HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 23-076 Amended JPA with SCC for CDBG Activities RESOLUTION NO. 23-076
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF
SARATOGA TO THE AMENDED JOINT 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 TO SEPTEMBER 20,2020 AND
SUBSEQUENT AUTOMATIC RENEWALS UNLESS TERMINATED
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 the Amended'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, and subsequent automatic renewals
unless terminated.
The above and foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Saratoga City
Council held on the 6t" day of September 2023 by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS AFTAB, PAGE, WALIA, VICE MAYOR ZHAO, MAYOR
FITZSIMMONS
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
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Kookie Fitzsimmons, Mayor
ATTEST:
Britt Avrit, MMC, City Clerk