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Type: inspection <br /> Entity: City Without Serviced Cities <br /> METROPOLITAN COUNCIL <br /> • Suite 300 Metro Square Building, St. Paul, Minnesota 53101 <br /> CONTRACT NO. <br /> SECTION 8 HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS PROGRAM <br /> CONTRACT FOR INSPECTION SERVICES <br /> THIS AGREEMENT, entered into this day of , 19 between the <br /> Metropolitan Council, hereinafter reierred to s as the "Council, and the City <br /> of St. Anthony hereinafter referred to as the "City." <br /> WITNESSETH:­ <br /> WHEREAS, the Council is engaged in a program to provide rent assistance payments to low-income <br /> families and to the elderly, disabied, and handicapped to assist them in obtaining adequate housing; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, the Council has received funding from the United States Department of Housing and <br /> Urban Development ("HUD") under a HUD Section 8 Existing Housing Assistance Payments <br /> Program, Master Annual Contributions Contract ("Master Contract") to act as a public housing <br /> agency to implement the program; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City has by resolution indicated its desire to participate in this program and to assist <br /> eligible individuals and families to obtain decent, safe, and sanitary housing in the City at prices they <br /> can afford; and <br /> iWHEREAS,. the Council desires to purchase certain necessary inspection services from the City in <br /> connection with carrying out the program; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Council is.authorized by Minnesota Statutes Section 473.195 and under the provisions <br /> of the Municipal Housing and Redevelopment Act, Minnesota Statutes Section 462.411 to 462.711, to <br /> execute an agreement for the purchase 'of inspection and reinspection services and to tale all <br /> actions specifically authorized or contemplated herein. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises contained herein, the <br /> parties agree as follows: <br /> 1. SCOPE OF SERVICES <br /> 1.01 Program Obligations of the City <br /> The Council agre-es to purchase and the Cm• agrees to fum:sh the follovvine inspection and <br /> reinspection services:, <br /> A. Housing Quality Inspections.. Housing quality inspections and reinspections shall <br /> inducie a thorough and comoiete on-site inspection and cerrfication of the housing; <br /> unit sufficient to ensure conformance vvi:.f: HotSing Qt:ality Standards ("HQS") as se: <br /> forth in 24 C.F.R. Section 882.109, as amended. Such inspections and reinspections <br /> shall be made at the following times: <br /> prior to initial lease by a participating family; <br /> prior to annual recertification of a family- and <br /> during the lease term as directed by the Council <br /> B. Damage Inspections. Damage inspections shall be conducted by the City as directed <br /> by Council staff. <br /> • Reports of all inspections and reinspections shall be made by the City on forms provided by the <br /> Council, and the City agrees to fully and accurately compiete all forms. The manner of furnishing <br /> these services shall oe agreed upon by the Cite and the Council. Tine parties shall from time to time <br /> confer concemine the details of the fumishinz of the services, and the City agrees to comply With <br /> reasonable demands of the Councii conceming the same. <br />