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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 171 Draft 01 2006-2008 „tY OI!;1r. ~~L.~ i COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII . >I Oi ~M~~ RESOLUTION NO. 171 07 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, PURSUANT TO HRS 46-7, FOR THE HAWAII FIRE DEPARTMENT GENERATOR PURCHASE GRANT WHEREAS, the State of Hawaii Department of Transportation's Safe Community Program has authorized funding towards the Hawaii Fire Department's Generator Purchase Grant Project; and WHEREAS, the grant funds will be used to purchase twenty sets of generators, lights, and traffic signs that will provide a well lit and well marked accident scene on poorly lit rural highways; WHEREAS, the new equipment, which should protect motor vehicle accident victims and the fire personnel from injury and death, will be assigned to designated fire stations around the island; and WHEREAS, the funds provided by the State of Hawaii Department of Transportation are derived from grants provided by the federal government, under the National Highway Safety Act of 1966; and WHEREAS, Hawaii Revised Statutes, Section 46-7, requires that county departments obtain the consent of the council to enter into agreements with the federal or state governments respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by law to furnish, expend, and receive any funds or other assistance in connection with projects being or to be undertaken pursuant to those powers. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII, in accordance with section 46-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, that the Mayor of the County of Hawaii is authorized to execute, on behalf of the County, an agreement and related documents, to enable the County to purchase equipment specified under the Hawaii Fire Department Generator Purchase Project as described in the Fire Department's Grant Application, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit "A". BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk of the County of Hawaii shall transmit copies of this resolution to the Office of the Mayor, the Finance and Fire Departments. Dated at xilo ,Hawaii, this 16th day of Mav , 2007. INTRODUCED BY: COUNCIL MEMB , C Y OF HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE County of Hawaii AYES NOES ABS EX Hilo, Hawaii FORD X I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by the HIGA X vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of HoFFMANN X the County of Hawaii on Mav 16 2007 tKEDA g JACOBSON g ATTEST NAEOLE X PILAGO X YAGONG X YOSHIMOTO X 9 0 0 0 ference C-351/F'C' 10 0 CO CLERK CHAIRMAN P II~JNG FICER SOLUTION NO. 1~1. O7 ~___.1__. Form B-52 7/18/91 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DEPARTMENT: FIRE DATE: April 4, 2007 STAFF CONTACT: Gerald Makino PHONE: 981-8350 A. REQUEST: Prepare a resolution authorizing the Fire Department to accept a grant of $33,299 from the U.S. Department of Transportation, through the State Department of Transportation, for the purchase of twenty sets of generators, lights, and traffic signs. Prepare a complementary ordinance as follows: 010.221.5228 Fire Grants -Generators -Fed $33,299 3303 Federal Grants -Generators $33,299 B. BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION (USE ADDITIONAL SHEETS AS NEEDED): The National Highway Safety Act of 1966 provides Federal funds to states for approved highway safety projects. States may make said funds available to various political subdivisions for authorized projects. The State of Hawaii through its Department of Transportation has authorized a reimbursement project for the Hawaii County Fire Department entitled "Hawaii County Fire Department Generator Purchase". A total of $33,299 has been obligated to this project. The project period is 10/01/06 - 09/30/07. The grant funds will be used to protect motor vehicle accident victims and Hawaii County Fire Department personnel from injury and death by providing equipment to create a well lit and well marked accident scene on poorly lit rural highways. Specifically, these are twenty (20) identical sets of: 1 Honda EU20011 portable generator, 1 Stanley WI2664 Watt work light, 1 Allsafe/SMC Fold and Roll Emergency traffic sign. The equipment will be assigned to designated fire stations around the island. Please see attached documents. DATE: April 4, 2007 Department Head GRANT SUMMARY Su lement to B-52, Re uest for Council Action T e of Grant A ro nation bein re uested: ew or an additional a ro nation ® New (for this fiscal year period). OR ? Additional appropriation (to an existing grant); Is a draft agreement attached? Has the original grant notification been transmitted to ®Yes ? No Council? ?Yes ? No Name of Grant Program: Highway Safety Grantor: United States Department of Transportation County Grantee Department or Agency: Fire Department County Grantee Contact Person: Quince Mento Phone Number: 981-8355 Amount of Grant: 33,299 Grant Period (Commencement & Completion): 10/Ol/Ob- 09/30/07 Purpose of Grant: Enhance highway safety County Match required?: ?Yes ®No If yes, Matching Amount? Budgeted in account# In-kind? Explain: Explanation: County's personnel requirements: Amount of new position(s)? Qty: _ Permanent: ? Temporary: Duration: Full-time: ? Part-time: Time Element: Qty: Contractual: ? Explain: Explanation: Project no. EM07-04 (O1-H-Ol) is entitled "Hawaii County Fire Department Generator Purchase" Additional Comments about Grant: B-52 Gran[ Summary Farm LNDA LINGLE 1f ~ ~ Nq RODNEV K. HARAGA GOVERNOR A~ , ,esa , % DIRECTOR a 7 =r.._ OaWN Directan ~ ,g PRANGS PAUL KEENO d BARRY FUKUNAGA ~O vd BRENNON T. MORIOKA BRIAN H. SEKIGUCHI STATE OF HAWAII IN REPLY REFER TO: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 869 PUNCHBOWL STREET HWY-V 9.1081 HONOLULU, HAWAII 96813-5097 November 16, 2006 Chief Darryl Oliveira ' Hawaii County Fire Department 25 Aupuni Street, Suie 103 Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Deaz Chief Oliveira: Enclosed for your action is a copy of the approved highway safety reimbursement project No. EM07-04 (OI-H-OI), entitled "Hawaii County Fire Department Generator Purchase". A total of $33,299.00 has been obligated to the project. The gant funds will be used to protect motor vehicle accident victims and Hawaii County Fire Deparhnent personnel from injury and death by providing equipment to create a well lit and well mazked accident scene on poorly lit rural highways. Progess reports must be submitted quarterly within 15 days (ending May, August and November) and a final report must be submitted within thirty days of the end of the gant period. Reimbursement claims must be submitted in accordance with the agreement (monthly or quarterly) by the 20th of the month following the claim period. A claim must be submitted even if no expenditures were made. The project is subject to the audit requirements of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) A-133, Audit of State/L.ocal Government & Non-Profit Organizations. Note that the Deparhnent/Progam Number and Title with which this project should be associated in the Schedule of Federal Assistance should be associated in the Schedule of Federal Assistance Progams section of your single agency audit report are: Department of Transportation/20.600 - State and Community Highway Safety Program. A copy of al] audit reports covering the gant period must be sent to the Deparhnent of Transportation -Highway Safety Staff, 869 Punchbowl Street, Room 405, Honolulu, HI 96813. Nov 2 ~ zoos l~C a ; firca,l ~ ' Chief Darryl Oliveira HWY-V 9.1081 Page 2 November 16, 2006 , Within 60 days of the date of project approval, the Highway Safety Staff should be advised of your cognizant Federal audit agency and of when you anticipate the audit report(s) covering the period of this grant to be issued. Very truly yours, BRENNON T. MORIOKA, Ph.D., P.E. Deputy Director-Highways Enclosure APPLICATION FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY PROJECT REIMBURSEMENT GRANT STATE OF HAWAII SAFE COMMUNITY PROGRAM -SAFE COMMUNITIES OFFICE PART I FOR SCP-SCO USE ONLY (Applicant to Complete) Project Number: 8107-04 (O1-H-O1) 1. APPLICANT (Name and Address) Title: Darryl 7.Oliveira, Fire Chief Hawaii County Fire Department Generator 25 Aupuni St. Ste. 103 Hilo, HI 96720 Purchase Standard Area ~ 2. AGENCY UNIT (Name and Address) Effective Date: County of Hawaii Fire Department 10 / 1 /06 25 Aupuni St. Ste. 103 Hilo, HI 96720 Federal Funds Obligated $33 , 299 3. DURATION (Month, Day, Yeaz) A. Grant Period B. Project Period FY Funds Addendum _ YES X NO From: Oct. 1, 2006 From Oct. 1, 2006 Benefit of _ STATEX COUNTY To: S t 30 2007 To: S t. 30 2007 4. LOCATION OF PROJECT Sa. TYPE OF APPLICATION [Check Appropriate Item(s)] X Initial _ Revision _ Continuation Hawaii County, Island of Hawaii County o[ Hawaii Fire Department Sb. REIMBURSEMENT SCHEDULE DESIRED X Monthly _ Quarteriy 6. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Schedule A 7. PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND TASKS SUMMARY FROM SCHEDULE A To protect automobile accident victims and County otHawaii Fire Department personnel from serious injury or death by providing equipment and training to create well lit and well marked accident scenes on rural or other low light highways 8. BUDGET Schedule B 8A. COST CATEGORY T°~ Grant Period Expenditures Project Period Prior Years 1 Personal Services n/a n/a da 2 Consultant Services n/a n/a da 3 Commodities n!a n/a da 4 Other Drrect/Indirect Cosu $33 299 n/a $33 299 TOTAL ESTIMATED COSTS Inc. Non-Fed. Share $33 299 n/a $33 299 HB. SOURCE OF FUNDS S33,299 C. SPECIFY HOW NON-FEDERAL (1) Federal (100 % of TOTAL) SHARE WH,L BE PROVH)ED 2 A licant A e 45 9. MILESTONES Schedule C ' 10. AGREEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING AND COMPLIANCE See Schedule D attached 11. ACCEPTANCE OF CONDITIONS. It is understood and agreed by the undersigned that a reimbursement grant received as a result of this application is subject to Public Law 89-564 (Highway Safety Act of 1966) and all administrative regulations governing grants established by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the State of Hawaii. It is expressly agreed that this project constitutes an af6cial part of the Hawaii Highway Safety Program and that said applicant agency will meet the requirements as set forth herein, including accompanying schedules A,B,C & D, which aze into rated herein and made a art of this a licatioa AuUrorization to roceed with this Hi hwa Safe Project is re nested. 11A. PRO DHIE TOR IIB. RUTH G O CIAL OF AGENCY UNIT Si tore - Si lure Name wince Menlo Name D 1 J. Oli ira Title Assistant Fire Chief Title Fire Chief Date Se tember 30 2006 Date Se tember 30 2006 To be prepared by applicant, use separate sheen as required. Form HS 3-71 Rev. 10/OI F,XHiAIT `~A" EXHIBIT II SCHEDULE A SCHEDULE A PURCHASE OF TWENTY (20) ONLY PORTABLE GENERATORS, HALOGEN WORK LIGHTS, & EMERGENCY TRAFFIC SIGNS Project Number: HWY-V 9.1007 MISSION/GOAL (State your mission or goal that the project is trying to achieve. E.g. are you trying to reduce traffic injuries and fatalities? In what specific azea of traffic, pedestrian, speeding, children?) The goal of this project is to protect motor vehicle accident victims and County of Hawaii Fire Department personnel from injury or death by providing well lit and well mazked work scenes on poorly lit rural highways and roads. We seek to accomplish this by providing emergency responders with proper equipment to safely extricate entrapped victims and provide patient caze. Specifically, the purchase of, training on, and deployment of one set of portable generators, portable work lights, and Emergency traffic signs for each front line Engine Company, twenty (20) in all. All twenty of the County of Hawaii Fire Department fire districts have poorly lit rural highways and roads as part of their response areas. These goals aze pursuant to the National Fire Protection Association Standard 1670: Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Rescue Incidents. Specific references include, but aze not limited to, NFPA 1670 section 6-3.3 requiring local jurisdictions to develop procedures for accessing victims trapped in a vehicle and NFPA 1670 section 6- 3.3(b) requiring local jurisdictions develop procedures for making the rescue scene safe. The specific use of this equipment includes but is not limited to: providing a well lit work area for County of Hawaii Fire Department personnel to work efficiently at motor vehicle accident scenes thereby reducing the time a critical motor vehicle accident victim spends inpre-hospital care and therefore increasing chances of survival, providing portable power for the work light, and providing a well mazked work area by making patients and responders highly visible through the use of work lights and emergency traffic signs. STRATEGIES (What are you attempting to accomplish with this project? What you plan to do. E.g. developing permanent fitting stations for child restraints, enforcement activities, educational activities.) Use quantitive measures such as the number of training to be held, number of meetings to be held, number of roadblocks to be established, etc. All frontline responding personnel, twenty Engine Companies in all, will undergo training in the use and deployment of this emergency lighting and scene marking system. Upon delivery each Engine Company in the County of Hawaii Fire Department will receive one portable generator, one halogen work light, and one Emergency traffic sign. SOLUTION/IMPLEMENTATION (How will you get it done? E.g. hiring of personnel, purchasing of certain equipment, developing statewide conference, etc. The implementation phase should reflect what you will be asking for in your budget.) This project calls for the purchase of twenty (20) identical sets of: 1 Honda EU2000i portable generator, 1 Stanley WI2664 500 Watt work light, 1 Allsafe/SMC Fold and Roll Emergency traffic sign. Estimated Cost: $1664.97 per set, $33,299 total. EVALUATION (How aze you going to show effectiveness of your project? What measures can you use? E.g. increase seat belt/child restraint use, decrease in traffic crashes, decrease in alcohol- related crashes/fatalities, etc. You need to state how much of a decrease in fatalities or increase in usage rate you hope to accomplish. It is understandable that not one single project will be responsible for the entire increase or decrease of any one single item; however, you will be part of the whole.) Also list the task(s) to be accomplished. E.g. training, enforcement, classes, etc. The effectiveness of this project will be monitored by evaluating trends of work zone injuries and fatalities in Hawaii County, particularly work zones involving the County of Hawaii Fire Department. While historically the CHFD has not experienced personnel injuries or fatalities in work zones, the chance of these occumng increases each yeaz as the emergency call volume in Hawaii County increases. The CHFD hopes to reduce State of Hawaii work zone injuries and fatalities by keeping its work zone injuries and fatalities at zero. The effectiveness of this project will also be monitored through documentation of work light and emergency traffic sign usage and the total time it takes a vehicle accident victim to begin transport to an emergency room from the time of arrival of an Engine Company. National Emergency Medical Services standards set a maximum 10-minute scene time for critical trauma victims. This project hopes to bring all Engine Companies to within acceptable national standards (NFPA 1670). Monitoring will be accomplished through the use of our electronic records management system. EXHIBIT III SCHEDULE B SCHEDULE B (I) PERSONAL SERVICES Employee Salaries and Benefits Position Title: Salary: $ (Day, Week, Month) Fringe Benefit Rate: Time to be spent on project: hours Total Salaries and Benefits: $ Air Travel To: From: Cost: $ Infra State Inter State Total Air Travel: $ Surface Travel Car Rental: $ Private Car: ( miles @ _ per mile) Total Surface Travel: $ Per Diem Intra State: days @ $ _ per day Total: $ Inter State: days @ $ -per day Total: $ Total Per Diem: $ Tuition Course Registration and Misc. Fees Fee: $ Fee: $ Total Tuition and Misc.: $ TOTAL PERSONAL SERVICES: $ N SCHEDULE B (Continued) (2) CONSULTANT SERVICES hours @ $ per hour: $ Travel: $ Overhead ( % of Total): $ TOTAL CONSULTANT SERVICES: $ (3) COMMODITIES Office Supplies: $ Other Expendable Materials: $ TOTAL COMMODITIES: $ (4) OTHER DIRECT/INDIRECT COSTS Office Space ( sq. ft. @ $ per sq. ft.): $ Office Equipment (Attach detailed equipment schedule): $ Puchased: $ Leased: $ of Shazed Equipment: $ Other Equipment (Specify type and cost on an attached schedule.): $ 33.299 Utilities ( % used for project): $ Maintenance ( % used for project): $ E.D.P. Services ( hr. @ per hour): $ Printing: $ Communications: $ Project Income: $ TOTAL OTHER DIRECT/INDIRECT COST: $ 33,299 Indirect costs not exceed 10% of total salaries Federal (Shaze) Funds Requested* $ 93;~95~ Agency (Share) Budget Item $ TOTAL PROJECT COST: $ 2~~~, Note: Identify all costs to be reimbursed by Federal funds with an asterisk EXHIBIT IV SCHEDULE C SCHEDULE C Project Number: HWY-V 9.1007 MILESTONES Month Activity October 2006 Submittal of Grant Application. November 2006 -January Formulation of bid specifications for portable generators, work 2007 lights, and Emergency traffic signs. County of Hawaii Department of Finance awards bids only twice a yeaz, January and June. Submittals for specifications and requisitions aze submitted in September and March. Bid specifications for the items purchased through this grant will be submitted in Mazch with the final urchase in June. January 15, 2007 1 S` Quarter Report Due. February 1, 2007 Submittal of specifications to County of Hawaii Fire Department purchasin . March 1, 2007 Submittal of specifications with requisition to County of Hawaii Finance Department. Bid process for vendors. April I5, 2007 2" Quarter Report Due. June 2007 Bid awazded and equipment purchased. July 2007 Equipment delivery and assignment of equipment to specified units. July I5, 2007 3 Quarter Report Due. October 15, 2007 1st. annual report due. EXHIBIT V SCHEDULE D SCHEDULE D Agreement of Understanding & Compliance Project Number: HWY-V 9.1007 THIS AGREEMENT made and entered into by and between the STATE OF HAWAII by and through its Director of Transportation, hereinafter referred to as "State," and the Governmental Unit named in this application, hereinafter referred to as "Applicant." WHEREAS, the National Highway Safety Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-564) provides Federal funds to the STATE for approved highway safety projects, and WHEREAS, STATE may make said funds available to various state, county or municipal agencies or governments or political subdivisions upon application and approval by STATE and the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, and WHEREAS, STATE is obligated to reimburse the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION out of its funds for any ineligible or unauthorized expenditures for which Federal funds have been claimed and payment received, and WHEREAS, the above name APPLICANT has submitted an application for Federal funds for highway safety projects. NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION OF MUTUAL PROMISES AND OTHER GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS: I. Reimbursement of Eligible Expenditures A. It is mutually agreed and promised that upon written application by APPLICANT and approval by STATE and the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, STATE shall obligate said Federal funds to APPLICANT'S account for reimbursement of eligible expenditures as set forth in the application. B. It is mutually agreed and promised that APPLICANT shall reimburse STATE for any ineligible or unauthorized expenditures for which Federal funds have been claimed and payment received as determined by a State or Federal audit. Costs aze not allowable for construction, rehabilitation, remodeling, or for office furnishings and fixtures -for State, local or private buildings or structures. The following aze examples of items considered as furnishings or fixtures, for which reimbursement is not eligible: Desks Credenzas Storage Cabinets Chairs Bookcases Portable Partitions Tables Filing Cabinets Pictures, Wall Clocks Shelving Floor Coverings Draperies Coat Racks Office Planters Fixed Lighting/Lamps C. It is further agreed and promised that where reimbursement is made to APPLICANT in installments, STATE shall have the right to withhold any installments to make up reimbursement received for any ineligible or unauthorized expenditures until such time as the ineligible claim is made up or corrected by APPLICANT. II. Property Agreement A. It is mutually agreed and promised that the APPLICANT shall immediately notify the STATE if any equipment purchased under this project ceases to be used in the manner as set forth by the project agreement. In such event, APPLICANT firrther agrees to either give credit to the project cost or to another active Highway Safety project for the residual value of such equipment in an amount to be determined by the STATE, or to transfer or otherwise dispose of such equipment as directed by STATE. B. It is mutually agreed and promised by the APPLICANT that no purchased.equipment under this project will be conveyed, sold, salvaged, transferred, etc. without the express written approval of the STATE. C. It is mutually agreed and promised that the APPLICANT shall maintain or cause to be maintained for its useful life, any equipment purchased under this project. III. Application of Hatch Act A. It is mutually agreed and promised that the APPLICANT shall notify all employees of the APPLICANT, whose principal employment is in connection with any Highway Safety project, financed in whole or in part by loans or grants under the Highway Safety Act of 1966, of the provisions of Section 12 (a) of the Hatch Act [5 U.S.C. 118K (a)J. N. Equal Opportunity A. It is mutually agreed and promised that pursuant to the requirements of Section 22 (a) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, the APPLICANT, as a condition to receiving approval of this application submitted under the Highway Safety Act of 1966, hereby gives its assurance that employment in connection with the subject Highway Safety Program project will be provided without regazd to race, color, creed, sex, handicap, age, or national origin. The APPLICANT further agrees that, as a condition to receiving approval of this application, it will be subject to, and will comply with, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), and all applicable requirements pursuant to the Regulations of the Department of Commerce (Title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 8, which have been adopted by the Department of Transportation, and hereinafter refereed to as the Regulations), to the end that, in accordance with the Act and the Regulations, no person in the United States shall on the ground of race, color, creed, sex, handicap, age, or national origin be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under the subject Highway Safety Program or project. , B. It is mutually agreed and promised that if the APPLICANT fails or refuses to comply with its undertaking as set forth in these provisions, the STATE of the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION may take any or all of these following actions. (1) Cancel, terminate, or suspend in whole or in part the agreement, contract, or other arrangement with respect to which the failure or refusal occurred; and (2) Refrain from extending any further Federal financial assistance to the applicant agency under the program with respect to which the failure or refusal occurred until satisfactory assurance of future compliance has been received from the applicant agency. V. Non-duplication of Grant Fund Expenditures A. It is mutually agreed and promised that the APPLICANT has no ongoing or completed projects under agreement with any other Federal fund source which duplicate or overlap any work contemplated or described in this project. B. It is mutually agreed and promised that the APPLICANT will either revise this project or revise any pending or proposed request for other Federal grant funds which would duplicate or overlap work under this project to exclude any such duplication of grant fund expenditures. C. It is further mutually agreed and understood that the APPLICANT shall reimburse the STATE OF HAWAII for any such duplicate expenditures for which Federal grant funds have been claimed and payment received as determined by State or Federal audit. VI. Project Income and Applicable Credits A. It is mutually agreed and understood that the APPLICANT shall apply all proceeds or credits generated under the project, such as but not restricted to: The sale of real or personal property royalties received from copyrights and patents, sale of publications or from personal or incidental services, to the project in accordance with OMB Circular A- 87 (FMC 74-7) or A-21, as applicable and NHTSA/FHWA Order 460-4/7510.1. VII. Copyrights and Patents A. It is mutually agreed that any copyrightable materials produced in the course of a project maybe the property of the State or applicant agency; however, provisions should be made to obtain for the United States Goverrunent, the State Governments and their political subdivisions aroyalty-free nonexclusive, and irrevocable license to use in any manner such copytightable material. ' B. It is mutually agreed that the ownership of all rights accruing from any patentable discoveries or inventions resulting from a project should be covered in the agreement. An irrevocable, nonexclusive, nontransferable, and royalty-free license to practice each discovery or invention in the manufacture, use and disposition, according to law, of any article or material, and in the use of any method developed as part of the work under the agreement should be obtained for the United States Govemment, the State Governments and their political subdivisions. VIII. Certification Regazding Debarment and Suspension A. Instructions for Certification 1. By signing and submitting this proposal, the prospective lower tier pazticipant is providing the certification set out below. 2. The certification in this clause is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when this transaction was entered into. If it is later determined that the prospective lower tier pazticipant knowingly rendered an erroneous certification, in addition to other remedies available to the Federal govemment, the department or agency with which this transaction originated may pursue available remedies, including suspension and/or debarment. 3. The prospective lower tier participant shall provide immediate written notice to the person to which this proposal is submitted if at any time the prospective lower tier participant learns that its certification was erroneous when submitted or has become erroneous by reason of changed circumstances. 4. The terms covered transaction, "debarred," "suspended," "ineligible," "lower tier covered transaction," "participant," "person," "primary covered transaction," "principal," "proposal," and "voluntarily excluded," as used in this clause, have the meanings set out in the Definition and Coverage sections of 49 CFR Part 29. You may contact the person to whom this proposal is submitted for assistance in obtaining a copy of those regulations. 5. The prospective lower tier participant agrees by submitting this proposal that, should the proposed covered transaction be entered into, it shall not knowingly enter into any lower tier covered transaction with a person who is proposed for debarment under 48 CFR Part9, subpart 9.4, debarred, suspended, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this covered transaction, unless authorized by the depaztment or agency with which this transaction originated. 6. The prospective lower tier participant further agrees by submitting this proposal that is it will include this clause titled "Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion Lower Tier Covered Transaction," without modification, in all lower tier covered transactions and in all solicitations for lower tier covered transactions. (See below.) 7. A participant in a covered transaction may rely upon a certification of a prospective participant in a lower tier covered transaction that it is not proposed for debarment under 48 CFR Part 9, subpart 9.4, debarred, suspended, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from the covered transaction, unless it knows that the certification is erroneous. A participant may decide the method and frequency by which it deternunes the eligibility of its principals. Each participant may, but is not required to, check the List of Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement and Non- procurement List. 8. Nothing contained in the foregoing shall be construed to require establishment of a system of records in order to render in good faith the certification required by this clause. The knowledge and information of a participant is not required to exceed that which is normally possessed by a pendent person in the ordinary course of business dealings. 9. Except for transactions authorized under pazagraph 5 of these instructions, if a participant in a covered transaction knowingly enters into a lower tier covered transaction with a person who is proposed for debarment under 48 CFR Part 9, subpart 9.4, suspended, debarred, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this transaction, in addition to other remedies available to the Federal government, the department or agency with which this transaction originated may pursue available remedies, including suspension and/or debarment. IX. Certification Regazding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion - Lower Tier Covered Transactions 1. The prospective lower tier participant certifies, by submission of this proposal, that neither it nor its principals is presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declazed ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this transaction by any Federal department or agency. 2. Where the prospective lower tier participant is unable to certify to any of the statements in this certification, such prospective participants shall attach an explanation to this proposal. X. Minority Business Enterprise Requirements It is the policy of the Department of Transportation that minority business enterprises, as defined in 49 CFR Part 23, shall have the maximum opportunity to participate in the performance of contracts financed in whole or in part with Federal funds under this agreement. Consequently, the MBE requirements of 49 CFR Part 23 apply to this agreement. The recipient or its contractor agrees to ensure that minority business enterprises as defined in 49 CFR Part 23 have the maximum opportunity to participate in the performance of contracts and subcontracts financed in whole or in part with Federal funds provided under this agreement. In this regard, all recipients or contractors shall take all necessary and reasonable steps in accordance with 49 CFR Part 23 to ensure that minority business enterprises have the maximum opportunity to compete for and perform contracts. Recipients and their contractors shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex in the awazd and performance ofDOT-assisted contracts. XI. Requirements A. It is mutually agreed and promised that the applicant shall follow the State and Federal requirements and guidelines set forth in the State of Hawaii Project Procedures Manual as amended. All project expenditure records aze to be retained for at least three years after the date of the final expenditure report. XII. Authorization to Proceed A. It is mutually agreed between the STATE and the APPLICANT that this AGREEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING AND COMPLIANCE shall become effective upon the STATE'S agreement and authorization to proceed as set forth in PART II (2) of this application. PART II (Safe Community Program- Safe Communities Office to complete) PrdjectNumber: EM07-04(01-H-Ol) 1. ADDENDUM (For MVSO Use Only) 2. AGREEMENT AND AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED by State Official Responsible to Governor for Admuustration of the State Highway Safety Program A. Effective Date 10/1/06 B. Federal Fun Oblig/ated~+'$ 3~3y/299 C. Approval e [ ~/0 ' D. Signa t~'~ E. Name Gor n .K. Hong F. Title Highway Safety Manager