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TE~A~ ~TAT~ LIBRARY B~ AR~H~VES ~~14~IV~I~~I~~
LIBRARY ~Y~TEII~ ~PERATI~N ~RANT
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I. ~~NTRA~TIN~ PA~TIE~
Crantvr: Tex~s State ~,ibrary and Archives ~ommission ~T~LA~}
~rant~e: Cit~r of ~orpus ~hristi, ~arpus Chrtsti Public Librar}r
SOS Comar~che ~treet
~orpus ~hristi, Texas 78401-2715
II. '~El~ QF ~R~NT
~eptember 1, ~007, to August 3 ~, ~~08 ~5F4' ~~OS}
~~~, ~'~AT~M~NT ~~ ~ERV~~~~ T~ BE P~RFU~I~
C~ran#-fund~d a~tivif~es shall support and encaurage t~e a~tive an~ suc~~ss~"ul participation ~y Iibr~ri~s ir~ services affered by the
~ystem and the Grantor~ The Crantee must provide basic system support services to mem~er Iibraries, provide coordinatior~ and
cao~eration with TS~.~~ and with oth~r ~ibraries in a region, meet TSLA~ and federal goal~, r~por~ information r~lating ta best
practices and performance outcomes, an~ comply ~ith all applica~le requir~me~ts. The Crantee will ~a~aply during the p~riod of ~his
contract and pravide services as outlined within th~ grant applicativn ~~yst~m Plan af Service for State FY~B} a~ approved b}r ~he
Grrantor. The approved Plan of ~ervi~e submitt~d b~r ~rant~~ becorr~es part vf this contract ~y this refere~ce~
IV. ~RANT AM~LTNT~ A11~D DI~BUI~~~M~~T RE~UIREII~ENT~
A. `Fhe total amaunt af th~ grant shall not ~x~~~d: $SQ~,S'~3.00
~. ~our~e o~ fund~:
Federat ~unds, CFDA ~ 4~~3_l~
Ins~itute of 14luse~m and Li~rary ~ervic~s, ~ta#e ~,ibrary Frogram ~IMLS}
Federal ~'isc~l ~Year 20~7
~. '~'he ~rantee mu~t reque~t pay~nents firom Grantor on the TSLA~ Request for Funds Fvrm ~RFF}. Reques~s may be su~mitted ta
Gran~~r ~a mor~ o~en than ance p~~ manth, and no le~s o~en than once per quar~er, Funds will ~e paid to the Cxran~ee provi~ed
Crar~tvr has receive~ a fully execute~d cantract and Grantee has fulfil~ed all reporting require~nents for current and preceding
cont~a~~s,
D. The ~rantee is re~tricted ta ane ~f two nnetho~s for requesting funds from Crrantvr, The ~rantee may r~quest reim~urs~men~ of
actual expendi~ures for the ~rantee's normal billing cycle, or ad~vance pa~rrrient f~r e~timated expenditures to be incurred for th~
up~aming 3~ days. ~nl~ Crrante~s praviding docum~n~ation to demanstrate a lack af sufficient w~rking capital and the ability ta
rrxinim~z~ the time elapsir~g ~et~e~en transfer of funds from Grantor and disbursement of grar~t funds will b~ allowed to r~quest
advance paymer~ts. .
E, Paymen~s af adv~nce funds ~uill ~~ dis~urs~d by th~ fir~t wnrking day af the advance per~ad prnvided RFF ~'orm is rec~ived by
Crantar no ~ater than the 14fh af the previ~us month. ~hould exc~ssi~e cash ~alances be rr~aintained} ~rantee may ~e required fo use
the reim~ur~ement proc~ss, Grantor must ~ecei~e final requ~st fvr advanc~ no later than July IS, ~4D8. Gran#vr mu~t rec~i~ve final
req~~st for reimbursement na later than Dcta~er 1~, ~008,
F. Th~ Grantee may not obli~ate vr encurrrber grant funds after Augu~t ~1, 20~8. Al~ abligations and encumbrances must be
liquidated or paid na la~er t~an ~cto~~r 1~, Z0~8~
~, A~11 un~xpend~d grant funds must ~~ returned to Grantor with the Final Financ~al5tat~s Repor~ {F~R} per re~uiremen~s in the
~'ederal C'xrants Management Hand~ook. ~ee Section ~II. B.nf this contract for F~R due dates. As part of the Sectian VII
reporting requirement~, ~he Grante,~ wil~ regularly noti~y th~ Grantor af the amount of proje~ted unexpended funds, Th~ Grantor
reserves ~he right to act as necessar~ ta reduce these unexpended balanc~s, ir~cluding ~educin~ the amoun~ specified in ~ectinn N.A.
H. Interest earned in excess vf $~~D must be r~turned to ~rantax, per r~quir~men~s in the State of Texas [~niform Grant
Managemen~ ~tandard~ ~U~rN~S~,
I. The Crante~ will add any program income to t~ie funds cnmmitted to the grant, using such pragram income f~r the purposes and
under the canditi~ns of the ~rant, Th~ source and amount of the program incame must be explaincd in Se~tion 9 of the T~LA~
~'~R form. Expending any ~arn~d pragram income earned through the utili~ation of r~snurces funded ~y this grant r~quires
wri#ten prior appr~val fram "~SLAC staff~
~o~~-~~~ ~E~~~11~~
as~~~~~~
~~~. o~~~s~ ~~~ ~ ~ 20~~
T`~ State ~~b~~ry ~rant ~ of~ TSLAC
A~~~~ 1~I~'~N~
J. Per the approv~d g~ant application, funds are aut~~~i~ed ac~ording t~ the fol~owing ~u~get,
Personnel ~ 177,~45,0~
~~~n~~ ~~~~~~~ - - - - ~~~,oo~.o~
~`ravel $4Z,9b0,0~
Equ~p~nentlPropet~tv $-
,
Supplie~ $~b,350,00
^~,
~nntrac~ual ,~ ,
$136,~ 18,00
~~h~~~ ~ ~s,~a~.oo
Total _ $4S7,b80,0~
Indirect ~osts ~ ~ ~ $~1,~9~,0~
Total
$50S,S?~.0~
V, ~'~T~N ~Q~J~~T FDR FI~~AL AND PR~~RAMMATI~ ~H~N~E~
The Gran~ee must request wr~tt~n prior approval far fiscal andlar programmatic chan~e~ as outlined in this Section. Grantee must submit
request for pragram andlor fiscal changes on t~e Prior Approval F~rm. Under na cand~tion may a Crrantee requ~st ta exce~d the tota~ grant
amount~ Grantor must receiv~ all change requests an or be~ore July ~1, ~D08~ Requests received aft~r this date will be ca~nsidered on a cas~
by-case basis. Grantee nnust r~~~iv~ written approval from ~r~ntor befar~ ob~jgatiag or ~~pe~nding ~rant fund~ under any of th~
follo-~ing ~ondi~ons.
A: ~iscat changes must have writt~n prior appr~val under any of the following conditians:
1. Mak~ng cumulative transfers among ~udget cost categories or p~ojccts that ~re expe~ted to ~xce~d ten ~l0} percent of t~e total
~grant; andlor,
2. Tr~nsferrin~ any funds inta a 1o~dget cost category that curr~ntly equals ze~o ~$0}; andlor,
3. Exp~nding any earned program income ~arned through the utilization of resource~ funded by this grant; andlor,
4. ~han~ing th~ itcros listed in the ap~rov~d budg~t categories if an item's c~st or ~'~atures are sub~tantia~l}~ different ~rom wh~t
thc appro~red grant application spe~ifies, or from a previously appro~ed fiscal or prog~am revision.
B. Prngramma~ic chang~s to th~ appro~ed application ~~ystem Plan of Service} must hav~ wri~ten prior approval under any of th~
follawin~ cond~tions;
1, ~~taining the ~ervices of a third party to p~rform acti~riti~s that are centra~ to the purposes o~ th~ ~rant; andlor,
~. ~han~ing thc scope or obj~ctiv~~ of the approved program, re~ardl~ss of whether there is an as~ociated budget revisian. A
char~~e in sca~e is a substantive differen~~ in the appraach ar metha~ us~~ tv reach prag~am objectives; ar~dlvr,
3. ~hangin~ key pexsons specified in the grant; ~~ster~ Coardinators ~ar Exe~utive Dir~~~ors} ar~ considered key persanne~ for
the purpase a~'this s~ction.
'~. E~UIPMEN'~ A~i~ PR~PE~TY RE~U~~ENIENTS
A. Fis~a~ ~hangcs to items listed ir~ the EquipmentlPrap~~ty categar~r specifi~d in ~ectian I~, J of this ~ontract requ~r~ written priar
approval~ T`~is is de~ned as the cost of ~he equipment andlor praperiy, including any cost necessary to put the item into ser-rice, sr~ch
a~ the cast of any madification~, attachmerits, acc~sso~i~s, or auxiliar~r apparatus nec~ssary ~o make the item usa~le fnr th~ pu~pose
for which it is acquired~ Ar~cillary ch~rges, such as taxe~, duty, pro~ective in-trar~sit insurance, freight, and insta~lation may be
included in, ar excluded frvm the expenditure cost ~n accordance with the Grante~'s regular accaunting ~ractices an~ Cenerally
Acc~p~ed Accounting Pra~tice~ ~~AAF~.
B. The Cxrantee will c~mp~y with ~CrIViS Part III, ~ubpart ~, ~ec, 3~ (d)~3} requiring certai~ items of equipment to ~e maintained
nn ~nventory if the item's cost is ~~tw~en $5D0 and ~ 1000,
C. ~`he ~ra~tee agrees to su~mit the mast current T~L~~ E~uipme~tlPrap~rty Acquired Farm with the ~inal ~`~~, but no later than
~ctober 31, ~OQB, far all equipmentlproperty purch~sed with grant funds durin~ the ~'Y08 grant y~ar. This list must bala~~e
with th~ equiprrientlproper~y purchas~d under the approved grant appli~ation and a~l subs~quen~lp approved Budget an~lor
~rogram Revisions.
17. Grantee must fumi~h a statement ta ~'rrantor certifying th~ governing entit~r'~ capita~izatian level with the approved grant
appli~atian or wit~ the first RFF su~mitt~. ~ran~ee agrees ta rnaintain r~cor~s on aIl equipmentlproperty with an acquisitian
cost ahov~ governing entity's capitalization level,
~, ~ubject to t~e a~Iigations and conditions set forth ir~ the UGM~ Pat~ III, ~ubpart ~, ~ec. 32, title to e~quiprnent a~quired under a
grant will vest in the Crrantee upon acquisition. Grantee must include any equiprrientl~roperty acquir~d with grant funds in the
required bi-anriual prop~rt~ inventory, and follow the UC~M~ Part III, ~ubpart ~, ~ec. 32 ~d} that req~rir~s the Grantee to recanci~e
the ~quipmentlprop~rty r~corcl~ with a physical invcntory ~f t~e equipm~ntlprop~rty every two ~ears. 7`his bi-anr~uat inventory dves
not ne~d to be su~mitte~d tv Crantor, but must ~e maintained by #~e Crant~e and will be subj~ct to review ~y Grantor. ~hen prop~r~y
is veste~d in ~he Cra~tee, Grantee will disposc of eyuipm~tlproperty in a~cordance with th~ UCMS Fart III, ~ubpa~ C, ~ec, ~~ {e}.
~Vhen the Graritee has been ~iven federallyy or state-ovu~~ed e~uipm~n~lproper~y, Grantee will follvw th~ UGM~ Part I~, Subpart ~,
Scc, 3~ ~~.
~'Y ~~~5 ~ystem Operati~n~ Grant 2 of 7 T~LA~
~~, 1~PDl~'~Il~~ RE~UIREIVIENT~
The State Legislatur~ has charged the ~rrantar wi#~ ~ubmittirig pe~form~ce measur~ment reports that specify the lev~l af serv~c~s pravided
by it~ ~ragrams and services. In accepting these ~nt f~nd~, the Crat~tee acknawledges responsibil~ty for perforn~ing ce~tain scrvic~s on
behalf of the Crrantor, as autlir~ed in th~ approved Plan of ~ervi~e. Therefore,, the Crantee is respvnsible for submittin~ periodic reports t~at
reflec~ the Grantee~s lev~l of per~ormance on thcse servi~es to th~ Grantor. Ta comply with thes~ requirements, the ~rantee agrees tn
submit reports that are timely, acc~rat~, auditabl~, and ~onsist~nt with definition~.
A. The ~rantee agrees to submit a quar~exly r~port on all activities relatin~ to the program t~ the Crantor, on a form to 6e provided
hy the ~rar~tor, on or ~efor~ due dates listed in the following schedule:
R~p~,~ Periad Due Date
~eptember 1, 2007 - N~vember 3U, 20~7 ~e~~mber ?, ~~0?
Decerr~ber 1, 20~7 - February ~S, ~~08 March,7, 2~08
IVI~r~h l, 2~~8 - May ~ 1, Z008 June 7, 2~0$
J~ne ~, ~0~8 ~ August ~ 1, 20~8 September 7, 2008
B. Th~ Crrant~e agrees to submit the T~~A~ Financia~ ~~atus ~e~art form for #he grant funded unde~ this cvntract na later than th~
due dates ~isted in the following sch~dule~ Crrantee should submit a~inal FSR once ali grant ~'unds have ~een expended and all
program requirements are ac~omplished~ Crantee shouid mark t~e last required FSR a~ "Final" and not submit any subsequent
F5R forms.
Reportin P~ _erivd Du~ Date
~eptember I, ~0~? - N~ve~n~er 3D, 2~07 D~cember 3D, ZD~7
De~ember 1, ZD07 -~"e~ruary 2S, Z~OS March 30, 20~8
March 1, 2D~8 - May 3 f, 2008 June 30, 20~5
June 1, ~D~8 - August 3l, ~0~8 5ept~rn~er 30, ~0~~
~r~ntee will provide prampt and det~iled fin~ncial reparts if r~~uest~~~ in ad~ition ta the scheduled Finan~ial Status
Reports, ~
If n~cessary, a revised Final F~R must be submitted no later than ~ctober 31, ~4D8.
~. ~"he ~rantee will s~nd the Crantor a copy af all management let~ers issu~d by an auditar with the reporting package. As
specified in UGM~ Part IV, Sulopa~ B, ~~c, ~3~~c}, the audit shall be completed ar~d su~mi~t~d rnrithin the earlier of ~0 days
a~t~~ receipt of ihe auditor's report{s}, or nine months afte~ the ~nd af the ~udit period, unless a l~nger period is agreed ta in
ad~ancc by t~e state ag~ncy that provided thc ~un~ing or a different period is spe~ifi~d in a program-spe~ific audit guide. The
audit's Sch~du~e vf ~xpenditures of Federad ar~d S~a~e ~4wards must ~ist the amount of T~LA~ awards expended for each awa~d
year separately. .
D, Th~ Crantee wil~ ~ubmit the required ~vrkshop Reportin~ ~orms to the Gran~or for the period ~ep~em~er 1, ~~~? ~a 1~ugust 31,
~~D~, ~Vorkshop Rep~rtin~ ~'arms should b~ su~mitted fa~lo~ring ~ach wvrkshvp, wi~h al~ forms su~mitted no later than
~eptem6er 30, ~008.
E. The Crrantee agr~~s to submit the required Narrative Report t~ the Crantor twice during the grant period. The first r~par~ is due
no later fhan M~rch 31, ~OOS, and the final report is due no ~a~er than Sepfem~er 30, ~UaB,
F. Grantee agrees to p~rticipate in ~utcome Based Evaluation (~8E}, as de~ermined ~~ ~rantar, f~r the grant period ~eptember 1,
Z~07 to August 31, ~4a8, ~ran~ce will ~ubmit O~E repor~ to ~rar~tar na later t~an Sepfemb~r 30, ~UaB.
C. The Crar~tee agrees to subm~t an annu~l L~~'A Project R~port Form no ~ate~ than ~epte~aber 30, ~UUS.
~~~r ~iJ~~~L ~l.:l~~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~~
A. The ~rantee will ~omply with the ~~stem Plan of ~er~ice Prog~am Cuide~in~s for ~~'Y ~0~~.
B. The Grantee will camply with the Rules for Administerir~g th~ Library ~ystem~ A~t, Texas Administrative ~ode, Titl~ 1~,
~hapter 1, Su~chapt~r D, Rules 1.~ 1- 1.9G, Titlc 13, Par~ 1, Chapter ~, ~ubchapter ~, Di~~sian ~, Rules ~,b 1~-~.612
reg~rding the S~stems Grant Pragram, and Title 13, Fart 1, ~hap~er 2, Subc~apter ~, Divisinn 1, Rules 2.1 ~ 0-~F 11 ~ regarding
Ge~eral Grant ~uidelines.
~. Th~ Grantee will comply with the fo~~nwing parts vf th~ ~~v~rnar's ~ffice o~ Budge~ and Planning, UCrMS revised Junc ~004,
~acated at; www, overnvr..~ta~e.tx.tr.sldivisior~rlsta~e ar~~sl ide~~rresl ~esl~I~~S06~004.doc.
Part I, Cast Frincipl~s ~or ~t~te and Local ~overnm~nts and ~ther Affected En~iti~s ~Adapt~d from ~MB ~ircular A-87~
Par~ II. ~tat~ Uniform Administr~tive ~equirements for Grants and ~oopera~ive A~~ements {Adapted from ~MB Circulars
A-lOZ and A-1~~}
Part IIY. 5tate of Texas 5inglc 1~udit ~ircular ~Adapt~d f~om ~MB ~ircular A-133}
FY ~~08 System ~~erations Grant ~ 3 of 7 '~SLAC
D, ~'or grar~ts funded with federal funds, Grantee will also camply ~rith the ~ffice ofMax~agemc~t and ~udget ~~MB} ~ir~ular A-13~,
Audits af ~ta#es, Lacal ~ove~nm~nts, and Non-Profit ~rganization~ {revise,d Gl97}, lacated at;
www,w~i~e~ouse, avlor~~l ar~~sl a~~s~ circu~ars.h~rrr~,
E. Th~ Grantee will comply with the INIL~' 45 ~ode of ~~deral Reg~latfnns, Fart 1~~~, Uniform Administ~ativ~ Requirern~nts for
~rants and ~oope~ativ~ Agreemer~ts t~ ~tat~s and Local Coverrim~nts ~adapted from QMB C~rcular A-lOZ}.
F. All publiciry relating t~ the grant award must includ~ acknowled~emcnt vf the Instttute of Museum and Library ~er~rices and T`~xa~
~tate Library and Archives Commi~sion whene~rer possibl~ an~ practical. Publ~cit~ includes, but is nv~ ~imited #o pres~ relea~es,
me,dia ev~nts, public ~vent~, displays in the benefitin~ library, announcements an the Crantee's website, and tnaterials disi~i6uted
through the grant praject. T~e ~xrante~ wil~ provide Crantar wi~h an~ se~ of all public relation~ materials praduced under this grant
with the f~nal quart~rty re~ort of prograrr~ ~ctivities.
~. C~rantee under~tands that acc~ptan~e of funds under this contract acts as ~ccepta~ce of th~ authority af the ~tate Auditar's ~ffice, ar
any successor ag~ncy, to canduct an audit or investigatian in connect~on wi~h thos~ funds. Grante~ furth~r a~re~s to cooperate fully
with th~ State Auditor's Office ar its suc~essor ~n th~ condu~t of the audit or ~vestigation, includin~ providing all recurds r~ques~ed,
Cxrat~tee will ~nsure that this clau~c con~ern~ng the auth~rit~ to audit funds recei~ed i~directl~r by ~u~-grantees ~ir~ugh Grante~, and
the re~uiremerit tn coo~erate, is in~luded in ~ny sub-grant awarded, ~
H. The C~rantee agrees to maintain all fin~nciat and pro~rammatic records, suppot~ing docum~nts, s~atist~cal re~ords, and other records
r~lating ta t~is grant award for a minimut~ of five y~ars a~er Cias~ of ~rant. ~l~se of~ ~rant is defined for this grant as th~ date
C~rante~ submits fa Grantor th~ Fir~al F~R far the contract grat~t period.
I. The ~rranfe~e agrees to develap or re~is~, as necessary, any specific w~itt~n documentation of i#s curre~t pro~edures for ~1 } co~lec~in~
and report~n~ performance r~eas~es; ~~) conducting a fix~d asset invent~ry; andlor, ~~~ any other issues identified in Grar~tor'~
inter~al audi~ report of grant activities, Dra~fts of this procedura~ documentation will be submitted tv Cxrantor by dates establish~d
mutually ~e~ween Grantor and ~rantee. C~antar will provide review and guidance to ena~le final versians to he appraved on or
before established d~adlin~.
~~, ~NFQR~~NI~~T
A. Remedi~~ f~r noncom liance. If a Grantee or ~ub-grar~tee ~nate~ally fail~ to c~mpl~+ with any t~rm of an award, wh~th~r stated
in a state statute or r~gula~ian, an assurance, in ~ st~te plan or ap~licativn, a notice of award, or elsewhere, ~rantor may tak~ one
vr more ofth~ foilowing actions, or itnpose other sanctions, as appropri~te in the circutnstances~
~, Temporarily withhuld ~ash payments pending carrection of the d~ficienc~r by the ~rant~~ ar Sub-grant~e, or mare ~evere
enforc~m~nt actinn by Grantor;
~, Dis~l~ow ~that is, deny bnth us~ of funds and matching credit far} all or part of the co~t af the activit~r ar acti~n not in
compliance;
3. Wholly or par~tly susp~nd or term~nate the curr~nt award for the Grantee's or ~u~-~rante~'s program;
4. V~ithhold further awards f~r the prv~~m; or
5. Take ather remedies that ma}~ b~ lc~a~ly ~vailabl~.
B. Hear~~~~ In taking an enf~rcemen~ action, ~rantor will provide thc Grantee or ~u~-grantee an apportu~ity for such
hearing, apPeal, or other administrative proc~~ding to which the ~rantee vr Sub-grantee is ~ntitled under any ~tatute or
regul~tion applicable t~ t~e a~tia~ in~olved,
~. Effects of suspensian and terminatinn, ~~sts af Grant~~ ar ~uh-grantee resulting frvm ohligatians incurred by the Crant~e or
~ub-grant~e during a suspension or aft~r te~minatian of an award are nat a~lowable unle~s Cxrantar expressly author~~es t~~rr~ in
th~ notice of susp~nsion or t~rmination, or subsequentl~. Qt~er Grantee or Sub-grantee costs durin~ suspension or aft~r
termination th~t are necessary, and not reasonably avaidable, arc a~lowable if: ~
l, The co~ts r~su~t~ng frvm o~ligations that wcre prope~iy incurred ~y the ~r~ntee or ~ub-grantee~ ~~for~ thc effective date of
suspension or te~mination ar~ nat in anti~ipatian of it and, in the cas~ o~ a fermination, are noncancelahle; and,
2~ The costs would bc allvwable if the award wcre nvt suspended, or cxpired narmally ~t th~ end of the funding ~eriad in
which the termination takes effect.
D. R~latianshi t~ Debarment and Sus ension. The enforcement remedies identified in this sectian, including suspension and
terminati~n, do not preclude Grantee ~r Sub-grantec from being sub~ect to "I~~6arm~nt and ~uspension"' under Executiv~ ~rder
~~549 ~s~e UG~I~ Fart I~~, ~~bpart ~, Sec 35} ar~d state la~r.
~. ~~NTA~TS ~T TSLA~
~u~stians or concerns about ,~rogrammatic i~sue~, hudget and ar pro~ram revisians and ar~y narrative repart~ ~hvuld b~ ~irected to this
grant's P~ogram Administrator:
~rogram Administrator, Libr~ry 5ystems
Phone; 512-936-~~3b 1 Fax; 512-4G3-~SO~
E-mai~: ma~lta,cjow~isas~tsl.state,tx.us
FY 24~8 System Operations Grant 4 of7 TSLAC
Questions ar concerns about r~ lato ar financial issues should b~ directed to;
Manag~~, Accaunting and ~rants Department
Phon~; ~ l Z-4~~-d6~~ 1 Fax: 5~ 2i475-Q185
E-mail; mmartin~a7tsl.state.txFus
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~~~stiuns or documentation relating tv required I~~ uests fnr ~'unds Financial ~tatus ~e or~~ ar~d E ui r~entl~ra ert 1~c uired
Re~ort shouid be directed ta:
~rants Accoun~ant
Phane: 512-463-547~ 1 Fax: 512-4?5-018~
E-mail: ants.accountin tsl.s#at~.tx,us
Aayments from Grantc~ tv ~rantor, such as those f~r cxcess advanced funds ar for in~~r~s~ earn~d or~ advanced ~unds, should be ma~led
with a revised FSR, an explanation o~` th~ purpose of th~ payment, and the grant num~er, This infarmatian shall ~e dire~ted ta:
~r~nts Acc~untant
Accounting and ~ra~ts Departr~ent
Texa~ State Librar~r and Archives ~ommission
P~ ~ax ~ ~~ 1 ~
Austin, ~'~ 78711-251 ~
~I. APPLI~AB~~ AND G~~RNIN~ ~A~V
A. The laws ~f tl~c State of Texas shall govern this grant, All duties of ~ither par~y sha~l be lega~ly perforr~able in Texas. The
ap~l~ca~le law far any legal dis~ut~s arising out af this contract shall be the la~ of ~and all actions he~~und~r shall be braught
in} the State ~f Texas, and the farum and venue for such disputes shall be Travis ~ount~, Distri~t ~ou~t.
$, This grant is subject to a~aila~ili~~r offunds,
~II, ~RANT ~~RTI~ICATIQN~
A, Grantor ~~rt~fies ~hat: ~1} the service~ ~pecified in the apprvv~i ~rant application and this contract are nece~sary and es~ential for
activ~ti~ tl~~t are prnpe~ly within the sta~utor~ fun~~ions and pragtams of the affected ~rgani~ations; ~2} th~ servi~es, supplies a~
mat~rials con~acted for are not requircd by ~~tion 21 of Articl~ 1G of th~ ~anstitution of Texas to be supplied under cantrac~ giv~n
ta th~ lowes~ bidder; and, ~3} the grarit is in campliance with Texas ~overnment ~ode §441,D0~, Texas Admir~istrative ~od~, Title
~ 3, Part 1, Chapt~r ~, ~ubchapt~r D, Rules 1,91--1.9b, Title 1~, ~ar~ l, ~hapt~r ~, ~ubchap#~r ~, Division 6, Rules ~.6 ~ D-
2.b 1~ re~arding the ~ystems ~ran~ ~ragram, and Title 13, Part 1, ~h~pter 2, ~u~chapter C, Divi~ion 1, Rules 2, ~~~-~.119,
Texas G~v~rnment Code §441,135 Crants ~Sys~ems Act}, P.L.108-81, the Library ~ervices and T~hnalagy Act (LSTA}, and t~e
State Plan for the LST~ in Texas and UGNi~.
B. The Grran~e~ a~firms that it has not giv~n, nffered ta g~ve, nor intends to g~v~ ~t any time herea~er, any economi~ opport~~nity, futur~
empl~yment, gift, laa.n, gratui#y, special dis~ount, trip, farror or service t~ a pu~lic servar~t in ~onnection with this contr~c~. Th~
~rar~te~ fu~th~r affirm~ t~at its employees ar ag~ts shall neith~r solicit nar a~cept gratuities, favars or any~hing of monetar~ valu~
fram ~ontractors, potential can~ractnrs, or parties to any sub-agreements~
~. The Crantee cer~ifies by this contract that na Federa~ a~propriated fun~~ have ~een paid or will b~ paid, hy or on behal~ o~" the
~rar~te~, to any p~san for influencing ar attempting t~ influence an o~ficer ar emplo~ree of ~iy agency, a Member of ~ongress, an
offic~r or emplo~+~e af ~ongre~s, ar an employee o~ a Mem~er of Congre~~ in connection with #~e makin~ of any k'ederal grant, the
entering inta of an~ caape~ative ~greemenf, and th~ extension, c~ntinuation, ren~wal, amendm~nt, or modification af ~y Fede~al
grant ar cooperativ~ agreement. If any funds other ~han Federal appropriated funds ~a~e be~n paid or will be paid for such purpo~e,
the Grantee shall comple~e and submi~ ~MB form ~F~LLL, Disclosure of Lo~b}ring Activities, in a~cordance with its in~tructions.
The Grantee shall require that the language of this certification ~~ include~ in the a~+ard documents for all subawards at all ti~rs
(including ~ubgrants, ~ontracts unde~ grants and caope~ative agreement~, and sub~ontracts} a.~d that all su~re~ipients shal~ ~~rt~fy
and disclos~ accardingly, as specified in Title 31 U,~~ ~ad~, ~ec. ~35~~
~. Grantee has provid~d to Crantor the mandatar}r Interriet ~afety ~er~ifi~ation ~~~rtification} that it is in cvmpliance wi~h requir~ments
of the Chi~dren's ~nt~rne~ Prate~tian A~t ~~IPA} for ar~y f~der~l funds under this gr~nt that will be us~d ta purchas~ compute~s used
ta acces~ the Inter~~t nr pay for the ~irect c~sts of accessing th~ ~nt~rne~, Grantee a~rees t~ cvllect, as required and appropr~ate,
C~tification form~ frorr~ all librarie~ rcceiving benefits of fcderal funds exp~nded under ~iis cantract.
E. 'I`he Gr~ante~e cerkifie~ that no federal funds fram t~lis ~rant award will be made available far ~ public libra~ry, or public elementary or
secondary ~chool libra~y that does not cur~en~ly receive E-ra~e services, ta purchase computers u~~d t~ acce~s the I~ternet or pay for
the di~ect costs of accessing the Interriet, unless th~ library has cer~i#ied ~ompliance with th~ applicabte ~~A reqr~irement~, 5hould
federa~ funds awarded a~ part of t~is gra~t be u~e~ to purchase ~arr~puters far a public lihrary, ar pu~lic elementary or sec~ndat~
schoo~ li~rary that do~s nat cu~rentiy receiv~ E-rat~ services, ta be used to acces~ the I~temet or pay for the dtr~ct ~osts of accessing
tl~e Int~rnet, Crantee wi~l ensure ~er~ificatian forms are rec~ived fram all li~rari~s receiving ber~efits of f~deral fi~nds expended
und~r this contract.
F, Th~ Crant~e certifies all applica~le activitie~ relate~ to this grant will b~ in ~ompliance with th~ ~opYnght Law of the United ~tates
FY 2~08 System 4perations Giant 5 of? TSLA~
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~Title 17, ~7.~, Code},
C, In additian to f~eral rcquirem~nts, state l~w re~uires a number ~f assurance~ ~rvm ~pplicants for fed~ral pass-throu~h or ath~r state-
apprapriated funds. ~U~MS Part III, Subpart B, ~ec.14 -~tate Assurances};
1. A su~grantee must ~amply with T~xas Covernment ~ade, ~hap~er 573, V~r~on's 1994, by ensuring that no of~cer,
employee, or mem~er ~f the applicant's ~overning body nr of the applicant's cantractor sh~~l vote ar can~rm the
empla~rtn~nt of any ~ersan related within the secand de~ree of affinity or the third degre~ of consar~guini~y to any
m~m~er of th~ governing b~d~r ~r to any oth~r officer ar emplayee authoriz~d t~ employ or superv~se such p~rson. This
pr~hibition shall nat prohibit the ~rr~ployme~t af a person who shal~ have hee~ continuously emplo~+ed fnr a~eriod of
two yea~s, or such ather pe~iod ~tipulafed by local law, pri~r tv the electian vr appointrr~ent af ~he offic~r, employee, or
governing body membe~ r~lated to such persvn in ~he prohibited degree.
2. A su~grantee mu~t insure t~hat all informatian colle~ted, a~sembled or maintain~d by ~he applicant relativ~ to a prvj ect
~rill be availabl~ ta ~he pu~li~ during r~ormal ~usiness hours in compliance with Texas C~overnment ~ade, Chapter 55~,
Vernon's 1994, unless otherwise expressl~ prohibited by law.
3~ A~ s~b~rantee must comply with Texas Gov~rnment Code, ~hapter 551, ~Temvn's 19~4, that requires all regular, speci~l or
called me~~ing of gov~rnmental ~adies ta be op~n tu the public, exc~pt as otherwise pravided by 1~w or sp~ci~cally
p~rmi~ted in the Texas Consti#utian.
4. A subgrante~e must comply ~rith thc Texas Family Code, ~~ction 2~~ 1~ 1 D1 that requires repvrt~ng of all su~pected ca~e~ of
child abuse ta l~cal law enfurc~ment authorities and ta the T~xas Department vf ~hild Protective and Regulatary ~~rvices.
~u~~rar~te~s shalt als~ cnsure that a~l pr~gram personnel are properly trained and aware of this requir~ment.
5. ~ubgrantecs will corr~ply with all f~deral statute~ relating ta nandiscrimi~ati~n. These include ~ut ar~ not lirnited to: {a} Tit~e
~ af the ~ivil Rights A~t of 19~4 ~P.L. SS-352} that proh~bit~ discrirninatian on the basi~ af race, colar or natianal ar~gin;
~} Title ~ ofth~ ~ducation Ameridments af 197~, as amend~d ~20 U,~,~. §§l~Sl-1G~3, and 16SS-168~}, tha~ ~rohibits
discrimination o~n the basis af scx; ~c} ~ection 5~4 nf the Rehabilitation Act af 197~, a~ ame~ded ~29 U.SF~, §794}, that
prahibits discrimination on thc basi~ af handicaps and the Americans V~ith Disabilitie~ Act af 199~; ~d~ #he Age
Discrimination Act of 1974, a~ amended ~42 U,S.~. §§61U1-b107}, tha~ prohibits dis~rim.ination on th~ basis ~~ ag~; (e} the
Dru~ Abuse ~ffice ar~~ T~eatrx~~nt Act of 19?Z ~P,L, ~2-255}, as amended, relatin~ ~o nandiscriminatian on #h~ basis vf
drug a~use; (~ the ~omprehensive Alcohol A~use and A~coholism Prevention, Tr~atrnent and Reha~ilitation Act of ~970
~P.L. 91-b16}, as amended, relating tn t~e nandiscriminati~n on the basis af aicoha~ abuse or alcoholism; ~g} §§523 and S~~
of the Public He~lth ~ervice Act of 1~1~ ~42 U.~.~~ 290 dd-3 and 290 e~-3}, as amended, relating to con~dentiality of
alc~hol and c~rrug abuse patient recards; ~h} Title VIII of the C~vi~ Rights Act ~f 19~~ ~4~ U.~~~. §3b~1 et seq.}, a~
amended, relating to nondis~~imination in the sale, r~ntal or finar~cing of hou~ing, ~i~ anp ather nondis~riminativn
prn~isions in the speci~c statute~s~ under which application far Federa~ assi~~ance is ~eing made; ar~d {j) the requirements af
any other nondiscrimi~ation statuto(s} that may apply t~ th~ ~pplication.
G, ~ubgr~nt~es will comply, as appli~abl~, with th~ provisions of the Dav~s-~ac~n Act ~4D U,S.~, ~§276a to ~7ba-7~, th~
~apcl~nd Act ~40 U.S.~. §~27dc and 1 S U,~.~, §§874}, a.nd the ~ontract ~ark H~urs and Safety ~tandards Act ~4~ U.~.~.
§§3~7•~3~}, regar~ir~g labvr stand~u'ds fQr fed~ra~~~r assisted construction subagreements.
7. Subgrantees wiil comply wi~h the pror~isions of t~e Ha#ch Political Activity Act (S U,~F~. ~7321-~9~ that limit the po~i~ical
ac#ivity of e~n~loyees ~rh~s~ prin~ipa~ ~mp~oyment activitie~ are funded ir~ whole or in part with Federal funds.
S. ~ubgrantees will comply with the minimum w~ge and maximum hours provis~an~ nf the ~'ed~ral Fair L~bor ~tandar~s Act
ar~~ the Intergoverr~nental Pers~nnel A~t of 197~, as ~pplicable.
9. ~ubgrantees will ~nsure that the fa~ilities under i#s owne~ship, lease or super~risian that shall be utiZized in the
accornplishment of the proje~t are n~t listed on the Envirorlmental Protectians Ag~nc~+'s ~~PA} list o~ ~iolating Faciliti~s
an~ t~at it will nvtif~ t~e Federal grantvr agency af the receipt of any c~mmunication ~rom the Dire~tar af the ~PA ~ffice
of Federal Activ~ties indicatirig that a facility ta be uscd ir~ the project is under consi~eration for listing ~y ~he EPA. ~EO
~ ~735}. -
10, Subg~antees will assist th~ awardin~ agen~}~ in a~suring corr~pliance with ~ecti~n ~~6 nf th~ l~ational ~Iistori~ Preser~ration
Act of 19b~, a~ ame~dcd ~1~ U,S.~, 470}, E~ 11~93 (identifi~ation and pr~tection ~f hist~ric ~rvperties}, and th~
Ar~haeologi~al and Historic Preservation Act af 1974 ~16 U,~,C, 4~~a-1 ~t seq,},
11, ~ubgrantees will compl~ with Public La~u t~3-~?7, also known a~ the Pra-~hildren Act n~' 1994 ~~ct}, ~h~t prohibits
smaking within any portion of any ind~or facility used for the pr~vision of service~ for c~ildret~ as defined ~y the Act,
12, ~ubgrantees will c~mply with all federal tax Iaws and are solely responsible for filing al~ required s#at~ and fed~ral ta~
for~ns.
13. ~ubg~antees will comply ~vith ~11 app~icable ~equirements of all other f~d~ral and ~tate laws, executive ord~rs, regu~atians
and policies goverriing t~is pro~ram.
14. The applicant mu~t certify that they ~re not de~arred or ~uspended or otherw~se excl~rded fr~m or in~ligible for par~ic~pation
in fed~ral assis~anc~ programs.
15 ~ ~uh~rantees musf adopt and implement applicable provi~ions o~ the model HN1Ar]]S wor~C plac~ guidelines o~` the Texas-
Department of Health as required by the Texas Health arld ~afety Code, Ann., ~ec. 85,001, et seq.
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~ERT~~I~ATI~N RE~ARDIN~ ~~B~~~IV~
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~~N~"RA~1"~, CRA~I1"~~ L~AN~, AND ~~~P~RAT~~IE A~~EEMENT~
~Req~u~red for g~rar~~s exc~edtn~ $~~0,0~0}
T~1~ U~1~~~'~1~1~C~ C~~1~ ~S, to the bes~ of hi~ or h~r l~o~ledge ~d belief, that:
1. No ~edera~ appr~priated funds ha~e been paid or ~ill be paid, ~~ or o~ ~ehalf ~f the ~der~i~ned,
to any pez~ar~ for ~nfluen~ing ar attea~ptin~ to i~n~lue~c~ a~ ~ffcer ar en~~1o~~~ of a~n~ a~~nc~, a
Mem~er of ~ongress, a~ officer or em~la~~~ of ~~ngr~ss, ar ari ernplayee o~ a Member af
~~~1~~5~ 11] CQ~It]~C~14~1 ~1t~1 t~l~ I11~~1~ ~~ ~~ ~~C~~~~l ~~Il~, the e~terin~ into of a~n~r ~ooperati~ve
~~xe~n~ent, ~.nd ~h~ ~~te~~~on, ~o~.t~~ua~ion, rene~a.~, a~ae~a~~e~.t, ~~ ~od~fca~iQ~ o~` a~~ ~'e~e~~.~
grant or coaperati~e agr~ement.
2, If a~~ fi~n~s other thar~ Feder~.l apprapriated fun~s ha~e been paid or ~ri1~ ~e paic~ to an~ pe~~on f~r
~I1~l~~~C1~1~ 0~' ~tt~~l~t1~i~ tQ 1~1~U~~C~ ~~~~1C~~ 0~ ~~I1~7~0~~~ 0~ ~l~ ~~~~lC~, a~Vlen~~er o~
~angr~~~, ax~ vff~~r or emp~o~ee of ~ong~e~~, or ar~ err~pla~ee of a~rl~m~~r of ~ongres~ in
co~nectian v~~~h th~~ Fed~~a~ gxa~at o~ coa~erat~~e agr~en~en~, t~.e u~.der~xg~~d shall can~plete and
s~~n~it Stand~rd ~~rn~ ~LLL, 'Dis~lasur~ Form ta Report Labb~ing,' 1~1 ~C~O~'C~~I~C~ ~1~~] 1~S
4 F
1~1~~~"UC~10I1~.
~. T~1~ U~l~~~'S1~Cl~C~ 5~1~~~ T~(~~11I'~ ~l~t ~1~ l~'l~U~~~ ~~ t~1S C~I't1~1C~t10~1 ~]~ 1I1C~U(~~~ 1~7 t~1~ ~~~'[~
do~~ments for a.11 ~t~ba~rard~ a~ all ti~r~ ~1~1CIUC~1~1~ subgrants, contrac~s ~nder grant~ an~
co~~era~ive a~re~~~nt~, ~.nd ~ubcontxa~ts} and tha~t ~.11 ~ubrecipients sha1~ ce~t~~ a~.d d~s~~ose
accardingly.
This ~erti~ca~ion is a material rep~r~sent~tio~a af f~~t upon v~hich re~ian~~ ~~s pXaced b~ the Te~as ~~a~e
L1~}~'~ ~V~l~~l ~~]1~ t~~1]S~C~10~ VL~~S ~Il~{~~ D~' ~I~t~~'~C~ 1I~tD. ~U~I1'~1~514I] ~~ ~115 C~~~~1C~~14I] 15 ~
prerequ~si~e for ~aki~~ or en~~ring into this ~rans~~t1or~ impa~ed b~ ~e~~ion 1~52, Ti~le ~1, U.~~ ~ade~
An~r persan u~h~ farls to file the require~ cer~i~ication ~ha1~ be subj e~t to a~ivil penalt~ of not less than
$1 ~,~~~ a~d no~ n~ore ~ha~ $ ~~0,0~0 for each s~ch farlur~.
~~t~ of ~or~us ~hri~~i L~7'A ~r~nt #4~~-~8~04
Qrganiza~ion ~a~e ~rojec~
~on~t~n~e P. ~an~hez, Assistant Dir~ctor of ~inancial ~~rvices
I1~ar~e an~ Tit~e of ~~~~Z~ri~ed ~epres~nta~i~e
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34 CFR 82.11~ T~L 9304
C~RTI~~CAT~DIV ~E~A~~~~G
~~~~~~III~~V~', ~I~~PEN~l~N ~ INELI~IBILITY ~ND II~~UNT~RY
E~C~~J~[~N
LD1N~F~ ~`I~R ~~1~~RED T~-~N~A~TI~N~
T~71S ~~~1~1C~~~OI7 1~ ~'~qU1~~[~ ~~ ~~]~ ~'~~U~~~1D~5 implen~entir~~ ~a~ecuti~re ~rde~ 12549, ~ebarment and
S~~pensivn, 34 ~~R ~ar~ S5, ~e~tion 8~~51~, Pa.rticipant's r~spo~.sibi~i~ies, The regulation~ v~er~ publish~d as
~art VI~ o~' the NIa~~ ~G, ~~S 8 F~deral Re~~~er ~pa~es 1~ 1~~~ 1~9 ~ 1}. ~opies of the re~ulati~ns rria~ be obta~ned
~]~ C~I~t~Ctl~l~ ~~1~ ~1~~'501~ ~Q ~~71C~7 t~11S ~~'D~10~~~ 1S Sli~?~1~~~C~.
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ 1 ~~1 ~ ~.~r~~~~~~~ 1 ~~~3 ~~ ~~1 ~ 1 ~V ~~~~~~ ~~ ~J.~~~~~
~l} Th~ p~o~~e~ti~e ~~~e~ ~~er par~~c~pa~.t c~rt~~ies, by sub~~ss~o~n of th~~ propo~al, that n~i~her it nor xts
prin~ipals are presentl~ debarred, suspended, pr~posed for d~ba,r~nent, de~lare~ ineli~~ble, or ~olunta~ily
exclude~ firom par~i~~pation in thi~ tran~a~tio~ by' ~ny F~der~1 depa~me~t or agen~~,
~~~ ~1~T~ t~lE ~~'OS~]~Ctl~~ ~0~~~' t1~~' ~1~1C1~7~I'1~ 15 l~l~b~~ ~~ C~~1~ ~0 ~]~ 0~ ~~1~ 5~~~~~.1~~1~5 1~l ~~115
~e~ifi~ation, ~uch pra~pe~ti~e participant shall a.ttach an explana.t~on to ~hi~ proposal,
~it~ o~ ~or~u~ ~hrES#i
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~onstar~~e P, ~anchez, Assistan~ D~r~~tor ot Fin~nci~l Se~vices
~ame a~ad Tx~~e of ~[~~ho~~~ed Cert~~'yi~g ~f~icia~
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L~TA ~r~nt ~7'-~8 #47~w080~4
~ns~ructia~~ for ~er~tifi~ation
1, B~ S1~riri~~]g ~ri~ ~u~~li~iri~ t~]iS pr~p~S~~, t~e praspec~iv~ ~av~er ~ier participar~t is pro~i~ing the certi~cation set
~u~ below.
2. The ~e~rtif icatio~ in thi~ c~au~e i~ a materia~ zep~esentation of fact upQn which reliance ~as placed when ~his
tI'~I]S~~tla1] W~S ~I]t~T`~C~ lll~p. I~ 1~ 1~ ~~~~~ C~~t~~"I171I1~C~ ~h~~ t~l~ ~~`DS~]~C~1'U'~ 10~~~" t1~~ ~~~'~1C1~]~t]t ~]O~V1I1~~~
rer~dere~ an erroneou~ cer~ifi~ation, 117 ~C~C~1~1DI~ t0 ~~~1~~' ~'~~T1~C~1~5 ~V~117~~~ t0 ~~1~ F~~~~~~ ~xOV~I~'1T~]~I]t, the
department or ag~n~~ ~ith v~hic~ ~~i~ ~ransac~ior~ or~gina~ed may ~ursue a~aila~Ie ~en~e~ie~, lI1C~UC~1Tl~
susp~~~ion ~n~Jor debarment.
~. The pruspe~ti~re ~o~~r tier par~ici~ant shall p~ovide z~xme~~ate ~rrit~en notice to the persor~ ~o ~vhich th~~ propo~al
1S SU~]I~11~~C~, 1~ ~t ~~1~ ~ll~l~, t~l~ ~3~`0~~]~~t1V~ IQW~~ ~1~~" ~]~1C1~?~I1t I~~I'I1S ~~]~~ 1tS C~I'~1~ G~~IUI] V4~~S ~I'~OI~~OUS W~1~I1
submi~ted o~ ha~ becor~~ erroneou~ by reason a~ changed ~ircumstances,
~, ~~ t~I~l~ f~COV~I'~~ ~'~~1S~C~10~]y'~ "~~~~I`I'~~,f ~ l~S1,1~~~T1~~~,'~ ~r1I1~~1~1~~~,~~ 'rla~ver ~~e~r cove~ed transactian,,'
'~~]~I~1~1~~Ilt~+ ~~~~~'501~~+~ '~~]t`lY]!~~ COV~T`~C~ ~'~~'1~~C~IQI1,~' l~~T1IlC1~~~,'~ '~propo~al,'! ~~l{~ "'voluntaril~ excluded~'~ ~5
use~ ir~ this clau~e, ha~re th~ r~eaning~ set out in the ~efinitions and c~~era~e sectxons af ru1e~ imple~n~r~~in~
~xecutive O~d~r 12549~ YOU ri]~y COri~~t ~~~ p~r~On tQ ~h~Ch th1S pr~paS~~ 1~ S~i~~Yi]tt~~ f0~ ~SSi~~~~lC~ ir]
abt~ir~ing a capy of th~se r~gulations.
5, ~7~ p~a~p~C~1~~ ~OW~~ ti~ p~i~1~1p~~lt ~g~~~S ~y ~u~rl~it~r~~ t~]i~ pr~pU~~l t~~~, shou~d t~ae prapased co~ered
tra~sactx~n ~e entered i~to, it ~ha1~ not ~a~in~ly en~~r into an~ lo~ver tie~ ~o~e~ed tran~~ctzon v~th a person ~rho
is debarred, susp~nded, declared ~neli~ble, or volur~~ari~~ excluded ~rom par~icipat~o~ ~~a t~ai~ covered ~ran~actian,
unless autho~i~ed b~ the depar~ment or ag~nc~ v~ith ~hich thi~ transa~tion originated.
~. The praspect~ve Xawe~ tier pa~txcipant further agrees ~y~ ~u~mit~ing this propo~a~ that it will ~n~lude the clause
~it1e "'~ertificatzon ~.e~a~rdir~~ ~e~ar~ent, Su~pension, It"1~~1~1~111~, and ~~luntar~ Exclu~ion--Lower ~'i~x
~a~ered Tra~~actxo~,'~ VV1~~4Ut ~IlOf~1~1C~~10~, in ~11 ~ov~e~ ~ier co~ered ~r~ns~ctions ~n~ in all ~olic~~at~o~~ ~o~
~pw~r ti~r CUV~~~~ ~~i5~Ct1~ri~.
7. A ~~~1C1~~I1~ ITl ~ C~V~T~~ ~'c~Il~~Ct10I7 ~71~~ I'~l~ U~QI1 ~ C~~~~xC~~~Q~ ~~ ~ ~]T'~S~]~C~l~'~ ~~I't1C1~~I]~ lI] ~ ~0~~' t1~T
co~rered tran~a~tion tha~ it i~ no~ debarred, sus~ended, in~l~gxble, or ~roluntaril~ e~cluded frorn the ca~ered
transa~tion, unles~ ~t l~now~ ~hat the certif~cat~an i~ err~neou~. A pa~txcipant ma~ de~i~e the rneth~~ ar~d
~'~L~U~~1C~ ~~ ~~1C~1 1~ C~~~~I`I~llT1~S ~~1~ ~11~1~111~ Q~ 1~~ ~r1I1C1~~I5, ~~C~ ~~~1C1~]~~1~ ~I]~~, but is not required to,
check the Non~ro~urern~nt Li~~.
S. N~othing contained in the farego~ng sha11 ~e cnnstrued to require establi~hment of a s~~~e~a of recor~s in order to
~render in gaad faith the cer~ifica~ian requ~red b~ this clause. T~l~ ~iI10i~~~C~~~ ~~7C~ 1~1~0~1'C1~~10~1 Q~ ~~]~I'~~C1~}~~1~ 15
not required to exceed that w~~ch is n~rmall~ p~ssessed by a prudent per~an Yn t~ae ~rdinar~ c~urse of ~usine~s
dealings.
9. ~xcept fa~ ~ransactians authorize~ under paragraph 5 of ~hes~ in~~uction~, i~ a participant in a co~ered
transacti~n 1rnov~n~l~ enter~ int~ a 1o~ver tier co~ered ~r~n~~ctivn v~~~h a pe~son who is suspende~, debarre~,
ineligible, or ~olunt~r~l~ excluded from par~icipation in thi~ transaction, xn addttion to ather rem~dies available t~
the Feder~l Covernm~n~, the departtr~~~t or agen~~ with w~ic~ ~hi~ ~ra~~action nrigir~ated m~y ~ursue av~ilable
~'~1]']~C~1~~, II~C~U~II~~ ~US~7~I1S1~t7 ~11~Q~ ~~~~1~~~~.
~ystems & TAN~ISY~~`EMS1~ormslFornisl~e7tificatior~ Regarding Debarrnent.doc
L~TA ~rant ~7-0~ ##~?~-~80~~
At~chment C
DMS Approva~ No, o348-ao4a
~~~u~cES-~o~u-coMSr~ucr~or~ ~RO~~a~~
Pub~ic repor~irrg burde~ for thi~ collecfi~n ~f info~mation is estimated to average 1~ minutes per resp~nse, ~nclud+ng
time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sa~,rces, g~thering an~ main~aining tf~e data ne~d~d, and
completing ~nd reviewir~g the colle~tion of inform~tion. ~end comments reg~~dir~~ t~e burden e~timate or any other
aspect of this cQllectian of informafior~, ir~cluding suggestions for re~ucing ~i~is burden, ta the Office of Nlanager~er~t
ar~d Budget, Paperworl~ Re~u~tion Proje~t {~~48-~04D}, ~1f~~h~ngton, ~C ~~~~3.
P[.~A~E D~ NDT RETl1RN Y~UR ~OMPLETED F~RM T~ ~"H~ ~FFI~E ~F MANAGEMENT AN~
BUDCET. ~END 1T T~ THE ADDR~~~ ~~~111D~D BY THE ~P~N~ORINC AGENCY.
N~TE: Certain af these ass~~ar~ce~ m~y n~t be applica~le to your proje~f or p~ogram. If you have q~,estions, please
contact the aw~rding agency. F~rther, cert~i~ Feder~l awa~ding ~~encies may require applic~nt~ to certify ~o
~ddition~l ~ssur~nces, If ~uch is the case, you will be not~fied,
As f~~ duly a~th~ri~~d rep~esentative ~f the ~pplic~nt, I~er~ifjr th~t the ~ppli~~nt:
1. Has the Ie~aE au~~ori~y to apply for Fe~eraE
~ssista~c~ ~~rd ~~e ir~~fitutional, man~g~r~al and
financial capability ~includir~g funds suffici~nt fo
pay the n~n-Federal share of project cost~ to
ensure prop~r plar~ning, management and
campl~tion of the praject des~ribe~ in this
applica#ion.
~. 11~1i1! g~v~ the ~w~rdir-~ ~g~r~cy, the Comptr~ller
General of the United ~tates and, if appr~priate,
the ~tat~, through any authorized representative,
access ta and the right to examine ali records,
books, papers, or d~cuments rela~ed to the
award; and w~lE establish a p~oper acco~n~ing
system in accordance with generally ac~epted
accounfin~ sta~dards or agency directives.
3, UVill e~tablish safeguards to prahibit emplayees
fram u~i~g their positions for ~ purpose that
cor~stitufes or presenfs fhe appearan~e of
personal or argar~izational canflict of int~rest, ~r
personal gain.
4. INill initia#e and complete the wark wi#hin ~he
~pplicabl~ time frame aft~r receip~ of approv~l of
th~ awarding agency.
5, Vl~il~ comply wMth ti~e Ir~tergave~nmental
Persor~nel Act of ~ 9~0 ~4211.~.~. ~§4~28-~~fi3~
relatirrg #o pre~cribed ~~andards for merit
systems for pragrams funded under one of the
~ 9~t~t~te~ or regul~ti~ns specified in Appendix
A of OPM's ~tandards for a M~rit ~y~t~m ~~
Persannel Admini~tration {~ C.F.R. 9~0, ~u~~art
F},
~, 1Nill carraply witi~ al! Federal statu~es rel~ti~g to
nondi~crimination. These include ~~t are not
lim~ted t~; ~a~ TitEe VI ~f the Civil Righfs A~t ~f
~ 964 {P.L. 8~~3~2} which prahibi~s disc~iminatior~
vn the ~~sis of r~~e, color or n~ti~n~l origin; ~b}
Title I~C af fhe Education Amendments of 19~~,
as amended ~~0 U.~.~. ~~~ fi8~ -1 ~83, and 1 fi8~~
~~8~}, whi~h prohi~i#s di~~rimin~tion on the b~sis
of sex; ~c~ ~ection ~04 of the Ref~abilita~ion Act
of ~ 9~3, as amended ~~9 U.~.~. ~~94~, whi~h
prohibi~s dis~rimir~~tion on the ~~sis of
han~i~a~s; ~d} the Age Discrimination Act of
Previous ~dltion Usa~le
~9~5, as amenaed ~4~ u.~.~. ~~G~o~-s1o~},
which ~rohibi#s discrimina~ior~ orr the ~asi~ of
age; ~e} t~e Drug Abuse ~ffice an~ ~reatment
A~t of 197~ ~P.L. 9~-~55}, as amended, re~a~ing
to non~iscrimination on the basis of drug a~us~;
{f} th~ Comprehens~ve Al~ahal Abuse and
Al~~h~lisrn Preven~ion, Treatment and
Reha~ilktation Acf af 19?'~ {P.L. 91-fi~fi}, as
amended, relating to nondisc~imination on the
basis ~f alcahol abu~~ ~~ al~oholisr~; ~g} ~§5~~
a~d 527 of ~I~e Public ~lealth ~erv~ce ~rct ~f 1912
~4~ U.~.~. ~~290 ~d-3 and 290 ~e-~}, as
amend~d, relating to conf~entiali~yr of ~Icahol
ar~d ~rug abuse patien~ recards; ~h~ Title Vlll of
the Civ~l Rights A~t of ~96~ {42 U.~.~. ~~~5~~ et
seq,}, ~s amended, rel~ting t~ nvndiscrimirration
in th~ saEe, rental or financing of housing; ~i} any
ot#~er nondi~crimin~tion provt~ions in ~he specifi~
statute~s} under which application for Federal
assistance is being ma~e; and, {j~ the
requiremen~~ of ar~y other nor~discriminat~on
statufe~s} which may ~pply to the application.
T. ~~1Jill ~~mply, or has a~ready comp~ied, with the
requirements of Titles II and I!~ of the Unif~rrr~
Relocation Assistance an~ Real Propert~r
A~quisition Poli~ie~ A~t of ~ 9~0 {P.L. 91-~4G}
which provid~ for fair and equitable #reatmer~t of
p~rsans displaced or whase praperty is acq~ired
a~ a resuit of Federal ~r federal~y-assist~d
programs. These requirements apply fa all
intere~ts in real property ~~quired for p~oject
purposes regardless of Federal participatian Mn
purchases.
S. 1Nill comply, ~s ~pplicable, with provisians of t~~
H~t~~ A~f ~5 U.S.~. ~§~ 501-~ ~Q8 and ~3~4-
~3~$~ whic~ limit the pof~tical activities of
empl~yees wh~se prin~ipal err-pl~ymer~t activiti~s
are funded in w~~le or in part wMth Fe~eral funds.
$t~ndard FQrm 42~8 ~Rev. 7-97~
Author~~ed far ~,oca~ Reproductiar~ Prescrlbed by DMB Clrcular A-inz
L$TA GRANT ~7-08 #47~-08Q~4
9. 11VilE corrrply, as applicabl~, w~t~ th~ prov~sions af
the Davis-Bac~r~ Act ~40 U.~.C. ~~2~~a to 275~-
7~, th~ Copel~nd Act ~4~ U~~.~. ~21fi~ an~ ~8
U.S.C. ~874}, and the Cor~tract V11ork ~IQ~r~ and
~afety ~tandards Act ~40 U.~.~. ~~327-~3~},
regar~ing I~bor sf~ndard~ for f~der~lly-assisted
constructiar~ su~agreements,
10, Vllill ca~ply, i~ appiicable, w~th f~~a~ insurance
purchase requirements of ~ection ~~~~a} of th~
Fl~od Disaster Pr~te~tian Acf af ~ 973 ~P.L. ~3-
2~4~ which requ~res recipier~t~ in a spec~al fload
h~za~d ~~~~ ~~ p~rtic~p~t~ in the program and to
purchase flo~d ir~surat~ce i~ the fofal casf of
~nsur~ble ~~nstruction ~nd ~~qui~i~ion is $~ D,O~~
ar more.
~ 1. 1Nill cornp~y with enviranmer~tal standards which
may be ~rescri~ed pursuant ~o the following: ~a}
instit~tion af environrrtentaf qu~lity cantrol
measure~ under the I~ational Environmen~a~
Pa~icy A~t of 1s69 {P~L. 9~-~9a} and ~x~cut~ve
~rder {E~} ~ ~ ~14; ~b~ natifica~ion of v~alating
faci~ities pursuant ~o ~~ 1~ T38; ~c} prote~tion of
wetlan~s p~~~uant #o ~~ ~ 19~0; ~d} evaluat~on of
flaod ha2ards in fl~odplains in ac~ardance with
E~ ~~ 988; ~e} assurance of project c~nsi~tency
with the approved ~tate man~~emer~t program
dev~lop~d und~r the ~oastal ~or~e Management
Act of ~ 972 ~~ 6 U.~.C. ~~145~ et ~eq•}; ~#}
~onformity o~ Feder~l actions fo ~tate ~~le~n Air}
Implementatian Plar~s und~r ~ection ~ 7~~c~ o~
the Clean Air Act af ~ 9~5, as amer~ded {4~
~f •~•C• ~~740~ et seq•~; ~g} pro~ection vf
underground sources ~~ drinkin~ wa~er under tl~e
~afe DrinkEr~g 1Jllater Act af 197~, as amended
{P.L. ~~-5~~}; and, ~h~ protection of en~angered
species ~nder the Endar~gered ~pecies Act of
~ 9~3, as amended ~P.L. 93-205~.
12. UVill comply with the 1Ni~d and Scenic Rivers A~t
of 1988 ~~6 U.~.C. ~~12T~ et ~eq.} re~at~d to
prot~cti~g comp~nents ~r poter~fia! ~~mponents
~f the natiana~ wild and sceni~ rivers syst~m,
~~. 1111i11 assist the awarding agency in ass~ring
c~mpli~~~e with ~ection ~ OG of the National
Historic Pres~rrra~iQn Act of 19~fi, as amended
~1 fi U.~.C. ~4~0}, E~ ~ 1~93 ~ide~ntification and
protection of hist~ri~ properties~, ~nd the
Archaeolo~ical ar~d Histor~c P~eservati~n Ac# of
1974 {~ 5 U.~.C. ~~4fi9a-~ et seq.}.
~4. Vl~ill comply witf~ P.L. 9~-348 ~egarding the
protectian of human s~b~ects involved ir~
r~se~rch, develapmer~t, ~nd rel~ted activit€es
suppo~ted ~y t~~s award of assistance~
15. INill camp~y with the Labaratory A~ima~ V1I~Ifar~
A~t of ~ 9fi5 {P.L. 89-544, as amended, 7 U.~.~.
§~2131 et seq.} per~~ir~ing to the care, handling,
and treatment of warm blaoded animals held far
research, teaching, or ~ther a~tivities suppo~ted
~y this aw~r~ of ~~~~st~nce.
~ 6, INill co~ply with the L~ad-8~se~ Paint Poisoning
Prevention A~~ ~4~ U.S~~, ~~~4801 et seq.~ which
prol~ibi#s the u~e ~f lead-ba~ed paint in
corrs#~~c~ion or rehabilitation a~ ~esi~ence
structures.
~~. Ul~ill cause ~a be perfQrmed the r~quir~d fir~ancial
and compliance audits in accordance wi#h ~he
~~ngle Audit A~t Amendment~ of ~ 99~ ~~d ~MB
C4rcu~ar No. A-133, "Audits of Sta~e, La~af
~ove~nmer~ts, and Non-Profit Drgani~ations."
18. 1JVill camply w~th all applicable requi~ements af alE
other Federal laws, exe~utive arders, re~ulations,
and pa~icies governing this pragram.
~i~NATURE ~F ~UTH~RIZED C~R71FYlNG ~FFICIAL TIYLE
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,~.~--~, ~ A~sis#ant Dire~tor of Financial 5ervices
APPLI~A~lT ~RGANI~AT~~N DATE ~UBMITTED
~ity of ~~r~u~ ~hristi ~-~ ~ ~ v ~
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