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Contract No. A050448 JOINT COOPERATION AGREEMENT URBAN Di3ENNEPIN COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM THIS AGREEMENT made and entered into by and between the COUNTY OF HENNEPIN, State of N innesota, hereinafter referred to as "COUNTY," A-2400 Government Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55487, and the cities executing this Master Agreement, each hereinafter respectively referred to as "COOPERATING UNIT," said parties to this Agreement each being governmental units of the State of Minnesota, and made pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 471.59: WITNESSETH: COOPERATING UNIT and COUNTY agree that it is desirable and in the interests of their citizens that COOPERATING UNIT shares its authority to carry out essential community development and housing activities with COUNTY in order to permit COUNTY to secure and administer Community Development Block Grant funds as an Urban County within the provisions of the Act as herein defined and, therefore, nr. consideration of the mutual covenants and pro'm'ises contained in this Agreement, the parties mutually agree to the following terms and conditions. COOPERATING UNIT admowledges that by the execution of this Agreement that it understands that it: May not also apply for grants under the State CDBG Program from appropriations for fiscal years during which it is participating in the Urban County Program; and 2. May not participate in a IIOME Consortium except through the Urban Comity. I. DEFINITIONS The definitions contained in 42 USC 5302 of the Act and 24 CFR §570.3 of the Regulations are incorporated. herein by reference and made a part hereof, and the terns defined in this section have the meanings given thein. A. "Act" means 'Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.). B. "Activity" means a CDBG-funded activity eligible under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. Example: single family rehab activity. C. "Annual Program" means those combined activities submitted by cooperating units to COUNTY for CDBG funding as part of the Consolidated Plan. D. "Consolidated Plan" means the document bearing that title or similarly required statements or documents submitted to HUD for authorization to expend the sarnual grant amount and which is developed by the COUNT' in conjunction with COOPERATING UNITS as part of the Community Development Block Grant Program.