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2004 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM
RENEWAL GRANT AGREEMENT
This Grant Agreement is made by and between the Unite J States
Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ) an Indian
River County Board of County Commissioners , 1840 25t" Stre t , Vero
Beach , FL, telephone number ( 772 ) 567 - 8000 extension 1z 67 , the
Recipient , whose Tax ID number is 59 = 6000674 , for Project Number
FL29113409003 / Project Identifier Number FL 13168 to be located at .
7204 th Street , Indian River County , 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 ag eement
will be governed by the Act , the Supportive Housing rule codifi d 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 operating
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 Agreement
may be paid with funds from the first operating year of this Renewal
Grant .
HUD ' s total fund obligation for this project is $ 24 , 581 . 00
allocated as follows .
1 . Grant for Operating $
2 . Grant for Supportive Services $ 24, 581 . 00
3 . Grant for Leasing $
4 . HMIS $
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 knowingly
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 approval of
HUD .
For any project funded by this grant which is also financed
through the use of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit , the following
applies .
HUD recognizes that the Recipient or the project sponsor
will or has financed this project through the use of the
Low - Income Housing Tax Credit . The Recipient or project
sponsor shall be the general partner of a limited
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 initial
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
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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 the
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 conStitLite
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 misrepresentations in the
application submissions which , if known by HUD , would have resulted
in this grant not being provided . Upon due notice to the Recipient 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 riot incur
costs for the affected activity ; or
( e ) reduce or recapture the grant ; or
( f) direct the Recipient to reimburse the program accounts 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 Recipient shall 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 .
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SIGNATURES
This Grant Agreement is hereby executed as follows .
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
By :
Signatur and 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
By :
Si June 14 2005
Authorized Signature and Date
Thomas S . Lowther
Typed name of signatory
Chairman
Title
Joyce Johnston Carlson - 772 - 226 - 1467 - 772 - 978 - 1798
Official Contact Person and Telephone No . and Fax No .
PROVED :
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Cty Administrator
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