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COOPERATION AGREEMENT FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEARS 1997-98,1998-99,1999-2000 This Agreement is made and entered into this day of 1996, by and between the County of San Bernardino, of the State of California, hereinafter referred to as "COUNTY", and the City of Colton, a City within COUNTY, hereinafter referred to as I.CITYI.. WHEREAS, the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (Public Law 93-383), hereinafter called "ACT", provides that Community Development Block Grant, hereinafter referred to as "CDBG", funds may be used for the support of activities that provide decent housing and suitable living environments and expanded economic opportunities principally for persons of low and moderate income; and, WHEREAS, CDBG regulations require counties to re -qualify as an Urban County under the CDBG program every three years; and, WHEREAS, the execution of this Agreement is necessary to include CITY as participating unit of general government under COUNTY's Urban County CDBG program. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein set forth and the mutual benefits to be derived therefrom, the parties agree as follows: 1. GENERAL This Agreement gives COUNTY authority to undertake or assist in undertaking activities for Fiscal Years 1997-98, 1998-99 and 1999-2000, which will be funded from the CDBG program, the HOME Investment Partnership Program, and from any program income generated from the expenditure of such funds. COUNTY and CITY agree to cooperate to undertake, or assist in undertaking, community renewal and lower income housing assistance activities, specifically urban renewal and publicly assisted housing. By executing this Agreement, CITY understands that it may not apply for grants under the Small Cities or State CDBG Programs from appropriations for fiscal years during the term of this Agreement, and CITY may not participate in a HOME consortium other than COUNTY HOME program regardless of whether COUNTY receives a HOME formula allocation. 2. TERM The term of this Agreement shall be for not less than the COUNTY CDBG Urban County qualfflication period for fiscal year 1997-98, commencing on July 1, 1997, and extending through fiscal year 1999-2000, which ends on June 30, 2000, unless an earlier date of termination is fixed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, hereinafter called HUD, pursuant to ACT. This Agreement shall remain in effect until all CDBG (and HOME, where applicable) funds covered under the terms of this Agreement, and any income generated from the expenditure of such funds, are expended, and the funded activities are completed. This Agreement may not be terminated by the parties herein coverianted for any circumstance or reason during the term of this Agreement.