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18 <br />STAFF REPORT <br />To: Mayor and City Council Report No.: <br />Mike Mornson, City Manager <br />From: Kim Moore -Sykes, Assistant City Manager <br />Date: June 10, 2008 <br />Subject: Amended Urban Hennepin County CDBG Joint Cooperation Agreement <br />Background: Because the nation was not making the progress toward the goal of a national housing policy as <br />expected when Congress passed the Housing Act of 1949, the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 <br />and later the Community Development Block Grant program (CDBG) of 1974 were passed. These programs <br />were intended to be flexible in providing local governments with resources to address a wide variety of unique <br />community development needs that would ultimately provide decent, safe, sanitary and affordable living <br />environments for all Americans. Consequently, Hennepin County is eligible to be designated as an Entitlement <br />Urban County and receives an annual allocation of funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban <br />Development to provide decent housing, suitable living environments and opportunities to expand economic <br />development or redevelopment efforts. As stated in a letter dated May 13, 2008 from Hennepin County <br />Department of Housing, Community Works and Transit, that while a portion of the City's population is outside <br />of Hennepin County, the entire population will be included in the Urban County Program as the result of <br />executing this agreement. Because of the City's participation with Hennepin County Joint Cooperation <br />Agreement, this cooperation has helped to ensure that a guaranteed annual allocation comes to the County and <br />to those communities that actively participate in the program. <br />The City is being asked to execute a new joint cooperation agreement because Hennepin County is required to <br />renew the cooperation agreement but no modifications are being proposed except for setting a renewal date of <br />September 30, 2011 in Section III of the proposed and attached agreement. <br />Action: The City is being asked to consider and approve the amended and restated joint cooperation agreement <br />with Hennepin County. <br />Attachments: <br />• Cover Letter from Hennepin County Housing, Development and Finance Manager <br />• Amended Urban Hennepin County CDBG Joint Cooperation Agreement <br />• May 29, 2008 email from Jim Ford, Hennepin County, Joint Cooperation Agreement Q & A <br />• Resolution 08-039; Authorizing the Execution of a Joint Cooperation Agreement Between the City of St. <br />Anthony and Hennepin County for Participation in the Urban Hennepin County Community <br />Development Block Grant Program in FY 2009 — 2011. <br />staff Hennepin Co CDBG Grant Renewal <br />