Puget Sound Regional Council 11/9/2023

iii. Highlight any upcoming or potential press events or opportunities for collaborative press events to highlight benefits of the USDOT investment; iv. Compare progress with the project timeline, explaining any departures from the targeted schedule, identifying how these departures are going to be remedied, and projecting the course of work for the next period; v. Outline challenges that currently impact or could impact progress on the grant over the next reporting period and identify ways to mitigate this risk; and vi. Outline any areas where USDOT assistance is needed to support the project or any other key information that would be helpful for your USDOT Project Officer to know. Final Project Reports may be posted on USDOT’s website, used for promotional materials or policy reviews, or may be otherwise shared. Recipients should not include any copyrighted or other sensitive business information in these reports. There is no specific page limit for Final Project Reports; however, such reports should concisely communicate key project information, and should: i. Outline the specific regional need that the project was designed to address and update on progress made during the reporting period that will mitigate need and advance economic development; ii. Provide a high-level overview of the activities undertaken; iii. Detail lessons learned during the project period that may be of assistance to USDOT or other communities undertaking similar efforts; iv. Outline the expected and actual economic benefits of the project as the time that the report is written; and v. Any other key information from the relevant project period 5.2. Availability of Records All project records in support of all costs and actual expenditures incurred by EVERETT and its Sub- Contractor(s) under this Agreement shall be maintained by EVERETT and its Sub-Contractor(s) and open to inspection by PSRC (or its federal funding agency) during normal business hours, and shall be retained and made available for such inspection for the duration of the State and Federal records retention requirements from final payment of funds under this Agreement to PSRC. Copies of said records shall be furnished to PSRC and/or its federal funding agency upon request. This requirement shall be included in all subcontracts related to the work entered into by EVERETT to fulfill the terms of this Agreement. 6.0. Certifications and Assurances By signing the Subaward Agreement, the Authorized Official of Subrecipient certifies, to the best of his/her knowledge and belief, that: Certification Regarding Lobbying 1) No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of the Subrecipient, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a 9Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal contract, the making of any Federal grant, the making of any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement. 2) If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or intending to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement, the Subrecipient shall complete and submit Standard Form -LLL, "Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying," to the Pass-through Entity. 3) The Subrecipient shall require that the language of this certification be included in the award documents for all subawards at all tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants, and contracts under grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly.