R95-151 AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF GRANT APPLICATION

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` � � STATE OF ILLINOIS � � HISTORIC PRESERVATION AGENCY HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROJECT AGREEMENT Project Sponsor: CITY OF DECATUR Project Number: 17-96-114.604 Project Title: HISTORIC PRESERVATION SEMINAR Project Period: Starting- 3/30/96 Ending- 10/31/96 General Description of Project Provide education regarding the benefits of historic districts, information on the rehabilitation tax abatement program, information on home repair, tips on landscaping and possible information on the National Register process for persons living in the historic district. The seminar will expand on the information presented at the 1995 seminar. General Provisions 1. Obligations of the State shall cease immediately if, in any fiscal year,the State of Illinois Legislature, the President, or the U.S.Congress fails to appropriate or otherwise make available funds for this contract. The State will use its best efforts to secure sufficient appropriations to cover this contract. 2. Historic Preservation Fund grants must conform to the provisions of 18 U.S.C. 1913: "No part of the money appropriated by any enactment of Congress shall, in the absence of express authorization by Congress, be used directly or indirectly to pay for any personal service, advertisement, telegram, telephone, letter, printed or written matter, or other device, intended or designed to influence in any manner a Member of Congress,to favor or oppose, by vote or otherwise, any legislation or appropriation by Congress, whether before or after the introduction of any bill or resolution proposing such legislation or appropriation; but this shall not prevent officers or employees of the United States or any Member of Congress, through proper official channels, requests for legislation or appropriations which they deem necessary for the efficient conduct of the public business." 3. The work to be performed pursuant to this agreement will be completed in accordance with the Secretarv of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Archaeologv and Historic Preservation, the grant proposal, and the plans and specifications which were submitted to and approved by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Final products which do not conform to the terms and conditions of this �rant a�reement or which do not meet the Secretarv of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Archaeolo�v and Historic Preservation will not be reimbursed. 4. The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency has the absolute right at its discretion(with cause) to terminate this Agreement and not to render payment for any or all services provided for in this Agreement upon giving five(5) days prior written notice. The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency has the absolute right to require repayment subject to the provisions of the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act P.A. 83-640. 5. The State of Illinois, represented by the State Historic Preservation Officer, or his designee, and the project sponsor mutually agree to perform this agreement in accordance with the National Re ister Programs Guidelines(NPS-49), and with the project proposal, terms, promises, conditions, plans, specifications, estimates, procedures, and assurances submitted by the project sponsor. ANY CHANGES IN THE SCOPE OF WORK TIMETABLE PRODUCTS OR BUDGET MUST HAVE PRIOR WRITTEN APPROVAL OF THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE.