HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 17-045 -Authorizing City Manager to Execute JPA Agreement CDBGRESOLUTION NO. 17-045
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF
SARATOGA TO ENTER INTO A JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT AND
COOPERATION AGREEMENT TO UNDERTAKE OR TO ASSIST IN THE
UNDERTAKING OF ESSENTIAL ACTIVITIES PURSUANT TO TITLE I OF THE
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED
FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2017 - SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
WHEREAS, Congress has enacted the Housing and Community Development Act of
1974, as amended;
WHEREAS, Title I of the Act provides for a program of Community Development Block
Grants;
WHEREAS, Title I of the Act makes entitlement grants available to cities with a
population of 50,000 or more persons and to counties that qualify as an urban county;
WHEREAS, the City of Saratoga is not eligible to apply directly for entitlement funds
under the Act but may, by entering into a cooperation agreement with County, qualify County as
an urban county applicant and may thereby receive such funds;
WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to enter into an agreement to enable the County of
Santa Clara to apply for and receive entitlement funds as an urban county and to establish the
respective rights and obligations of the contracting parties to such funds;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council does hereby authorize the City
Manager to enter into a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement and Cooperation Agreement with the
County of Santa Clara To Undertake or to Assist in the Undertaking of Essential Activities
Pursuant to Title I of the Housing and Community Act of 1974, as Amended for the Period of
October 1, 2017 — September 30, 2020.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Saratoga this
5th day of July 2017 by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Emily Lo, Vice Mayor Mary -Lynne Bernald, Council Members E. Manny
Cappello, Howard A. Miller, Rishi Kumar
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
TTEST:
tal Bothelio, City Clerk
Emily Lo, Mayor
DATE: —03/20 17