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to the grant for a period of five years following the completion of all close-out procedures. All original files shall be maintained at the Local Government offices for access purposes. Project Savines. The recipient is obligated to contribute 100 percent of its pledged cash contribution to the CDBG project even if the projecf experiences a savings after authorized activities are completed. Any project savings accrue to the CDBG program. Substitution of in-kind contributions for cash is not allowed. 8. Expenditure ofNon-CDBG Funds. The recipient must ensure that non-CDBG funds are expended along with CDBG funds, following the implementation schedule described in the approved application and modified by the Performance Contract, and shall report on non- CDBG expendihues with each Annual Performance Report, consistent with Section .1100 PERFORMANCE of the program regulations (4NCAC 19L). 9. Method of Payment. The Department of Commerce uses the Office of State Controller (OSC) to make CDBG payments to units of local government. The Electronic Payment Form from OSC must be completed for fiords to be electronically transferred. Arrangements must be made with the Finance Officer in the Division of Community Assistance if a recipient does not want to use the electronic funds transfer. 10. Fair Housing. For each grant year that a CDBG is active, a recipient must describe the actions it will take in the areas of enforcement; education and removal of barriers and impediments to affirmatively further fair housing. Guidance for developing a Fair Housing Plan can be found in DCA Bulletin 93-4. 11. Equal Emnlovment and Procurement Opportunity. A recipient must describe the actions it will take annually while the grant is open in the areas of enforcement, education and removal of barriers and impediments that affnmatively further equal access in employment and procurement. This includes a description of steps to be taken in the areas of advertisement, compliance and complaint tracking. 12. Local Economic Benefit Section 3 Regulation). For each yeaz that a CDBG is active, a recipient must describe a strategy whereby opportunities in employment and procurement arising out of a CDBG assisted project are identified and made available to low-income residents within the CDBG assisted area to the greatest extent feasible. This strategy must include (1) identification of training and technical assistance resources to prepare low-income residents for employment and procurement opportunities, (2) attempts to reach the numerical targets for new lrires set forth in the Section 3 regulation, which applies to recipients receiving $200,000 or more innon-administrative line items expended for consriuction contracts of at least $100,000 per contract, and (3) education of ]ow-income residents within the CDBG assisted area about the components and opportunities of the program. 13. Section 504 acrd ADA. Recipients must complete the Section 504 Survey and Tt•ansition Plan. This plan will not satisfy all the requirernerrts of the Americans with Disabilities Act, but it will meet the minimrmi requirements for a CDBG assisted project.