Okaloosa County BOCC — June 17, 2014 — Okaloosa - 2014-15 TE Grant rev 6-2014 — reading text

with disabilities. Trip & Equipment Grant Agreement 2014/2015 Form Rev. 4/2/2014 Page 14 of 28  The Grantee shall also assure compliance with The Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, as it may be amended from time to time. 13.50 Lobbying Prohibition: No Grantee may use any funds received pursuant to this Agreement for the purpose of lobbying the Legislature, the judicial branch, or a state agency. No Grantee may employ any person or organization with funds received pursuant to this Agreement for the purpose of lobbying the Legislature, the judicial branch, or a state agency. The “purpose of lobbying” includes, but is not limited to, salaries, travel expenses and per diem, the cost for publication and distribution of each publication used in lobbying; other printing; media; advertising, including production costs; postage; entertainment; telephone; and association dues. The provisions of this paragraph supplement the provisions of Section 11.062, Florida Statutes, which is incorporated by reference into this Agreement. 13.60 Public Entity Crimes: No Grantee shall accept any bid from, award any contract to, or transact any business with any person or affiliate on the convicted vendor list for a period of 36 months from the date that person or affiliate was placed on the convicted vendor list unless that person or affiliate has been removed from the list pursuant to section 287.133, Florida Statutes. The Grantee may not allow such a person or affiliate to perform work as a contractor, supplier, subcontractor, or consultant under a contract with the Grantee. If the Grantee was transacting business with a person at the time of the commission of a public entity crime which resulted in that person being placed on the convicted vendor list, the Grantee may also not accept any bid from, award any contract to, or transact any business with any other person who is under the same, or substantially the same, control as the person whose name appears on the convicted vendor list so long as that person's name appears on the convicted vendor list. 13.70 Homeland Security: Grantee shall utilize the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's E-Verify system, in accordance with the terms governing use of the system, to confirm the employment eligibility of: 1. all new persons employed by the grantee during the term of the grant agreement to perform employment duties within Florida; and 2. all new persons, including subcontractors, assigned by the grantee to perform work pursuant to the contract with the Commission. The Commission shall consider the employment by any vendor of unauthorized aliens a violation of Section 274A(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. If the vendor knowingly employs unauthorized aliens, such violation shall be cause for unilateral cancellation of this agreement. Refer to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s website at www.dhs.gov to learn more about E-Verify. Trip & Equipment Grant Agreement 2014/2015 Form Rev. 4/2/2014 Page 15 of 28 14.00 Miscellaneous Provisions: 14.10 Environmental Pollution: All Proposals, Plans, and Specifications for the acquisition, reconstruction, or improvement of vehicles or equipment, shall show that such vehicles or equipment are equipped to prevent and control environmental pollution. 14.20 Commission Not Obligated to Third Parties: The Commission shall not be obligated or liable hereunder to any party other than the Grantee. 14.30 When Rights and Remedies Not Waived: In no event shall the making by the Commission of any payment to the Grantee constitute or be construed as a waiver by the Commission of any breach of covenant or any default which may then exist, on the part of the Grantee, and the making of such payment by the Commission while any such breach or default shall exist shall in no way impair or prejudice any right or remedy available to the Commission for such breach or default. 14.40 How Contract Affected by Provisions Being Held Invalid: If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, the provision shall be severable and the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected. In such an instance the remainder would then continue to conform to the terms and requirements of applicable law. 14.50 Bonus and Commissions: By execution of the Agreement the Grantee represents that it has not paid and, also, agrees not to pay, any bonus or commission for the purpose of obtaining an approval of its financing hereunder. 14.60 State or Territorial Law: Nothing in the Agreement shall require the Grantee to observe or enforce compliance with any provision thereof, perform any other act or do any other thing in contravention of any applicable State or Federal law. Provided, that if any of the provisions of the Agreement violate any applicable State or Federal law, the Grantee will at once notify the Commission in writing in order that appropriate changes and modifications may be made by the Commission and the Grantee to the end that the Grantee may proceed as soon as possible with the Project. 14.70 Purchased Vehicles or Equipment: 14.71 Maintenance of Purchased Vehicles or Equipment: The Grantee agrees to maintain the vehicles and equipment purchased or financed in whole or in part with Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Funds pursuant to this Agreement in good working order for the useful life of the vehicles and equipment. The Grantee agrees not to make alterations or modifications to the equipment or vehicles without the consent of the Commission. Any lease or assignment of operational responsibility of project vehicles and equipment to third-persons is not allowed unless approved in writing by the Commission. 14.72 Utilization: The Grantee agrees to assure that all Project equipment and vehicles purchased with Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Funds are used to meet the identified transportation needs of the non-sponsored and in support of the service plan established under the provisions of Rule 41-2, Florida Administrative Code, to serve the transportation Trip & Equipment Grant Agreement 2014/2015 Form Rev. 4/2/2014 Page 16 of 28  needs of the transportation disadvantaged of the area. Purchased Project equipment and vehicles shall be operated to their maximum possible efficiency. Purchased vehicles and equipment will be used for the period of their useful lives in accordance with the most current Commission policies. The Commission may, after consultation with the Grantee, transfer purchased equipment and vehicles that it deems to be underutilized or that is not being operated for its intended purpose. This underutilized equipment and vehicles will be returned to the Commission at a specified location at a mutually agreeable time. Reimbursement of any equity or interest of the Grantee will be made after another party has assumed the obligations under the terms and conditions of this Agreement or disposal of said items by sale has occurred. The Commission shall make the sole determination of the Grantee’s interest and reimbursement. As determined by the Commission, failure to satisfactorily utilize vehicles and equipment that are purchased with Project funds shall be sufficient cause for non-payment by the Commission as provided in Paragraph 8.25. 14.73 Disposal of Purchased Project Equipment: Useful life of capital equipment is defined in the Commission’s Capital Equipment Procedure as incorporated herein by reference. The following applicable process must be used prior to disposition of any capital equipment purchased with these grant funds: a) While the Grantee is still under contract with the Commission and the capital equipment still has useful life, the Grantee must request written approval from the Commission prior to disposing of any equipment purchased or financed in whole or in part pursuant to this Agreement, including vehicles, during its useful life, for any purpose. Proceeds from the sale of purchased project equipment and vehicles shall be documented in the project file(s) by the Grantee. With the approval of the Commission, these proceeds may be re-invested for any purpose which expands transportation disadvantaged services for the non-sponsored. If the Grantee does not elect to re-invest for purposes which expand transportation disadvantaged services, the gross proceeds from sale shall be refunded to the Commission in the same participation percentage ratios as were used to fund the original purchase. b) The purchase of all vehicles and equipment financed in whole or in part pursuant to this Agreement shall be undertaken by the Grantee on behalf of the Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged in accordance with State regulations and statutes. Title to any vehicle purchased with Project funds shall be in the name of the Grantee, subject to lien in favor of the Commission. The Commission will relinquish all interest in the vehicles and equipment when it has reached the end of its useful life and at this time the Commission will satisfy its lien of record. c) When a Grantee is no longer an eligible recipient of trip and equipment grant funds and no longer a Commission approved Community Transportation Coordinator, the capital equipment with useful life purchased with these grant funds must be transferred to an eligible recipient in accordance with the Commission’s Capital Equipment Procedure. Trip & Equipment Grant Agreement 2014/2015 Form Rev. 4/2/2014 Page 17 of 28 15.00 Plans and Specifications: In the event that this agreement involves the purchasing of capital equipment or major components thereof, upon the Commission's request the Grantee shall submit to the Commission, certification that all such equipment meets or exceeds the requirements as identified in Exhibit "A." Failure to abide by this requirement shall be sufficient cause for nonpayment by the Commission as provided in Paragraph 8.23. 16.00 Contractual Indemnity: To the extent permitted by law, the Grantee shall indemnify, defend, save, and hold harmless the Commission and all their officers, agents or employees from all suits, actions, claims, demands, and liability of any nature whatsoever arising out of, because of, or due to breach of the agreement by the Grantee or its subcontractors, agents or employees or due to any negligent act, or occurrence of omission or commission of the Grantee, its subcontractors, agents or employees. Neither the Grantee nor any of its agents will be liable under this article for damages arising out of injury or damage to persons