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AGREEMENT WITH MERCY HOUSE LIVING CENTERS TO OPERATE AN INTERIM EMERGENCY HOMELESS SHELTER On the 18"' day of September, 2018, THIS AGREEMENT was presented to the City Council of the City of Santa Ana, a charter city and municipal corporation organized and existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of California ("City") detailing the terms and conditions provided below for Mercy House Living Centers, Inc. ("Contractor"), to operate an interim homeless shelter. RECITALS A. The City desires to retain a contractor to administer and operate an interim, low barrier emergency homeless shelter in the City of Santa Ana ("Shelter"). B. Contractor has submitted a proposal that was selected by the City for this purpose. Contractor is qualified by experience, preparation, organization, staffing, and management to operate programs on behalf of homeless individuals, and is familiar with existing homeless services in the City. C. In undertaking the performance of this Agreement, Contractor represents that it is Imowledgeable in its field and that any services performed by Contractor under this Agreement will be performed in compliance with such standards as may reasonably be expected from a professional contracting firm in the field. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual and respective promises, and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the parties agree as follows: 1. SCOPE OF SERVICES a. Contractor shall provide all premises, approvals, facilities, labor, staffing, training, equipment, building improvements, services, and items (collectively, the "Services") appropriate and necessary to fully and adequately perform, and shall perform, the Scope of Services established for the Shelter as described in Contractor's proposal to the City, which is attached as Exhibit A and incorporated in full. All Services shall be performed at a site, included within the City's SB -2 zone (Senate Bill 2 Building Homes and Jobs Act), secured by the Contractor and acceptable to the City, and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and all applicable local, state, and federal laws, rules, and regulations. b. Contractor shall ensure that all equipment, as listed in Exhibit A, purchased with funds pursuant to this Agreement, and utilized for and at the Shelter, will be disposed of in accordance with the direction of the City. In addition, all equipment furnished to the Contractor by the City and/or purchased by the Contractor with funds pursuant to this Agreement, will be limited to use within the activities outlined by this Agreement and will remain the property of the City. Upon termination of this Agreement, Contractor will immediately return all equipment to the City or dispose of it in accordance with the direction of the City. P.eslrof t