HomeMy WebLinkAboutC2009-279 - 7/28/2009 - NA~NTERL~AL OPERATION AREE~fENT
BETI~VEEN
TEXAS A M HN111ERSITY -- ~RPUS HR~TI
ANA
THE CITY ~F O~PI~ CHRISTI
1~VHEREAS, Texas A M University -- Corpus Christi {"T~IIJIUCC"}and the City of
Corpus Christi {"City„} are authorised by Chapter ?'~~ of the Texas vvernment Code to
enter into an interiocal cooperation contract;
~1IHEREAS, in Resolution D~~4~7, the Corpus Christi City Council adopted the National
League of Cities' Platform format for Strengthening Families and improving outcomes
far Children and Youth, and established the essential platform components for a
sustained community effort to achieve the Platform's objectives;
'WHEREAS, the platform objectives included the funding of the Texas AEI University
Social Science Research Center or like entity to complete ongoing comaunity vide
assessments forneeds and assets, interpret the data and define priorities
NSW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree ~ folios:
~ . PURPOSE. The purpose of this Agreer~ent is far TAIViU~CC Social Science
Research Center to cor~plete ongoing community vuide assessments far needs and
assets, interpret the data and define priorities as described in the Resolution lVo.
q~74~1.
~. STATEMENT ~F VV~Rl~. TAIIUCC agrees to perform all services as outlined in its
letter dated June 29: ~gDg, copy attached as Exhibit A, and projects that the City gill
receive ell required reports and data described in Exhibit A, no later than July 1, ~gD9,
3. PRINCIPALS. The ~rork ~rifl be supervised by Philip 1. Rhoades, Ph.D. Professor
of Crirr~inal Justice and Regents, Director of the Social Science Research Center lf, for
any reason, he is unable to continue to serve, and a successor acceptable to both
TAf1~UCC and the City is not available, this agreement shall be terminated as provided
herein.
4, PERIOD ~F PERFORMANCE, The ~vark described in Exhibit A shall be conducted
from July ~l; X009 through July 1, X009, or until al! required reports and data have
been accepted by the City, virhichever date is earlier,
~. PR~~E AND PAYMENT.
a. As car~pensatian for the performance of the agreement, the City agrees to pay
TAUCC up to Forty-eight Thousand Dollars five hundred eleven dollars {45,~~1.gg},
as itemized in Exhibit A.
b. The Parties agree that all expenditures under this agreement shall be paid v~rith
current revenues of the paying party
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c~ The parties ackno~rledge that continuation of this agreement beyond current fiscal
year is subject to annual budget process and appropriation of funds.
d~ invoices for compensation shall be submitted to the follov~ring address.
City of Corpus Christi
Attn ~ Reba George, Parks and Recreation
P.~. Box 977
Corpus Christi, TX., 78469~9~77
~. DELII~ERABLE. The deliverables required under this agreement are specified in
the Exhibit A, items 1 through 1 ~, The City retains onership of all deliverables
provided under this Agreement The City grants TIUIUC the right to utilize the
deliverables provided under this Agreer~ent for the purposes of research, instruction,
and public education, ~vith appropriate citation to the City of corpus Christi as the
funding sources
~. TE~~IINATION. Performance under this agreement maybe terrr~inated by the City
pith or vwrithout cause upon sixty days Britten notice. Performance may be terminated
by TAUC, if circumstances beyond its control preclude continuation of the program.
Upon termination ~vithvut cause, TAIUIUCC vuill b reimbursed as specified in Paragraph
~ of all costs and non-cancelable comrr~itments incurred in the performance of the
program, that are reimbursable under the Grant.
S. NoTIE. All notices to parties under this Agreement shall be in uwrriting and sent to
the names and address stated belo~r. Either party to the Agreement ray change the
name and address by notice to the other in accordance herev~rith, and any change shall
take effect irnrnediately upon receipt of the notice.
TAIUCC
Texas A M University -Corpus Christi
BOD Dcean Drive, NRC #b8~
Corpus Christi, T~., 7841 ~
Attu; Dr. Philip Irv. Rhoades, Director, social ciet~ce Research Center
Telephone; {861 } 8~6-687
Fax; X361 } 826-384
ITY
City of Corpus Christi
Attn; Reba George
P,o. Box 9277
Corpus Christi} T~., 78469
Telephone: {861} 8~6-8466
. LIABILITY. It is understood tha# City shall not be liable for any olaims against
TAUC, its employees, or third persons, other than pity's employees, for
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damage resulting fror~r or arising out of the activities of T~IVIU personnel under
this Agreement, and TAI~U agrees, to the extent permitted ay section 49,
Article III of the constitution of the state of Texas, to hold Dity harr~rle from any
and all claims. It is also understood thatTAI~UC~ shall not be held liable for any
claims against pity's employees, of damage resulting frorr~ yr arising out of
activities of the pity, its employees, or third persons, ether than TAII~UDD
employees, and Dity agrees, to the extent perrr~itted by section ~9, ~4rticle III of
the Dontitution of the state of Texas, to hold TAMUDC harmless from any and all
claims.
~ D. INDEPENDENT ~NTR~IT~R. For the purposes of the agreement and all
services to be provided under this agreement, the parties shall be, and shall be deemed
to be, independent contractors and not agents or employees of the other party. Neither
party shall have authority to make any statements, representations orcommitments of
any kind, or to take any action which shall be binding on the other party, except as may
be explicitly provided for in this agreement or authorized in writing.
~ ~ . AMENDMENTS AUTHRI~ED.
The representatives who were authorized to sign this agreement are authorized to
execute minor a~mendrnerrts to this agreement, such as changes in deadlines and miner
changes in the scope of work.
~ ~. E'EI~ABILITY, if any of the provisions of the agreement in the application
thereof to any person or circumstance, is rendered or declared illegal for any reason, or
shall be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of the agreement and the application of
the provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby, but steal!
be enforced to the greatest extent by applicable law. The pity and TAMUC~ agree that
this agreement shall be reformed to replace the stricken provision or part thereof with a
valid and enforceable provision that comes as close as possible to expressing the
intention of the stricken provision.
~ 3. D1sPUTE l~E~LUTI~N PRIDE,
a. To the extent applicable, the dispute resolution procedures provided in
chapter ~~o of the Texas government bode will be used to resolve contract
claims under this contract.
b, if the chapter AGO procedures are utilized both parties agree that the TEQ
may intervene in the proceedings as an interested party.
c. The Director of Purchasing, TAIU~, is designated as the officer designated
under ~~~g.o~, Texas government octet to examine claims and
counterclaims, negotiate, and resolve arry claims on behalf of TAMU.
~4. VENUE. TANlIJ ackno~rledges and agrees that because this agreerr~ent has
been executed, and wil! be administered in Nueces ountyt Texas, the agreement is to
be performed in Nuece bounty, TAI~U acknowledges and agrees that any
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permissible cause of action involving this agreement will arise safely in N~aece County,
If legal action related to this claim is permissible and there are two {~} or mare
counties of proper venue under the rules of mandatary, general, or permissive venue,
and one of the counties is Nuece bounty, TAUCC agrees to venue in Nueces
bounty, This provision does nat waive the pity's sovereign immunity.
~ 5, I~I~E~L.ANEaU~ This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the
artier relative to the subject ratter, and may only be modified or amended by a written
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agreement signed by both parties. It shall be construed in accordance with the lews of
the state of Texas.
1N ~IIf ITNE VI~HEREa~, the parties have caused this agreement tv be e~cecuted ~y
their authorised representative,
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TEAS A ~ UNIII~RITY -- ~~RRUS HRITI
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CITY ~F ~RPU HRITI
ATTEST
Armando Chapa
City Secretary
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pity ana~~r
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This ~ da}r of , ~0~9
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Asitant pity Attorn~
for pity Attornay
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Vl~ork to be Performed
1. The Data File from the earlier Youth Opportunities United praject would be
updated and formatted into an EXCEL based file.
2, The data indicators could b expanded to include those Pram the earlier
Vvorksource~ project and indicators suggested by the Commission an a limited basis,
3. Data from surveys conducted for the City of Carpus Christi, safe Communities
Coalition, and the ~aldFuture initiative would be included assnap-shots
~. The PawerPaint slide file that reflects a t~rree to five year image of the data in
items ~. and 2. above and highlights from iterrt ~ would be revised.
~. The Data File and PawerPoint file would be placed an appropriate web~site and
would be available from the R on CD.
~, If passible, data would be collected by postal alp codes ar by census
blacksltracts.
7. The ~00~ YOU Youth and Family services guide would be updated and
converted to a searchable, web-based file in the style of the Community
YouthMapping sites.
8. The praject would map of the 1 a categories of services found in the
Community YauthMapping. However, the listings in any one of the ~ categories
would be limited to those most available and most willing to participate in providing
complete information to the praject The selection of the ~ categories to map would
be made in caardination with the Commission.
9. A set of ~ fact sheets could be produced an issues selected by the Commission.
These would be posted on web-sites and would be suitable far printing.
~0. Presentations would be available to community groups and supported with
documents toward the latter part of the praject year.
~ ~ . A summary narrative of limited scope will be produced from an analysis of the
risk and protective factor data.
1 ~, Oral progress reports would be made to the Commission at its meetings as
desired.
~u~~et
CCY Data Collection and services Mapping Project
Go-PI Rhoades x.25 time summer} fi,342
Fringe 1,745
Cc-Pi Jorgensen as an intema~ consultant 3,U00
Fringe X40
Research Assistant 1: 91 ~ hours ~1 ~.QO per Maur t 0,944
Fringe ~~~
Research Assistant 2: 912 hours $1200 per hour t 9,944
Fringe 2~4
Co-Pi ~I Faculty as an internal consultant 3,400
Fr}nge 840
M&D, office supplies, telephone 1,750
indirect Costs {.25 of salaries and vVages~ 8,558
TOTAL ~ 48,51 ~