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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM,
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM AND
ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS
PARTICIPATING CITY
COOPERATION AGREEMENT
THIS Agreement is made and entered into this Ig day of hunt, 22K by and between the City
of El Scilmd4. hereinafter referred to as "City", and the County of Los Angeles, hereinafter referred
to as "County "
WITNESSETH THAT.
WHEREAS, County and City desire to cooperate to undertake, or assist in undertaking,
community development, community renewal and lower income housing assistance activities,
specifically urban renewal and publicly assisted housing, including, but not limited to, the
improvement or development of housing for persons of low- to moderate - incomes, and other
community or urban renewal activities authorized by the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1974, the Cranston - Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (NAHA) and the U.S Housing
Act of 1937, as amended, hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Act ", and
WHEREAS, the terms and provisions of this Agreement are fully authorized under State and
local law, and thus Agreement provides full Legal authority for the County and its instrumentalities
including the Housing Authority of theCounty of Los Angeles and the Community Development
Commission of the County of Los Angeles, hereinafter collectively referred to as the "County" to
undertake, or assist in undertaking, essential community development and housing assistance
activities, specifically urban renewal and publicly assisted housing
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
1 The City and the County agree to cooperate to undertake, or assist in undertaking,
commumty development, community renewal and lower income housing assistance activities,
specifically urban renewal and publicly assisted housing, including, but not limited to, the
improvement or development of housing for persons of low- to moderate - incomes, and other
community or urban renewal activities authorized by the Act.
2 The City hereby authorizes the County to perform, or cause to be performed, those acts
necessary or appropriate to implement the commumty development and housing assistance activities,
specifically urban renewal and publicly assisted housing, including but not limited to improvement
or development of housing for persons of low- to moderate - income, and other community or urban
renewal activities authorized under the Act specified for the City in the County s annual Housing and
Community Development Plan which will be hurled fiom annual Commumty Development Block
Grant (CDBG) and applicable HOME Investment Partnerships Programs ( "HObffi ") from Federal
Fiscal Years 21100 -2002 appropriations and from any program income generated from the
expenditure of such funds. County shall have final responsibility for selecting projects and annually
filing its Final Housing and Community Development Plan.
3. The City and the County in the performance of this Agreement shall take all actions
necessary or appropriate to assure compliance with the County's certification required by Section
104 (b) of Title I of the Act, the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Title
VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1%8, Section 109 of Title
I of the Act, Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1%8, the Fair Housing Act,
the Act and all other applicable laws and regulations.
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