MERCED VFIRST5
COUNT Y MERCED COUNTY
September 17, 2024 260 E. 15th Street
Merced, CA 95341
(209) 385-7337
Lamguene Kindavong 209) 724-4006 Fa
Recreation Supervisor ww.first5mercedcounty.or
City of Merced Parks and Community Services COMMISSIONERS 678W. 18' St.,
Merced CA 95340 Supervisor Josh Pedrozc
Commission Chair
Board of Supervisors, District 2
Subject: Agreement Letter - First 5 Merced County Community Engagement Event Sponsorship Program Yvonnia Brown, EdD,MSW Commission Vice-Chair
Directo
Dear Lamguene Kindavong; Human Services Agency
Congratulations! City of Marced Parks and Community Services has been anana ta an eit selected for funding in the amount of $1000.00 in order to support the Halloween Parade: October 12, 2024/510 W. Main St., Merced CA 95340. r. Salvador Sandova ounty Health Office
By accepting First 5 Merced County funds, the recipient organization agrees Martha Armas Kelly to the following: District 1 Representative
Cindie Diblee
1. The Children's Bill of Rights will be distributed during the event in a variety District 2 Representative of creative ways, which may include activities designed around the Bill, and planned in coordination with First 5. First 5 will also assist in obtaining the Shirley Brown, R.N.
District 3 Representative
necessary printed materials to distribute.
Eva de Long
2. First 5 can provide 2 large mounted posters and one banner of the Bill for District 4 Representative display during the event. Paula Smith
District 5 Representative
3. Selected Recipients will plan and implement this event in coordination with Equal Opportunity Employer First 5 Merced County staff available to provide technical assistance and support to promote the events success.
4. Provided funds will be used as stated in the Letter of Request submitted to, and negotiated with First 5 Merced County, and in compliance with the approved Funding Guidelines and Criteria for this program.
5. Minimum general commercial liability insurance will be provided for the event, as follows: $500,000 combined single limits per occurrence and $1,000,000 annual aggregate covering bodily injury, personal injury and property damage.
6. The event shall not include any religious teaching, instruction, indoctrination, proselytizing, exposure or discussion. All services/activities provided shall be secular.
7. First 5 Merced County funds shall be used only to supplement existing levels of service and not solely to fund existing levels of service. No First 5 Merced County funds shall be used to supplant existing funds from any source for any purpose.
Agreement ##### STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE
8. Any marketing efforts and/or materials for the sponsored event shall identify First 5 Merced County as a sponsoring or co-sponsoring entity and include the official First 5 Merced County logo and identify the event as supportive of the Children's Bill of Rights for Merced County.
9. If the sponsored event does not occur for any reason, First 5 Merced County will receive repayment of First 5 funding from the recipient organization.
10. Following the completion of the sponsored event, funding recipients will complete a survey of the event, documenting the estimated attendance, its benefits for those attending and related information.
11. First 5 Merced County reserves the right to terminate this agreement and its payment provisions, should the funding recipient and/or the sponsored event fail to comply with the terms of this agreement.
12. The funding recipient agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless First 5 Merced County, its Commission, staff, and agents, and assigns from and against any and all claims, demands, liability, judgments, awards, interest, attorney's fees, costs, experts' fees and expenses of whatsoever kind or nature, at any time arising out of or in any way connected with the performance of this Agreement, whether in tort, contract or otherwise.
13. The funding recipient warrants and covenants that no official or employee of the County of Merced, First 5 Merced County, nor any business entity in which an official of the County or First 5 has an interest, has been employed or retained to solicit or aid in the procuring of the agreement, nor that any such person will be employed or otherwise benefit from the performance of this agreement without immediate divulgence of such fact to First 5 Merced County.
14. The funding recipient shall not discriminate or in any way limit access to the sponsored event supported under this agreement on the basis of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability or medical condition.
Payment of funds shall be provided to the recipient organization upon return of this agreement, once signed by an authorized official, agreeing to comply with the terms, as presented, and completing the attached invoice template.
Signature by authorized official: Date: APPROVEDAS TO FORC Full Name and Title
Agency/Organization Name Attorney
If you have any questions, please contact me directly at (209) 385-7337.
Sincerely,
Scott Waite
Executive Director
First 5 Merced County
Agreement 24-606 STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE