RESOLUTION NO. 23-___
A Resolution Of The City Council Of The City Of Emeryville Authorizing The Continued Participation Of The City Of Emeryville In The Alameda County Urban County For Community Development Block Grant Funds And Authorizing The Execution Of The Cooperation Agreement Between The City And County Of Alameda Regarding Participation In The Alameda County Urban County For Community Block Grant Program Funds
WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States has enacted the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and Federal regulations have been adopted pursuant thereto, hereinafter called the “Act”; and
WHEREAS, Title I of the Act consolidates previously separate grant programs for open space, public facility loans, water and sewer grants, urban renewal, model cities, rehabilitation loans, and affordable housing into a program called the Community Development Block Grant (“CDBG”) program; and,
WHEREAS, Title I makes available entitlement grants to cities whose 2020 Census population exceeds 50,000 persons and to counties which qualify as an urban county; and
WHEREAS, the term "urban county" means any county within a metropolitan area which:
(1) is authorized under state law to undertake essential community development and housing assistance activities in its incorporated areas which are not units of general local government; and,
(2) has a combined population of 200,000 or more in such unincorporated areas and in its included units of local government:
(A) in which it has authority to undertake essential community development and housing assistance activities and which do not elect to have their population excluded; or,
(B) with which it has entered into cooperation agreements to undertake or to assist in the undertaking of essential community development and housing assistance activities; and,
WHEREAS, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) has made a determination that the County of Alameda has the essential powers to operate as an urban county; and
WHEREAS, the cities Albany, Emeryville, Newark, and Piedmont, each of which has a 2020 Census population of less than 50,000, and the city of Dublin, which has a 2020 Census population of more than 50,000, have expressed their interest in joining with the Alameda County Unincorporated County to continue in the Alameda County Urban County for federal fiscal years 2024, 2025 and 2026; and
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CDBG Cooperation Agreement with Alameda County
City Council Meeting | June 20, 2023
WHEREAS, these same five cities combine with the County of Alameda to form a combined 2020 Census population of 200,000 or more persons, thereby qualifying as an urban county, and becoming eligible for an entitlement of CDBG funds; and WHEREAS, pursuant to HUD requirements, these same five cities must execute cooperation agreements with the County of Alameda, wherein the parties agree to participate in the Urban County for the duration of the three-year funding cycle; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Emeryville does hereby resolve, declare, determine and order as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Emeryville hereby authorizes the continued participation of the City of Emeryville in the Alameda County Urban County.
SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Emeryville hereby authorizes the City Manager to execute a cooperation agreement with the Alameda County in order to continue the City’s participation in the Urban County.
SECTION 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
ADOPTED, by the City Council of the City of Emeryville at a regular meeting held Wednesday, July 5, 2023, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
MAYOR
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY CLERK CITY ATTORNEY
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