R2003-170 AUTHORIZING WATER MAIN AGREEMENT

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feasible opporiunities for training and employment be given to lower-income residents of the unit of local government and contracts for work in connection with the project be awarded to businesses located in the same metropolitan area as the project. The provisions of Secrion 7 of the HUD General Conditions,annexed hereto as Exhibit F,are hereby incorporated by reference. In addition,it will comply with the terms and requirements of Decatur Housing Authority Secrion 3 Implementarion Plan Addendum#1 for Wabash Crossing Phase I,a copy of which has been received by it. j. It will cornply with Executive Orders 11246, 11625, 12432 and 12138,and consistent with HUD's responsibiliries under these orders,will make efforts to encourage the use of minority and women's business enterprises in connecrion with funded activiries. 2. It will provide drug-free workplaces in accordance with the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988(41 U.S.C. 701),and HLJD's implementing regularions at 24 CFR part 24, subpart F by,among other things: a. publishing a statement notifying employees that the unlawful manufacture,distribution, dispensing,possession,or use of a controlled substance is prohibited in the grantee's workplace and specifying the acrions that will be taken against employees for violation of such prohibirion; b. establishing an on-going drug-free awazeness program to inform employees about: (i) the dangers of drug abuse in the workplace; (ii) the grantee's policy of maintaining a drug-free workplace; (iii) any available drug counseling,rehabilitarion,and employee assistance programs;and (iv) the penalries that may be imposed upon employees for drug abuse violations occurring in the workplace; c. making it a requirement that each employee to be engaged in the performance of the grant be given a copy of the statement required by subparagraph(a); d. notifying the employee in the statement required by subparagraph(a)that,as a condirion of � employment under the grant,the employee will: (i) abide by the terxns of the statement;and (ii) norify the employer,in writing,of his or her conviction for a violation of a criminal drug statute occurring in the workplace not later than five calendar days after such conviction; e. norifying HUD,in writing,within ten calendar days after receiving norice under subparagraph d.2 from an employee or otherwise receiving actual notice of such conviction. Ernployers of convicted employees must provide norice,including position and ritle,to every�ant officer or other designee on whose grant acrivity the convicted employee was working,unless HLJD has designated a central point for the receipt of such notices. Notice shall include the idenrificarion number of each affected grant; f. taking one of the following acrions,within 30 calendar days after receiving norice under subparagraph d.2,with respect to any employee who is so convicted: (i) taking appropriate personnel action against such an employee,up to and including termination, consistent with the requirements of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,as amended; or (ii) requiring such employee to participate satisfactorily in a drug abuse assistance or rehabilitation program approved for such purposes by Federal,State,or local health, law enforcement,or other appropriate agency; g, making a good faith effort to continue to maintain a drug-free workplace through implementarion 20 Doc#:CHI01 (239130-00107)50130735v3;08/12/2003/Time:10:48