RESOLUTION NO. ____________________________

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

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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF MENLO PARK HOUSING & REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO OPERATE A HOUSING REHABILITATION LOAN PROGRAM AND TO AUTHORIZE 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, the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, Public Law 93-383, enacted August 22, 1974, and the Housing and Community Development Act of 1977, Public Law 95-128, enacted October 12, 1977, both provide for the distribution of federal funds through the process of Community Development Block Grants (“CDBG”) to eligible public entities; and

WHEREAS, those public entities which are eligible to receive CDBG funds are cities with populations in excess of 50,000 residents, public entities, and urban counties; and

WHEREAS, public entities that do not otherwise come within the definition of a public agency eligible to receive CDBG funds may cooperate and participate with an eligible public entity such as an urban county; and

WHEREAS, the County desires to continue to provide funding support to the City of Menlo Park Housing & Redevelopment Agency by obligating $200,000 of CDBG funds for operation of the Menlo Park Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program, which offers housing rehabilitation loans to qualified owner/occupants of 1 - 4 unit residences and investor/owners of eligible tenant occupied properties within the incorporated city limits of Menlo Park; and

WHEREAS, this program was included in the FY 2003-04 CDBG Action Plan approved by the Board of Supervisors on May 6, 2003; 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 City of Menlo Park Housing & Redevelopment Agency, 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 RESOLVED that the President of this Board of Supervisors be, and is hereby authorized and directed to execute said Agreement for and on behalf of the County of San Mateo, and the Clerk of this Board shall attest the President’s signature thereto.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Director of the Human Services Agency shall be authorized to execute subsequent amendments and modifications to this Agreement during the term of the Agreement, provided however, that such authority is limited to (a) reducing or increasing the County’s maximum fiscal obligation in the event that there is a commensurate reduction or increase in funding received by the County, provided, however, that such increases shall be limited to a total of $25,000 per funding source; and (b) making changes in the types of services and activities provided by the City of Menlo Park Housing & Redevelopment Agency, provided that the changes have no impact on the County’s maximum fiscal obligation to the City of Menlo Park Housing & Redevelopment Agency.

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