Christian Community Action Service Agreement-CN 2021-10-25STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF DALLAS §
CONTRACT FOR SERVICES
This Contract for Services ("Contract") is made and entered into as of the 1st day of October, 2021
by and between the City of Coppell, Texas (the "City") and Christian Community Action ("CCA").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, CCA is a private, non-profit organization established under the laws of the State of
Texas for the purpose of providing food, shelter, education, training and spiritual guidance to the citizens
within the City; and
WHEREAS, the success or failure of CCA's purposes and objectives has a direct impact on the
health, comfort, and welfare of the citizens of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City has full power of local self-government, has authority to contract with other
persons, has authority to adopt regulations that are for the good government, peace, and order of the City, has
authority to enforce laws reasonably necessary to protect the public health, is authorized pursuant to Section
150.002, Texas Human Resources Code, to provide housing, food, clothing, and day care services on its own
or by contract, and the services provided by CCA hereunder are in the public interest and are for, constitute
and serve a public purpose in promoting the health and welfare of the citizens of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of all mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth,
the parties do hereby covenant and agree as follows:
I. TERM
The term of this Contract shall be for a period of one year from the 1 st day of October, 2021 through
the 30th day of September, 2022, except as otherwise provided for herein.
II. SERVICES
CCA covenants and agrees that it shall:
(a) Provide support for families in crisis by providing food, housing, and vocational training, and
vital personal and spiritual support for low-income residents in Coppell ISD.
(b) Serve low-income Coppell ISD children through the Kids Eat Free Summer Program.
(c) Submit detailed quarterly financial statements and program results to the City within thirty
(30) days after the end of the preceding quarter explaining all expenditures.
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III. COMPENSATION
For the operation and provision of the services, projects and programs of CCA as described herein,
the City shall pay CCA the sum of Fifteen Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($15,000.00). Such sum shall be
paid upon completion of this Contract and after October 1, 2021, provided CCA is not then in default of this
Contract.
IV. INDEMNIFICATION
(a) CCA AGREES TO ASSUME AND DOES HEREBY ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY
AND LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES OR INJURIES SUSTAINED BY PERSONS OR PROPERTY,
WHETHER REAL OR ASSERTED, BY OR FROM THE PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES
PERFORMED AND TO BE PERFORMED HEREUNDER BY CCA OR BY ITS OFFICIALS,
OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, OWNERS, MEMBERS, AGENTS, SERVANTS, INVITEES, GUESTS,
VOLUNTEERS, CONTRACTORS, SUBCONTRACTORS, OR ANYONE DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY EMPLOYED BY ANY OF THEM OR ANYONE FOR WHOSE ACTS ANY OF THEM
MAY BE LIABLE.
(b) INDEMNITY OWED BY CHRISTIAN COMMUNITYACTION. Christian Community
Action covenants and agrees to FULLY DEFEND, INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS the City
of Coppell, Texas and the elected officials, the officers, employees, representatives, and volunteers of
the City of Coppell, Texas, individually or collectively, in both their official and private capacities (the
City of Coppell, Texas and the elected officials, the officers, employees, representatives, and volunteers
of the City of Coppell, Texas each being an "Coppell Person" and collectively the "Coppell Persons"),
from and against any and all costs, claims, liens, harm, damages, losses, expenses, fees, fines, penalties,
proceedings, judgments, actions, demands, causes of action, liability, and suits, of any kind and nature
whatsoever made upon any Coppell Person, whether directly or indirectly, (the "Claims"), that arise
out of, result from, or relate to: (1) the Services as described in Section II of this Contract; (2)
representations or warranties by Christian Community Action under this Contract; and/or (3) any
other act or omission under or in performance of this Contract by Christian Community Action, or
any owner, officer, director, manager, employee, agent, representative, consultant, contractor,
subcontractor, licensee, invitee, patron, guest, customer, or concessionaire of or for Christian
Community Action, or any other person or entity for whom Christian Community Action is legally
responsible, and their respective owners, officers, directors, managers, employees, agents,
representatives, consultants, contractors, subcontractors, licensees, invitees, patrons, guests,
customers, and concessionaires. SUCH DEFENSE, INDEMNITY AND HOLD HARMLESS SHALL
AND DOES INCLUDE CLAIMS ALLEGED OR FOUND TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED IN WHOLE
OR IN PART BY THE NEGLIGENCE OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE OF ANY COPPELL PERSON,
OR CONDUCT BY ANY COPPELL PERSON THAT WOULD GIVE RISE TO STRICT
LIABILITY OF ANY KIND.
Christian Community Action shall promptly advise the City in writing of any claim or demand against
any Coppell Person or Christian Community Action related to or arising out of Christian Community Action's
activities under this Contract and shall see to the investigation and defense of such claim or demand at
Christian Conunimity Action's sole cost and expense. The Coppell Persons shall have the right, at the Coppell
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Persons' option and at own expense, to participate in such defense without relieving Christian Community
Action of any of its obligations hereunder.
The provisions of this defense, indemnity, and hold harmless obligation, and any other defense,
indemnity, and hold harmless obligation set forth in this Contract, shall survive the termination or
expiration of this Contract.
V. TERMINATION
This Contract may be canceled and terminated by either party at any time and for any reason upon
giving at least thirty (30) days written notice of such cancellation and termination to the other party hereto.
Such notice shall be sent certified mail, return receipt requested, and to the most recent address shown on the
records of the party terminating the Contract. The thirty (30) day period shall commence upon deposit of the
said notice in the United States mail and shall conclude at midnight of the 30th day thereafter. In the event
of such cancellation and termination and if CCA has failed at the time of such cancellation and termination
to provide all of the services set forth herein, CCA shall refund to the City that portion of funds paid to CCA
under the terms of this Contract in accordance with the following: Prorata funding returned to the City by
CCA shall be determined by dividing the amount paid by the City under this Contract by 365 (the "daily
rate"), and then multiplying the daily rate by the number of days which would have remained in the term
hereof but for the cancellation or termination. Upon payment or tender of such amount, all of the obligations
of CCA and the City under this Contract shall be discharged and terminated (except as otherwise provided
herein) and no action shall lie or accrue for additional benefit, consideration or value for or based upon the
services performed under or pursuant to this Contract.
VI. CONFLICT OF INTEREST
(a) No officer or employee of the City shall have any interest or receive any benefit, direct or
indirect, in this Contract or the proceeds thereof. This prohibition is not intended and should not be construed
to preclude payment of expenses legitimately incurred by City officials in the conduct of the City's business.
No officer or employee of CCA shall have any financial interest, direct or indirect, in this Contract or the
proceeds thereof.
(b) For purposes of this section, "benefit" means anything reasonably regarded as an economic
advantage, including benefit to any other person in whose welfare the beneficiary is interested, but does not
include contributions or expenditures made and reported in accordance with any law.
VII. ACCOUNTING
Prior to adopting its annual budget, CCA shall submit for the City's review a budget showing the use
of the City's funds provided pursuant to this Contract, and CCA shall make such periodic reports to the City,
as provided for herein, listing the expenditures made by CCA from the funds provided by the City. The
approval of CCA's annual budget creates a fiduciary duty in CCA with respect to the funds provided by the
City under this Contract.
The funds paid to CCA pursuant to this Contract shall be maintained in a separate account established
for that purpose and may not be commingled with any other money. Funds received hereunder from the City
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may be spent for day to day operations, supplies, salaries and other administrative costs provided that such
costs are necessary for the promotion and encouragement of the purposes for which the funds may be used
as described herein.
CCA shall maintain complete and accurate financial records of all of its revenues, including, without
limitation, each expenditure of revenue received pursuant to this Contract. By the thirtieth (30'') day after
the close of each quarter (beginning with the quarter ending December 31, 2021, with the last quarter ending
September 30, 2022), CCA shall provide the City the following: (a) a detailed financial report for the previous
quarter listing the expenditures made by CCA of the funds paid to CCA under this Contract; and (b) a year-
to-date report of the expenditures made by CCA of the funds paid to CCA under this Contract (and if this
Contract is terminated prior to its expiration, CCA shall provide such reports as set forth above for the period
prior to the expiration for which reports have not been provided, and such obligation shall survive the
termination hereof; and the obligation to provide the reports for the last quarter of this Contract shall survive
the expiration of this Contract). On request of the City at any time, CCA shall make its records available for
inspection and review by the City or its designated representative(s). Within ninety (90) days of the end of
CCA's fiscal year, CCA shall provide the City with a financial statement signed by the Chairman of CCA's
Board of Directors (or other person acceptable to the City) and audited by an independent Certified Public
Accountant, setting forth CCA's income, expenses, assets and liabilities, and such obligation shall survive
the termination or expiration of this Contract.
VIII. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
In performing services under this Contract, the relationship between the City and CCA is that of
independent contractor, and the City and CCA by the execution of this Contract do not change the
independent status of CCA. CCA is an independent contractor, and no term or provision of this Contract or
action by CCA in the performance of this Contract is intended nor shall be construed as making CCA the
agent, servant or employee of the City, or to create an employer-employee relationship, a joint venture
relationship, or a joint enterprise relationship, or to allow the City to exercise discretion or control over the
manner in which CCA performs the services which are described in this Contract.
IX. NON -ASSIGNABILITY; NO THIRD -PARTY BENEFIT
CCA may not and shall have no authority to assign, transfer, or otherwise convey by any means
whatsoever this Contract or any of the rights, duties or responsibilities hereunder without obtaining the prior
written approval of the City, and any attempted assignment, transfer, or other conveyance of this Contract
without such approval shall be null and void and be cause for immediate termination of this Contract by the
City.
This Contract is solely for the benefit of the parties hereto and is not intended to and shall not be
deemed to create or grant any rights, contractual or otherwise, to any third person or entity.
X. NO PARTNERSHIP, JOINT VENTURE, OR JOINT ENTERPRISE
Nothing contained in this Contract shall be deemed to constitute that the City and CCA are partners
or joint venturers with each other, or shall be construed or be deemed to establish that their relationship
constitutes, or that this Contract creates, a joint enterprise.
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XI. NON-DISCRIMINATION
During the term of this Contract, CCA agrees that it shall not discriminate against any employee or
applicant for employment because of race, age, color, sex or religion, ancestry, national origin, place of birth,
or handicap.
XII. LEGAL COMPLIANCE; CONTRACT SUBJECT TO LAWS; RECITALS
CCA shall observe and abide by, and this Contract is subject to, all applicable federal, state, and local
(including the City) laws, rules, regulations, and policies (including, without limitation, the Charter and
Ordinances of the City), as the same currently exist or as they may be hereafter amended. The above and
foregoing recitals to this Contract are true and correct and incorporated herein and made a part hereof.
XIII. VENUE; GOVERNING LAW
In the event of any action under this Contract, exclusive venue for all causes of action shall be
instituted and maintained in Dallas County, Texas. The parties agree that the laws of the State of Texas shall
govern and apply to the interpretation, validity and enforcement of this Contract; and, with respect to any
conflict of law provisions, the parties agree that such conflict of law provisions shall not affect the application
of the law of Texas (without reference to its conflict of law provisions) to the governing, interpretation,
validity and enforcement of this Contract.
XIV. COUNTERPARTS
This Contract may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original and constitute one and the same instrument.
XV. NO WAIVER; RIGHTS CUMULATIVE
The failure by either party to exercise any right or power, or option given to it by this Contract, or to
insist upon strict compliance with the terms of this Contract, shall not constitute a waiver of the terms and
conditions of this Contract with respect to any other or subsequent breach thereof, nor a waiver by such party
of its rights at any time thereafter to require exact and strict compliance with all the terms hereof. The rights
or remedies under this Contract are cumulative to any other rights or remedies, which may be granted by law.
XVI. NOTICES
All notices, communications and reports, required or permitted under this Contract shall be personally
delivered or mailed to the respective parties using certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, at
the addresses shown below. The City and CCA agree to provide the other with written notification within
five (5) days, if the address for notices, provided below, is changed. Notices by personal delivery shall be
deemed delivered upon the date delivered; mailed notices shall be deemed communicated on the date shown
on the return receipt. If no date is shown, the mailed notice shall be deemed communicated on the third (3rd)
day after depositing the same in the United States mail.
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The City of Coppell's address:
City Manager
City of Coppell
255 Parkway Blvd.
Coppell, Texas 75019
Christian Community Action's address:
President/Chief Executive Officer
Christian Community Action
200 South Mill Street
Lewisville, Texas 75057
XVII. SEVERABILITY
The terms of this Contract are severable, and if any section, paragraph, clause, or other portion of this
Contract shall be found to be illegal, unlawful, unconstitutional or void for any reason, the balance of the
Contract shall remain in full force and effect and the parties shall be deemed to have contracted as if said
section, paragraph, clause or portion had not been in the Contract initially.
XVIII. AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE CONTRACT
The undersigned officers and/or agents of the parties hereto are the properly authorized officials and
have the necessary authority to execute this Contract on behalf of the parties hereto, and each party hereby
certifies to the other that any necessary resolutions or other act extending such authority have been duly
passed and are now in full force and effect.
XIX. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Contract represents the entire and integrated contract and agreement between the City and CCA
and supersedes all prior negotiations, representations and/or agreements, either written or oral. This Contract
may be amended only by written instrument signed by both the City and CCA.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Contract to be signed by their proper
corporate officers as first above specified, and have caused their proper corporate seal to be hereto affixed the
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