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AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN City of South Bend, Indiana And Urban Enterprise Association of South Bend, Inc. F This Agreement is entered into effect Jan ar�r �, 2019, by and between the City of South Bend, Indiana acting by and through its Board of Public Works (the "City") and the Urban Enterprise Association of South Bend, Inc. (the "UEA") WHEREAS, the City has received a grant to create a home repair program called Love Your Block (LYB); and WHEREAS, the City is responsible under the LYB program to purchase all materials for home repairs under the program, which will require frequent small expenditures; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Articles and Bylaws of the UEA, the UEA shall be organized and operated exclusively to benefit, perform, and carry out the charitable, scientific, and educational purposes of the City of South Bend, Indiana, and in furtherance thereof to conduct such programs and activities in and around the City, especially within the Enterprise Zone, as will (a) relieve the poor and distressed or the underprivileged, (b) advance education or science, (c) erect or maintain public buildings, monuments, or works, (d) lessen the burdens of government, lessen neighborhood tensions, (f) eliminate prejudice and discrimination, or (g) combat community deterioration; and WHEREAS, the UEA is willing to administer all program funds for LYB, account for those funds and disburse such sums as may be necessary to support the City's LYB program; and WHEREAS, program funds for LYB consist of $25,000 in grant funds from Cities of Service to the City, disbursed in two payments of $12,500 and $25,000 in City funds from the 2019 Municipal budget; and WHEREAS, this Agreement is intended to set forth the mechanisms and procedures related to the management of program funds for the City's LYB program. NOW THEREFORE, it is agreed between the parties as follows: The City agrees to undertake and perform the following commitments: 1. Handle all tasks related to administration of the LYB program 2. Determine the need for various expenses required to support the Project and to enter into commitments for those expenses. Review and approve all billings and invoices for those expenses and transmit all approved billings or invoices to the UEA for payment. 3. Create expense accounts and serve as authorized users of such accounts at retail establishments where materials for the LYB program will be purchased. The UEA agrees to undertake and perform the following commitments: 1. Act as Fiscal Agent for program funds associated with the LYB program.