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Home My WebLink About2005-206 2004 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM RENEWAL GRANT AGREEMENT This Grant Agreement is made by and between the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ) and Indian River County Board of County Commissioners , 1840 25th Street , Vero Beach , Florida , telephone number 722/ 567 - 7790 , the Recipient , whose Tax ID number is 59 - 6000643 , for Project Number FL29B 09002/ Project Identifier Number FL13167 to be located at : 2525 St . Lucie Ave . , Vero Beach , Florida . The assistance which is the subject of this Grant Agreement is authorized by the McKinney - Vento Homeless Assistance Act 42 U . S . C . 11381 ( hereafter " the Act " ) . The term " grant " or " grant funds " means the assistance provided under this Agreement . This grant agreement will be governed by the Act , the Supportive Housing rule codified at 24 CFR 583 , which is attached hereto and made a part hereof as Attachment A , and the Notice of Funding Availability ( NOFA ) published May 14, 2004 at 69 FR 26942 and 27497 . The term " Application " means the original and renewal application submissions on the basis of which a Grant was approved by HUD , including the certifications and assurances and any information or documentation required to meet any grant award conditions . The Application is incorporated herein as part of this Agreement , however , in the event of conflict between the provisions of those documents and any provision contained herein ,, this Renewal Grant Agreement shall . control . The Secretary agrees subject to the terms of the Grant Agreement , to provide the grant funds in the amount specified below for the approved project described in the Application . Although this agreement will become effective only upon the execution hereof by both parties , upon execution , the term of this agreement shall run from the end of the Recipient ' s final o erating year under the original Grant Agreement for a period of one ( ) year . Eligible costs , as defined by the Act and Attachment A . incurred between the end of Recipient ' s final operating year under the original Grant Agreement and the execution of this Renewal Grant Ag eement may be paid with funds from the first operating year of this enewal Grant . HUD ' s total fund obligation for this project is $ 36 , 177 , allocated as follows . 1 . Grant for Operating $ 2 . Grant for Supportive Services $ 3 . Grant for Leasing $ 4 . HMIS $ 36, 177 5 . Grant for Administration $ The Recipient must provide a 25 percent cash match for supportive services pursuant to HUD 's FY 2004 Appropriations Act . The Recipient agrees to comply with all requirements of this Grant Agreement and to accept responsibility for such compliance by any entities to which it makes grant funds available . The Recipient agrees to participate in a local Homeless Management Information System ( HMIS ) when implemented . The Recipient and project sponsor , if any , will not k owingly allow illegal activities in any unit assisted with grant funds . HUD notifications to the Recipient shall be to the address of the Recipient as written above , unless HUD is otherwise advised in writing . Recipient notifications to HUD shall be to the HUD Field Office executing the Grant Agreement . No right , benefit , or advantage of the Recipient hereunder be assigned without prior written app oval of HUD . For any project funded by this grant which is also inanced through the use of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit , the f ( lowing applies : HUD recognizes that the Recipient or the project sponsor will or has financed this project through the use oft e Low - Income Housing Tax Credit , The Recipient or project sponsor shall be the general partner of a limitad partnership formed for that purpose . If grant funds were used for acquisition , rehabilitation or construction , then , throughout a period of twenty years from the date of init al occupancy or the initial service provision , the Recipient or project sponsor shall continue as general partner and shall ensure that the project is operated in accordance with the requirements of this Grant Agreement , the applicable regulations and statutes . Further , the said limited partnership shall own the project site throughout that twenty - year period . If grant funds were not used for acquisition , rehabilitation or new construction , then tie period shall not be twenty years , but shall be for the term of the grant agreement and any renewal thereof . Failure to comply with the terms of this paragraph shall constitute a default under the Grant Agreement . A default shall consist of any use of grant funds for a purpose other than as authorized by this Grant Agreement , failure in the Recipient ' s duty to provide the supportive housing for the minimum term in accordance with the requirements of Attachment A , noncompliance with the Act or Attachment A provisions , any other material breach of the Grant Agreement , or misrepresentatio s in the application submissions which , if known by HUD , would have resulted in this grant not being provided . Upon due notice to the Rec pient of the occurrence of any such default and the provision of a reasonable opportunity to respond , HUD may take one or more of the following actions : ( a ) direct the Recipient to submit progress schedules for completing approved activities ; or ( b ) issue a letter of warning advising the Recipient of the default , establishing a date by which corrective actions must be completed and putting the Recipient on notice that morE serious actions will be taken if the default is not corrected or is repeated ; or ( c ) direct the Recipient to establish and maintain a management plan that assigns responsibilities for carrying out remedial actions ; or ( d ) direct the Recipient to suspend , discontinue or not incur costs for the affected activity ; or ( e ) reduce or recapture the grant ; or ( f) direct the Recipient to reimburse the program acc unts for costs inappropriately charged to the program ; or ( g ) continue the grant with a substitute recipient of HUD ' s choosing ; or ( h ) other appropriate action including , but not limited to , any remedial action legally available , such as affirmative litigation seeking declaratory judgment , specific performance , damages , temporary or permanent injunctions and any other available remedies . No delay or omission by HUD in exercising any right or remedy available to it under this Grant Agreement shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver or acquiescence in any Recipient default . For each operating year in which funding is received , the Recipient shall file annual certifications with HUD that the supportive housing has been provided in accordance with the requirements of the Grant Agreement . This Grant Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto , and may be amended only in writing executed by HUD and the Recipient . More specifically , the Recipients all not change recipients , location , services , or population to be served nor shift more than 10 percent of funds from one approved type of activity to another, or make any other significant change , without the prior written approval of HUD . SIGNATURES This Grant Agreement is hereby executed as follows . UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Secretary of Housing and Urban Development By : Signatur d Date Gary A . Causey Typed name of signatory Director, Community Planning & Development Divison Title RECIPIENT Indian River County Board of County Commissioners Name of Organization B June 14 , 2005 Authori ed Signature and Date Thomas S . Lowther Typed name of signatory Chairman Title Joyce Johnsnton Carlson - 772 - 226 - 1467 - 772 - 978 - 1798 Official Contact Person and Telephone No . and Fax No . Fonty ROVE )- , A - E "d D : Ad inistrator APPR VED AS TO FORM aEE FFIC NCY . Y RNE