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City of Santa Ana Grant Agreement No. 19-097 Page 12 AUDITS/ACCOUNTING/RECQRDS The grantee shall maintain financial accounts, documents, and records (collectively, "required records") relating to this agreement, in accordance with the guidelines of "Generally Accepted Accounting Principles" ("GAA'P") published by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The required records include, without' limitation, evidence sufficient to reflect properly the amount, receipt, deposit, disbursement of all 'funds related to work under the agreement, and time and effort reports that permit tracing from the request for disbursement .forms to the accounting records and to the supporting documentation. Additionally, the Conservancy or its agents may review, obtain, and copy all required records. The grantee shall provide the Conservancy or its agents with any relevant information requested and shall permit the Conservancy or its agents access to the grantee's premises upon reasonable notice, during normal business hours, to interview employees and inspect and copybooks, records, accounts, and other material that may be relevant to a smatter under investigation for the purpose of determining compliance with this agreement and any applicable laws and regulations. The grantee shall retain the required records for a minimum of three years following final disbursement by the Conservancy. The records shall be subject to examination and audit by the Conservancy and the Bureau of State Audits during the retention period. If the grantee retains any contractors to accomplish any of the work of this agreement, the grantee shall first enter into an agreement with each contractor requiring the contractor to meet the terms of this section and to make the terns applicable to all subcontractors. The Conservancy may disallow all or part of the cost of any activity or action that it determines to be not in compliance with the requirements of this agreement. COMPUTER SOFTWARE The grantee certifies that it has instituted and will employ systems and controls appropriate to ensure that, in the performance of this contract, state funds will not be used for the acquisition, operation or maintenance of computer software in violation of copyright laws. During the performance of this agreement, the grantee and its contractors shall not deny the agreement's benefits to any person on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or military and veteran status, nor shall they discriminate unlawfully against any employee or applicant for