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Office of the County Manager Paul L. Kirkwold, County Manager 250 Court House 15 West Kellogg Boulevard St. Paul, MN 55102 -1614 April 28, 2000 Joel Hanson City of Little Canada 515 E. Little Canada Road Little Canada, MN 55117 Dear Mr. Hanson: Tel: 651 - 266 -8000 Fax: 651 - 266 -8039 e -mail: www.co.ramsey.mn.us RECEIVED Fifteen years ago, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, hereinafter referred to as HUD, determined that Ramsey County would be eligible to become an Entitlement Urban County and receive an annual allocation of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) dollars in excess of one million dollars. This money would be used to undertake housing and community development activities primarily benefiting the residents of suburban Ramsey County. In 1992, the Home Investment Partnership Act (HOME) program was also added as a resource for the County. Seventeen suburban communities have chosen to participate in the agreement process over the past fifteen years, thus, ensuring that a guaranteed annual allocation would be earmarked for the County and those suburban municipalities that desire to actively participate in the program. Recently, HUD has notified us that we remain eligible to continue our participation in this federal program. Our eligibility and the actual dollar amount we receive is based upon the population accumulated through the number of jurisdictions that join with us. Our records show that since 1985 your community has signed cooperation agreements with the County to ensure our eligibility. This year it will be necessary to execute a second amendment to our Joint Cooperation Agreement, due to HUD requirements. A copy of the amendment is attached to this letter. Please have it approved by your City Council or Town Board and return a fully executed copy to us no later than June 2, 2000. The County Attorney's Office has advised us that the first two paragraphs of this amendment are clarifications of existing language in our existing Cooperation Agreements but have been included to satisfy the local HUD office. The third paragraph may be a new requirement for your municipality. It requires that you have adopted certain policies that are clearly set out in the amendment. You may have already adopted one or both of these policies as a condition of some other program or agreement, but if you have not they must be in place by the time the amendment is executed. Mi ptlNedo Page 58 aty It content "j