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RESOLUTION NO. 5352
RESOLUTION AMENDING JOINT COOPERATION- AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, the City of Richfield is a party to the joint cooperation agreement
signed on January 27, 1975,_ in accordance with 1'/Iinnesota Statutes, Section
471.59 , which was made by and between the County of Hennepin and the City
of Richfield for the purpose of authorizing county to assist. city in undertaking
essential community development and housing assistance activities pursuant
to community development block grants as authorized by the Housing and Comm-
unity Development Act of 1974, Title I of Public Law 93-383, and
WHEREAS, there exists a need to amend the Agreement as imparted in a letter
of findings relative to agreement from David O. Meeker, Assistant Secretary,
HUD, dated March 5, 1975.
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Richfield:
1. The following amendments to the aforementioned agreement are approved:
Article III, Section 2 is amended to read: "The purpose of this agreement
is to authorize county to cooperate with city in undertaking, or assist
in undertaking, essential community development and housing assistance
activities, specifically urban renewal and publicly assisted housing,
pursuant to community development block grants as authorized by the
Act and the Regulations . " .
Article IV, Section 8 is added to read as follows: ~ "8. Nothing in
this Article shall be construed to lessen or abrogate county's respons-
ibility to assume all obligations of an applicant under the Act, in-
cluding the development of the housing assistance plan, the three-
year community development plan summary, :the community develop-
ment program, and the certification to be signed by it. " .
Article V, Section 2 is amended by adding a paragraph: "If the
Caunty is informed in writing by the Department of Housing and Urban
Development that the distribution affected by Section 1 of this Article
does not comply with Title I of the Housing and Community.Develop-
ment Act of 1974, the County shall of#ectuate a different distribution
if necessary to comply with the Act • No such action shall be taken;
however, until and unless the proposed different distribution shall
have been presented. for review and comment by the cooperating cities."
2. The amendments set forth herein shall not be effective as to the city
ar county.until a certified copy of this resolution-has been .filed with
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the County Administrator by the county and all cities having entered
into identical agreements with county.
3. It is the intent of the Council that the amendments set forth above
are amendments to the- basic agreement between county and city
filed in the office of the County Administrator: on January: 29 , 1975
and said resolution shall be appended to said contract and made a
part thereof .
Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield this 28th day of April,
1975.
ATTEST:
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Thomas J . M a n City Clerk
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