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CERTIFICATIONS <br /> In accordance with the applicable statutes and the regulations governing the consolidated plan <br /> regulations, the jurisdiction certifies that: <br /> Affirmatively Further Fair Housing --The jurisdiction will affirmatively further fair housing,which means <br /> it will conduct an analysis of impediments to fair housing choice within the jurisdiction, take appropriate <br /> actions to overcome the effects of any impediments identified through that analysis, and maintain records <br /> reflecting that analysis and actions in this regard. <br /> Anti-displacement and Relocation Plan -- It will comply with the acquisition and relocation <br /> requirements of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, <br /> as amended, and implementing regulations at 49 CFR 24; and it has in effect and is following a residential <br /> anti-displacement and relocation assistance plan required under section 104(d) of the Housing and <br /> Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, in connection with any activity assisted with funding <br /> under the CDBG or HOME programs. <br /> Drug Free Workplace -- It will or will continue to provide a drug-free workplace by: <br /> 1. Publishing a statement notifying employees that the unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, <br /> possession, or use of a controlled substance is prohibited in the grantee's workplace and specifying <br /> the actions that will be taken against employees for violation of such prohibition; <br /> 2. Establishing an ongoing drug-free awareness program to inform employees about— <br /> a) The dangers of drug abuse in the workplace; <br /> b) The grantee's policy of maintaining a drug-free workplace; <br /> c) Any available drug counseling, rehabilitation, and employee assistance programs; and <br /> d) The penalties that may be imposed upon employees for drug abuse violations occurring in the <br /> workplace; <br /> 3. Making it a requirement that each employee to be engaged in the performance of the grant be given <br /> a copy of the statement required by paragraph 1; <br /> 4. Notifying the employee in the statement required by paragraph 1 that, as a condition of employment <br /> under the grant, the employee will— <br /> a) Abide by the terms of the statement; and <br /> b) Notify the employer in writing of his or her conviction for a violation of a criminal drug statute <br /> occurring in the workplace no later than five calendar days after such conviction; <br /> 5. Notifying the agency in writing, within ten calendar days after receiving notice under subparagraph <br /> 4(b)from an employee or otherwise receiving actual notice of such conviction. Employers of convicted <br /> employees must provide notice, including position title, to every grant officer or other designee on <br /> whose grant activity the convicted employee was working, unless the Federal agency has designated <br /> a central point for the receipt of such notices. Notice shall include the identification number(s) of each <br /> affected grant; <br /> 6. Taking one of the following actions, within 30 calendar days of receiving notice under subparagraph <br /> 4(b), with respect to any employee who is so convicted: <br /> a) Taking appropriate personnel action against such an employee, up to and including termination, <br /> consistent with the requirements of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; or <br />