RES 81-061 REOLUTION AGREEING TO PARTICIPATE IN YEARS VII, IX, AND X IN THE CDBG PROGRAM

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• In setting such priorities , COUNTY will consider the previous performance of CITY in the expenditure of funds received--under the- Act in order to fulfill COUNTY'S responsibility to HUD-for accomplishment of the community development program and housing assistance goals. 2. . It shall provide, to the maximum extent feasible, technical assistance and coordinating services to CITY in the preparing and submission of the. grant applications. 3. It shall provide ongoing technical . assistance to CITY to aid COUNTY in fulfilling its responsibility to HUD for accomplishment of the community development program and housing assistance .goals. The parties mutually agree to cooperate fully in the preparation of the Application for a basic grant amount. In such preparation the parties will follow the provisions of the Hennepin County Citizen Participation Plan asstated in County Resolution 80-10-820 and any subsequent amendments. 4. It shall upon CITY'S request agree to administer local housing rehabilitation grant programs funded pursuant to this Agreement', provided that an amount equal to 7% of the funds allocated by CITY to such activities shall be retained by the COUNTY for reimburse- ment of administrative expenses associated with the CITY'•S local housing rehabilitation grant program. CITY and COUNTY agree that COUNTY shall establish reasonable time schedules for the submission of the Three Year Community Development • Plan for Years VIII, IX and X and appropriate annual plan implementation program by CITY to COUNTY to insure such timely submission and to protect the rights .and interest of CITY and other cooperating communities. COUNTY shall communicate such time schedules to CITY. The parties mutually agree to comply with all applicable require ments:of the Act and the Regulations and other relevant Federal and/or Minnesota statutes or regulations in the use of basic grant amounts. Nothing in this Article shall be construed to lessen or abrogate COUNTY'S responsibility to assume all obligations of an applicant under the Act, including the development of applications pursuant to 24 CFR 570..300 et. seg. V. ALLOCATION OF BASIC GRANT AMOUNTS Basic grant amounts received by the COUNTY under- the Act shall be allocated as follows: A. COUNTY shall retain ten percent (10%) of the total basic grant amount for purposes of defraying its costs associated with program planning and administration. This does not include special costs incurred in assuming subgrantee project implementation responsi- bilities such as local housing rehabilitation grants. B. The -balance of the basic grant amount shall be allocated by COUNTY to CITY and other cooperating communities in accordance with the following formula for the purpose of' allowing the cooperating communities to plan for the application. This amount is only an' estimate and is not guaranteed by the COUNTY. The CITY and each cooperating community shall use as a target for planning purposes an amount which bears the same ratio to the balance of the basic grant amount as the average of the ratios between: 1. The population of CITY and the population of all cooperating communities. 2. The extent of poverty in CITY and the extent of poverty in all cooperating communities. 3. The extent of housing overcrowded by units in CITY and the extent of housing overcrowded by units in all cooperating communities.. 4. In determining the average of the above ratios, the ratio involving the extent of poverty .shall be counted twice. It is the intent of this paragraph that said planning allocation utilize the same basic elements for allocation of funds as are set forth