RESOLUTION NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP WHICH PROVIDES $450,000 TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE OPPORTUNITY CENTER OF THE PENINSULA AND AUTHORIZES THE DIRECTOR OF THE HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY TO EXECUTE SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS AND MINOR MODIFICATIONS NOT TO EXCEED $25,000 PER FUNDING SOURCE

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 570.201 of the Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations regarding the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program, grant assistance may be used to fund eligible activities to be carried out by private nonprofit entities duly organized to undertake community development activities or by public agencies; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the National Housing Act of 1990, Public Law 101-625, federal funds through the HOME Investment Partnerships Act may be used to assist eligible housing development activities; and

WHEREAS, Community Working Group applied for funding assistance under the FYs 2001-02 and 2-02-03 CDBG, and the FY 2002-03 HOME Program to develop the Opportunity Center of the Peninsula, a multi-service center for homeless persons and families, and which includes 95 units of transitional and permanent housing for singles and small families ("Project"); and

WHEREAS, the Project, while located just outside the County of San Mateo, in the City of Palo Alto, meets both CDBG and HOME Program requirements for funding projects outside the respective program funding jurisdictions, as the Project is expected to draw clients from the County of San Mateo and will be jointly funded by HOME Program dollars from both San Mateo and Santa Clara County jurisdictions; and

WHEREAS, on April 24, 2001 and April 30, 2002, respectively, the Board of Supervisors approved CDBG funding for FY 2001-02 and 2002-03, which included respectively $100,000 and $50,000 for the Project; and

WHEREAS, on June 4, 2002, the Board of Supervisors approved The FY 2002-03 HOME Action Plan which included another $300,000 funding for the Project; and

WHEREAS, total County CDBG and HOME funding of $450,000 has been allocated for the Project, which is currently estimated to cost a total of $21.2 million; and

WHEREAS, County CDBG and HOME funding may be used for land acquisition and other eligible development costs; and

WHEREAS, there has been presented to this Board of Supervisors for its consideration and acceptance, an agreement between the County of San Mateo and Community Working Group, reference to which is hereby made for further particulars, and the Board of Supervisors has examined and approved the same as to form and content and desires to enter into the same;

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that the President of this Board of Supervisors be, and is hereby authorized and directed to execute said agreement which shall be for and on behalf of the County, and the Clerk of this Board shall attest the President's signature thereto.

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