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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExhibit6ATTACHMENT A 2007 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 Miami -Dade County, the Recipient, whose Tax ID number is 59-6000573 for Project Number FL14B700032 /Project Identifier Number FL14076 to be located at 779 W. Flagler Street, Miami, FL. The assistance which is the subject of this Grant Agreement is authorized by the McKinney-Vento HomelessAssistanceAct 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) that was published in two parts. The first part was the General Section of the NOFA, which was published January 18, 2007 at 72 FR 2396, and the second part was the Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Programs NOFA Section of the NOFA, which was published March 13, 2007 at 72 FR 11742. 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 or, if the original Grant Agreement was amended to extend its term, the term of this agreement shall run from the end of the extension of the original Grant Agreement term 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, or extension thereof, 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 $251,071, allocated as follows: 1. Grant for Operating $0 2. Grant for Supportive Services $239,116 3. Grant for Leasing $ 0 4. Grant for Administration $11,955 The Recipient must provide a 25 percent cash match for supportive services. 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 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 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 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 not incur costs for the affected activity; or (e) reduce or recapture the grant; or (fl 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 eligible 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: Maria R. Ortiz -Hill, Director Date Community Planning and Development RECIPIENT By: Miami -Dade County George M. Burgess Date County Manager Official Contact Person and Telephone No. and Fax No.