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reason of his or her disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance or under any program or activity conducted by any executive agency or by the United States Postal Service. B. Conflict of Interest. Pursuant to the conflict of interest requirements set forth in 24 CFR 570.611 and 2 CFR 200.112, SUBRECIPIENT certifies that no member, officer, employee, agent or assignee of CITY having direct or indirect control of any CARES Act Funds granted to the CITY, inclusive of the subject CARES Act Funds, shall serve as an officer of SUBRECIPIENT. Further, any conflict or potential conflict of interest of any officer of SUBRECIPIENT shall be fully disclosed in writing prior to the execution of this Agreement and said writing shall be attached and deemed fully incorporated as a part hereof. Notice shall be sent by SUBRECIPIENT to CITY regarding any changes or modifications to its board of directors and list of officers. C. Special Certification for Religious Entities. If SUBRECIPIENT is a religious entity, SUBRECIPIENT hereby agrees that in connection with the provision of the services SUBRECIPIENT shall provide with CARES Act Funds, in accordance with 24 CFR 570.2000): 1. SUBRECIPIENT shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of religion and shall not limit employment or give preference in employment to persons on the basis of religion. 2. SUBRECIPIENT shall not discriminate against any person applying for the services SUBRECIPIENT agrees to provide under the terms of this Agreement on the basis of religion and shall not limit such services or give preference to applicants for such services on the basis of religion. 3. SUBRECIPIENT shall NOT provide religious instruction or counseling, conduct any religious worship or services, or engage in any religious proselytizing, or exert any religious influence in the provision of the services in said program. The parties agree that this covenant is intended to and shall be construed for the limited purpose of assuring compliance with respect to the use of CITY funds by SUBRECIPIENT with applicable constitutional limitations respecting the establishment of religion as set forth in the establishment clause under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 4 of the California Constitution, and is not in any manner intended to restrict other activities of SUBRECIPIENT. 4. The portion of a facility used to provide public services assisted in whole or in part under this Agreement shall contain no sectarian or religious symbols. 5. Where the services to be provided under said program are rendered on property owned by the primarily religious entity SUBRECIPIENT, CARES Act Funds may also be used for minor repairs to such property, which are directly related to the cost of rendering the services under said program, where the cost constitutes in dollar terms only an incidental portion of the CARES Act expenditure for rendering the services under said program. D. Prohibition of Nepotism. SUBRECIPIENT agrees not to hire or permit the hiring of any person to fill a position funded through this Agreement if a member of that person's immediate family is employed in an administrative capacity by SUBRECIPIENT. For the purposes of this section, the term "immediate family" means spouse, child, mother, father, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, father- in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, stepparent and stepchild. The term "administrative capacity" means having selection, hiring, supervisor or management responsibilities. 10