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This Agreement shall renew automatically for subsequent three-year program periods, unless written notice of termination to be effective at the end of the current three-year program period is given by the Cooperating Community to the County following the same schedule as the opt-out notification requirements as established by HUD. A copy of all notices must be sent to the HUD Field Office. Since this Agreement has an automatic renewal provision, the County shall, prior to the "opt-out" date, provide written notification to the Cooperating Community of the community's rights under this "opt-out" provision. The County shall have the right to "o.pt-out" of future renewal of the Agreement. The parties agree that this Agreement will remain in effect until CDBG and HOME hivestment Partnership Program funds and program income received for acti'vities carried out during the three-year qualification period (and any successive periods under the aritomatic renewal provision) are expended and the funded activities completed, and that the County and Cooperating Community cannot terminate or withdraw from tis Agreement during this period. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, this Agreement shall be terminated at the end of any program year during which HUD withdraws its designation of Anoka County as an urban corinty under the Act. SECTION IV. METHOD The Cooperating Community and County hereby agree that it will cooperate to undertake or assist in undertaking community renewal and lower income housing assistance activities, specifically urban renewal and publicly assisted housing. The County shall prepare and submit to HUD and appropriate reviewing agencies, all necessary applications for basic grant amount under the CDBG and HOME Investment Partnership Program requirements. In making the application, the County shall address the goals and needs of County as developed in meetings between the Community, its citizens and the County, and also addressing the Act and other relevant Minnesota and/or federal statutes and regulations. The parties agree to cooperate fully in establishing priorities and in preparation of the application for a basic grant amount. The Cooperating Community and the County agree that the County shall establish a reasonable time schedule for the development of the grant application. It is anticipated by the parties that the party ultimately implementing a project funded by monies received from the grant may be either the Cooperating Community or the County. The determination of which party will implement the project will be made by the parties after consideration of the nature and scope of the project, and the ability of each party to undertake the project, though it is understood by the Cooperating Community that the County shall have final responsibility for selecting projects and filing annual grant requests. The County is hereby authorized to distribute to the Cooperating Community such funds as are determined appropriate for the Community to use in implementing a project and the County is hereby authorized to undertake projects within the Cooperating Cornrnunity as are determined appropriate for the County to undertake. 3