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4. COUNTY shall upon official request by COOPERATING UNIT agree <br /> to administer local housing rehabilitation grant programs <br /> funded pursuant to the Agreement provided that COUNTY shall- <br /> receive reimbursement for costs associated with operating <br /> local housing rehabilitation programs, the amount of which <br /> shall be established on an annual basis. <br /> 5. COUNTY shall , as necessary for clarification and coordination <br /> of program administration, develop and implement Administra- <br /> tive Rules consistent with the Act, Regulations and HUD <br /> administrative directives. <br /> The parties mutually agree to comply with all applicable. <br /> requirements of the Act and the Regulations and other relevant Federal <br /> and/or Minnesota statutes or regulations in the use of basic grant <br /> amounts. Nothing in this. -Article shall be construed to lessen or abrogate <br /> COUNTY's responsibility to assume all obligations of an applicant under <br /> the Act, including the development of applications pursuant to 24 CFR <br /> 570.300 et.seq. <br /> V. ALLOCATION OF BASIC GRANT AMOUNTS <br /> Basic grant amounts received by the COUNTY under the Act shall be <br /> allocated as follows: <br /> A. COUNTY shall retain ten percent (10%) of the total basic grant <br /> amount for the undertaking of eligible activities. <br /> • B. The balance of the basic grant amount shall be apportioned by <br /> COUNTY to COOPERATING UNITS in accordance with the following <br /> formula for the purpose of allowing the COOPERATING UNITS to make <br /> requests for the use of funds so apportioned. The. allocation is <br /> for planning purposes only and is not a guarantee of funding. <br /> Each COOPERATING UNIT shall use as a target for planning purposes <br /> an amount which bears the same ratio to the balance of the basic grant <br /> amount as the average of the ratios between: <br /> 1. The population of COOPERATING UNIT and the population of all <br /> COOPERATING UNITS. <br /> 2. The extent of poverty in COOPERATING UNIT and the extent of <br /> poverty in all COOPERATING UNITS. <br /> 3. The extent of overcrowded housing by units in COOPERATING UNIT <br /> and the extent of overcrowded housing by units in all COOPERATING <br /> UNITS. <br /> 4. In determining the average of the above ratio's, the ratio <br /> involving the extent of poverty shall be counted twice. <br /> It is the intent of this paragraph that said planning allocation <br /> utilize the same basic elements for allocation of funds as are set forth <br /> in 42 CFR 507.4. The COUNTY shall develop these ratios based upon <br /> data to be furnished by HUD. The COUNTY assumes no duty to gather such <br /> data independently and assumes no liability for any errors in the data <br /> • furnished by HUD. <br /> 4 <br />