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Standard Agreement DOT -213 City of Santa Ana 642572 EXHIBIT C Page 14 of 29 employee of the STATE to provide goods and service. Likewise, the CONTRACTOR officials and employees shall also avoid actions resulting in or creating an appearance of: 1. Using an official position for private gain; 2. Giving preferential treatment to any particular person; 3. Losing independence or impartiality; 4, Affecting adversely the confidence of the public or local officials in the integrity of the program. E. Former STATE employees will riot be awarded a contract for 2 years from the date of separation if that employee had any part of the decision making process relevant to the agreement, or for 1 year from the date of separation if that employee was in a policy making position in the same general subject area as the proposed contract within the 12 -month period to his or her separation from State service, F. Neither the CONTRACTOR nor any of its employees, suppliers or subcontractors shall enter into any contract, subcontract, or arrangement in connection with the PROJECT or any property included or planned to be included in the PROJECT, in which any member, officer, or employee of the CONTRACTOR or its subcontractor, during the PROJECT term and for one year thereafter, has any direct or Indirect conflict of interest. If any such present or former member, officer, or employee involuntarily acquires or had acquired prior to the beginning of the PROJECT term any such interest, and if such interest is immediately disclosed to the CONTRACTOR and such disclosure is entered upon the minutes of the CONTRACTOR's written report to STATE of such Interest, the STATE, may waive the conflict of interest; provided that the officer or employee shall not participate in any action by the CONTRACTOR or the locality relating to such contract, subcontract, or arrangement, G. The CONTRACTOR shall insert in all contracts entered into in connection with the PROJECT or with any property Included or planned to be Included in any PROJECT, and shall require its contractors to insert In each of their subcontracts, the following provision: "No member, officer, or employee of the CONTRACTOR or of the locality during the PROJECT term or for one year thereafter shall have any interest, direct or indirect, in this Agreement or the proceeds thereof," H. The provisions of this subsection shall not be applicable to any agreement between the CONTRACTOR and its fiscal depositories or to any agreement for utility services, the rates for which are fixed or controlled by a governmental agency, 34. Lobbying. A. The CONTRACTOR agrees that it will not use Federal assistance funds to support lobbying. In accordance with 31 U.S.C. and U.S. DOT Regulations, "New Restrictions on Lobbying," 40 C.F.R. Part 20, if the CONTRACTOR'S PROJECT exceeds $100,000, FTA will not make any Federal assistance available to the CONTRACTOR until FTA has received the CONTRACTOR'S certification that the CONTRACTOR has not and will not use Federal appropriated funds to pay any person or organization to influence or attempt to influence an officer or employee of any Federal agency, a member of Congress, an officer or employee of congress, or an employee of a member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal grant, cooperative agreement or any other Federal award from which funding for the PROJECT is originally derived, consistent with 31 U.S.C. Section 1352, and; Rev, 03/25/2014 20A -19