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ATTACHMENT D
<br /> Grant Compliance Requirements
<br /> STATE OF ILLINOIS,DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
<br /> The Grantee agrees to comply with the grant requirements set forth in administrative rules, 17 Illinois Administrative Code,
<br /> Chapter 1,Section 1523"Conservation 2000-Ecosystems Program."
<br /> A. PROMOTION:The Grantee must notify the media that the project specified herein has received funding from the State of
<br /> Illinois,Department of Natural Resources. All publications,written documents,news articles,TV and radio releases,
<br /> interviews and personal presentations that relate to this project must credit the Department's Mud to Parks Program. A
<br /> notice crediting the Mud to Parks Program must be posted at the main entrance to any real property or interest in real
<br /> property purchased under the program.
<br /> B. REPORTING: The Grantee must provide a written preliminary report to the Department within 90 days after receipt of
<br /> notice of the award of Grant funds for conservation or habitat practices,land acquisition or a conservation easement. The
<br /> report shall be for the portions of the property covered by a practice,acquisition or easement funded in part or solely by
<br /> the Department. The report shall include specifics on the project site,ownership,conditions,changes and any issues
<br /> specified in the grant agreement. Thereafter,the Grantee must provide to the Department a written report containing this
<br /> same information once every 5 years throughout the life of the practice,throughout the duration of the easement or as
<br /> long as the acquisition is held in the Grantee's ownership. It shall be the obligation of the Grantee to ensure the reporting
<br /> requirements are also binding on any successors or assigns.
<br /> For grants or agreements that include the purchase of equipment,the Grantee must provide a written report to the
<br /> Department by March 31 for equipment purchased during the preceding calendar year(January 1 through December 31)
<br /> and an equipment usage report must be submitted for each of the succeeding three calendar years after purchase.
<br /> Equipment usage reports must include a detailed description of the equipment items;a description of habitat management
<br /> accomplished;resources protected;theft prevention measures;property and license controls;and a quantitative measure
<br /> of equipment usage.
<br /> Equipment purchased by the Grantee,under the terms of this grant,shall become the property-of the Grantee. Equipment
<br /> acquired under this program may not be employed for commercial purposes,and may only be used for purposes similar to
<br /> those described in the grant agreement. No equipment purchased as a result of this agreement shall be transferred or
<br /> disposed of or used in a manner other than specified herein without approval of the Department. If equipment is
<br /> transferred or disposed of prior to the end of the grant agreement or end of the reporting period,the Grantee must comply
<br /> with the reporting requirements set forth above.
<br /> C. PURCHASE:If the purchase of equipment is part of this grant and the cost of that equipment,individually or in aggregate
<br /> from the same vendor,meets or exceeds$25,000 the equipment must be purchased through an established state,federal,
<br /> or municipal procurement process,or purchased through a competitive procurement process. If a competitive
<br /> procurement process is used,documentation of invitation,submission,opening,evaluation,correction,withdrawal,and
<br /> award of bids will be required for reimbursement. The Department reserves the right to require the Grantee to use a
<br /> written,competitive sealed bidding process for costs under$25,000.
<br /> If the purchase of professional or artistic services,computer equipment,telecommunication equipment,software or
<br /> services are identified as a project component and the cost,individually or in aggregate from the same vendor,meets or
<br /> exceeds$25,000 the Grantee must use a written process for the solicitation of competitive sealed proposals,unless the
<br /> Grantee verifies,in writing,that competitive sealed bidding for a single procurement is not practical or advantageous;or
<br /> the Grantee documents,in writing,to Grant Administrator,that sole source procurement is the most economically feasible
<br /> solution. The Department reserves the right to require the Grantee to use a written,competitive sealed bidding process for
<br /> costs under$25,000.
<br /> D. RETRIEVAL:All equipment,materials,supplies or personal property purchased through this agreement is subject to
<br /> retrieval by the Department and/or reassignment by the Director of the Department upon dissolution of the Grantee,
<br /> abandonment of the herein specified project,or as a result of Grantee noncompliance with the terms and conditions of this
<br /> grant agreement. All property retrieved under this clause by the Department shall be reassigned by the Director of the
<br /> Department for uses as similar as possible to the original project purposes.
<br /> E. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE:The Grantee is fully responsible for and must assume all operation and
<br /> maintenance costs and responsibilities associated with the project. The Department will not be responsible for any
<br /> operation and maintenance costs associated with the project,unless that project has been implemented on Department
<br /> property,and then only with the approval prior to submission of the application for the project#VC-
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