Agmt06 San Mateo Co. - Dept. of Human Services Agency Shelter Services

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In the case of non-housing facilities involving new construction, the facilities shall be designed and constructed to be readily accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities. For facilities involving alterations, to the extent possible, the alterations should ensure that such facilities are readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities. An element of an existing non-housing facility need not be made accessible, if doing so, would impose undue financial and administrative burdens on the operation of the recipient program or activity. (However, State law will prevail if State accessibility requirements are stricter than federal 504 requirements.) Recipients are still required to take other actions that would ensure that persons with disabilities receive the benefits and services of the program. E. Davis-Bacon Act, which requires that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on construction work financed in whole or in part with Federal funds shall be paid prevailing wages of the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor. F. Section 3, Housing & Urban Development Act of 1968. For all programs receiving $100,000 or more, or construction projects receiving $200,000 or more, ofHUD financial assistance, to the greatest extent feasible, economic opportunities will be given to Section 3 residents and businesses in the area. Section 3 Residents are defined as: 1) residents of public housing; or 2) low and very-low income persons living in the area. Section 3 Businesses are defined as businesses: 1) that are at least 51% owned by Section 3 Residents; 2) whose permanent, full-time employees include persons, at least 30 percent of whom are currently Section 3 residents, or within three years of the date of first employment with the business concern were section 3 residents; or 3) that provide evidence of a commitment to subcontract in excess of25 % of the dollar award of all subcontract to be awarded to a section 3 business concern. Contractors must maintain appropriate documentation of their efforts to comply with Section 3 requirements. G. Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, which provides that no federal financial assistance for acquisition or construction purposes may be approved for an area having special flood hazards unless the community in which the area is located is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program. H. Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, which provides for relocation assistance for any family, individual, business, non-profit organization or farm displaced as a result of acquis ition of property with federal funds. I. Executive Order 11246, amended by Executive Order 12086, Equal Employment and Contracting Opportunities, which provide that no person shall be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in all phases of employment during the performance of federally assisted construction contracts. J Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, Section 3, which requires that, in the planning and carrying out of any project assisted under the Act, that to the greatest extent feasible, opportunities for training and employment be given to low and moderate income persons residing within the unit of local government in which the project is located, and that contracts for work in connection with the project be awarded to eligible business concerns which are located in, or owned in substantial part by persons residing in the same unit of local government as the project. K. Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Act, which prohibits the use oflead-based paint in residential structures constructed or rehabilitated with Federal assistance. L. Housing & Community Developments Act of 1974, 24 CFR Part 5 which provides that assistance shall not be used directly or indirectly to employ, award contracts to, or otherwise engage the services of, or fund any Contractor or sub recipient during any period of debarment, suspension, or placement in