the making of any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative
<br />agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan,
<br />or co-operative agreement;
<br /> 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 officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this Federal contractor, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement, it will complete and submit Standard Form-LLL, "Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying," in accordance with its instructions; c. It will require that the language of paragraph (d) of this certification be included in the award
<br />documents for all sub awards at all tiers (including subcontracts, sub grants, and contracts under grants, loans, and
<br />cooperative agreements) and that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly; and
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<br /> d. Lobbying Certification - Paragraph d
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<br />This certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when this
<br />transaction was made or entered into. Submission of this certification is a prerequisite for making or entering into this transaction imposed by section 1353, title 31, U.S. Code. Any person who fails to file the required certification shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more than $100,000 for each such failure. 6.0 INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS 6.1 Insurance. Before beginning any work under this Agreement, Subrecipient, at its own cost and expense, unless otherwise specified below, shall procure the types and amounts of insurance listed below against claims for injuries to persons or damages to property that may arise from or in connection with the performance of the
<br />work hereunder by the Subrecipient and its agents, representatives, employees, and subcontractors. Consistent with
<br />the following provisions, Subrecipient shall provide proof satisfactory to City of such insurance that meets the
<br />requirements of this section and under forms of insurance satisfactory in all respects, and that such insurance is in
<br />effect prior to beginning work to the City. Subrecipient shall maintain the insurance policies required by this section
<br />throughout the term of this Agreement. The cost of such insurance shall be included in the Subrecipient's bid. Subrecipient shall not allow any subcontractor to commence work on any subcontract until Subrecipient has obtained
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