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<br />5.1 Representative of Subrecipient. The Executive Director is hereby designated as being <br />the representative of Subrecipient authorized to act in its behalf with respect to this Agreement and make <br />all decisions in connection therewith. <br /> <br />5.2 Contract Officer. Contract Officer shall be the City's CDBG Manager, or such person as <br />may be designated by the City Manager. It shall be the Subrecipient's responsibility to assure that the <br />Contract Officer is kept informed of the progress of the performance of the services and the Subrecipient <br />shall refer any decisions that must be made by City to the Contract Officer. Unless otherwise specified <br />herein, any approval of City required hereunder shall mean the approval of the Contract Officer. The <br />Contract Officer shall have authority to sign all documents on behalf of the City required hereunder to carry <br />out the terms of this Agreement. <br /> <br />5.3 Prohibition Against Subcontracting or Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any <br />interest herein may be transferred, assigned, conveyed, hypothecated or encumbered voluntarily or by <br />operation of law, whether for the benefit of creditors or otherwise, without the prior written approval of City. <br />Transfers restricted hereunder shall include the transfer to any person or group of persons acting in concert <br />of more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the present ownership and/or control of Subrecipient, taking all <br />transfers into account on a cumulative basis. In the event of any such unapproved transfer, including any <br />bankruptcy proceeding, this Agreement shall be void. No approved transfer shall release the Subrecipient <br />or any surety of Subrecipient of any liability hereunder without the express consent of City. <br /> <br />5.4 Independent Contractor. Neither the City nor any of its employees shall have any control <br />over the manner, mode or means by which Subrecipient, its agents or employees, perform the services <br />required herein, except as otherwise set forth herein. City shall have no voice in the selection, discharge, <br />supervision or control of Subrecipient's employees, servants, representatives or agents, or in fixing their <br />number, compensation or hours of service. Subrecipient shall perform all services required herein as an <br />independent contractor of City and shall remain at all times as to City a wholly independent contractor with <br />only such obligations as are consistent with the role. Subrecipient shall not at any time or in any manner <br />represent that it or any of its agents or employees are agents or employees of City. City shall not in any <br />way or for any purpose become or be deemed to be a partner of Subrecipient in its business or otherwise <br />of a joint venture or a member of any joint enterprise with Subrecipient. <br /> <br />5.5 Conflict of Interest. The Subrecipient agrees to abide by the provisions of 24 CFR <br />570.611 with respect to conflicts of interest, and covenants that it presently has no financial interest and <br />shall not acquire any financial interest, direct or indirect, which would conflict in any manner or degree with <br />the performance of services required under this Agreement. The Subrecipient further covenants that in <br />the performance of this Agreement no persons having such a financial interest shall be employed or <br />retained by the Subrecipient hereunder. These conflict of interest provisions apply to any person who is <br />an employee, agent, Subrecipient, officer, or elected official or appointed official of the City of San Leandro, <br />or of any designated public agencies or subrecipients which are receiving funds under the CDBG <br />Entitlement program. <br /> <br />5.6 Lobbying. The Subrecipient hereby certifies that: <br /> <br />a. No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of it, <br />to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of <br />Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection <br />with the awarding of any Federal contract, the making of any Federal grant, the making of any Federal <br />loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal, <br />amendment, or modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan, or co-operative agreement; <br /> <br />b. If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid <br />to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of <br />Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection <br />with this Federal contractor, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement, it will complete and submit Standard <br />Form-LLL, "Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying," in accordance with its instructions; <br /> <br />348