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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"The work to be performed under this Agreement is a project assisted under a program providing direct Federal financial assistance from HUD and is subject to the requirements of Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701). Section 3 requires that to the greatest extent feasible opportunities for training and employment be given to low- and very low-income residents of the project area, and that contracts for work in connection with the project be awarded to business concerns that provide economic opportunities for low-and very low-income persons residing in the metropolitan area in which the project is located." The Contractor further agrees to ensure that opportunities for training and employment arising in connection with a housing rehabilitation (including reduction and abatement of lead-based paint hazards), housing construction, or other public construction project are given to low- and very low-income persons residing within the metropolitan area in which the CDBG-funded project is located; where feasible, priority should be given to low- and very low-income persons within the service area of the project or the neighborhood in which the project is located, and to low- and very low-income participants in other HUD programs; and award contracts for work undertaken in connection with a housing rehabilitation (including reduction and abatement of lead-based paint hazards), housing construction, or other public construction project to business concerns that provide economic opportunities for low- and very low-income persons residing within the metropolitan area in which the CDBG- funded project is located; where feasible, priority should be given to business concerns that provide economic opportunities to low- and very low-income residents within the service area or the neighborhood in which the project is located,and to low-and very low-income participants in other HUD programs. The Contractor certifies and agrees that no contractual or other legal incapacity exists that would prevent compliance with these requirements. Section 8.Subcontractors. A. The Contractor shall not permit any subcontractor to perform any work included in the Project until the Contractor has verified the Subcontractor as eligible to participate in federally funded contracts. B. No proposed contractor will be disapproved by the City except for cause. C. The Contractor will be as fully responsible to the City for the acts and omissions of its subcontractors, and of persons either directly or indirectly employed by them. D. The Contractor will cause appropriate provisions to be inserted in all subcontracts relative to the work and required compliance by each subcontractor with the applicable provisions of the Contract. E. Nothing contained in the Contract will create any contractual relationship between any subcontractor and the Owner. Section 8. Non-Segregated Facilities. [Applicable to contracts exceeding$10,000.00] A. The Contractor certifies that it does not and will not maintain or provide for its employees any segregated facilities at any of its establishments;and that it does not and will not permit its employees to perform any of their services at any location, under its control,where segregated facilities are maintained. As used in this paragraph the term "segregated facilities"means waiting rooms,work areas,rest rooms and wash rooms,restaurants and other eating areas,time clocks, locker rooms, and other storage or dressing areas, parking lots, drinking fountains, recreation or entertainment areas transportation and housing facilities provided for employees which are segregated by explicit directive or are in fact segregated on the basis of race,creed,color,or nation origin because of habit,local custom or otherwise. Construction Contract Supplemental Conditions 5 I a'2 e