R99-214 AUTHORIZING THE FILING AND EXECUTION OF AMENDMENT NO. 1

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. A. Seismic Requirements. The Grantee agrees to comply with 49 C.F.R. Part 41 during the • construction of new buildings or additions to existing buildings. � B. Contract SecuritX. The Grantee agrees to follow the requirements of 49 C.F.R. §18.36(h) or OMB Circular A-110, Revised, as applicable, and FTA guidelines with regard to bid guarantees and bonding requirements. C. Liquidated Damages. If appropriate, the Grantee agrees to include a clause providing for liquidated damages for delay in its third party contracts for construction. Liquidated damages clauses are appropriate if the parties may be reasonably expected to suffer damages (such as increased costs of the Project involved) from the late completion of the construction and the extent or amount of such damages would be difficult or impossible to determine. The assessment for damages shall be at a specific rate per day for each day of overrun in contract time, and the rate must be specified in the third party contract. Any liquidated damages recovered shall be credited to the Project account involved unless the Government expressly agrees otherwise. The Grantee agrees that proportionate shares of all liquidated damages assessed under this Agreement shall be credited to the state and federal governments in amounts equivalent to the percentages of the Project funded by each, and the Grantee shall be credited a proportionate share of the liquidated damages in an amount equivalent to the percentage of the Project funded by the Grantee. D. Safety Standards. Pursuant to section 107 of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act and Department of Labor regulations, "Safety and Health Regulations for Construction" 29 C.F.R. 1926, no laborer or mechanic working on a construction contract shall be required to work in surroundings or under working conditions that are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to his or her health and safety as determined under construction and health standards promulgated by the Secretary of Labor. E. i ns. The Grantee agrees to cause to be erected at the site of construction, and to maintain during construction, signs satisfactory to FTA identifying the Project and indicating • that the Government is participating in the development of the Project. ITEM 36 - LABOR PROVISION A. Construction Contracts. Pursuant to Department of Labor regulations, "Labor Standards Provisions Applicable to Contracts Covering Federally Financed and Assisted Construction (also Labor Standards Provisions Applicable to Nonconstruction Contracts Subject to the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act)," 29 C.F.R. §5, the following provisions shall be incorporated in each construction contract of$2,000 or more let by the Grantee in carrying out the Project: (1) Minimum Wages. _ (i.) All laborers and mechanics employed or working upon the site of the work (or under the United States Housing Act of 1937 or under the Housing Act of ' 1949 in the construction or development of the Project), will be paid unconditionally and not less often than once a week, and without subsequent �I deduction or rebate on any account (except such payroll deductions as are , permitted by regulations issued by the Secretary of Labor under the Copeland Act, 29 C.F.R. §3), the full amount of wages and bona fide fringe benefits (or cash equivalents thereofl due at the time of payment computed at rates not less than those contained in the wage determination of the Secretary of Labor which is attached hereto and made a part.hereof, regardless of any � , State/Federal Capita!Grant page 30