Res 2017-131/approving an agreement with Freese and Nichols, Inc. for the provision of a professional engineering services in connection with the Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Uhland Road Improvements design amount estim

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(a) Require that no employee, officer, or agent may participate in the selection, award, or administration of a contract supported by federal funds if a real or apparent conflict would be involved. Such a conflict would arise when any of the following parties has a financial or other interest in the firm selected for an award: 1) An employee, officer, or agent' of the Engineer; 2) Any member of an employee's, officer's, or agent's immediate family; 3) An employee's, agent's, or officer's partner; or 4) An organization which employs or is about to employ any of the persons listed in the preceding sections. (b) Require that employees, agents, and officers of the Engineer neither solicit nor accept gratuities, favors, or anything of value from contractors, or parties to sub-agreements. However, Engineers may set standards for situations in which the financial interest is not substantial or the gift is an unsolicited item of nominal value. (c) Provide for disciplinary actions to be applied for any violations of such standards by employees, agents or officers of the subrecipient. With respect to all other CDBG-assisted activities,the general standard is that no employee, agent or officer of the subrecipient, who exercises decision-making responsibility with respect to CDBG funds and activities is allowed to obtain a financial interest in or benefit from CDBG activities,or have a financial interest in any contract,subcontract, or agreement regarding those activities or in the proceeds for the activities. Specific provisions include that: 1) This requirement applies to any person who is an employee, agent, Engineer, officer, or elected or appointed official of the City, a designated public agency, or a subrecipient, and to their immediate family members and business partner(s). 2) The requirement applies for such persons during their tenure and for a period of one year after leaving the grantee or subrecipient organization. 3) Upon written request, exceptions may be granted by HUD on a case-by-case basis. 9.4 CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY By submitting a proposal in response to the Invitation for Bids, the Engineer certifies that at the time of submission, he/she/it is not listed on the government- wide exclusions in the System for Award Management (SAM), in accordance with the OMB guidelines at 2 CFR 180 that implement Executive Orders 12549 (3 CFR Part 1986 Comp., p 189) and 12689 (3 CFR part 1989 Comp., p 235), "Debarment and Suspension". (a) In the event of placement on the list between the time of bid/proposal submission and time of contract award, the bidder/proposer will immediately notify the City.