Main Office - Department of Housing (DOH)
264 Harbor Blvd., Building A, Belmont, CA 94002-4017
Housing & Community Development (HCD)
Tel: (650) 802-5050
Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo (HACSM)
Tel: (650) 802-3300
Board of Supervisors:
Jackie Speier
Noelia Corzo
Ray Mueller
Lisa Gauthier
David Canepa
Director: HACSM Executive Director:
Raymond Hodges Debbie McIntyre
Department of Housing (DOH) website: www.smchousing.org E-mail: [email protected]
June 5, 2026
Delivered via E-mail Only
RE: Urban County Qualification for Participation in the CDBG Program:
Federal Fiscal Years 2027, 2028, 2029
Notice of Renewal and Amendment to the CDBG Cooperation Agreement
ACTION REQUIRED BY JULY 15, 2026
Dear City Manager Stefan Chatwin,
As a follow-up to the letter sent on May 27, 2026, this is a notification regarding the renewal of the Urban County’s CDBG Cooperation Agreement.
In September 2017, San Mat eo County and the City of Foster City entered into a Cooperative Agreement whereby the City, a public entity which would not be eligible for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds on its own, could cooperate and participate in the San Mateo County Urban County Program in order to access CDBG funding. The Cooperation Agreement provides for automatic renewals every three years unless an amendment to the Agreem ent is required, which is the case for this program cycle.
Benefits of participation incl ude eligibility to apply for CDB G funds through the Urban County’s annual CDBG funding cycle as well as participation in the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) and HOME Investment Partner ship (HOME) programs since the Urban County is a member of the San Mateo County HOME Consortium.
The CDBG Cooperative Agreement between t he County of San Mateo and the City, requires renewal for Federal Fiscal Y ears 2027, 2028 and 2029. Per HUD’s Urban County Qualification Notice (C PD-26-08), this is the sec ond and final step in the Urban County requalification process, which requires an amendment to the CDBG Cooperative Agreement:
Please note that in this qualification period, HUD updated the processing requirements to mandate Amendment approval by the governing body and execution (signature) by the chief executive officer. Even though t he HUD-required updates to the Cooperative Agreement are minor, the two levels of au thorization are now required and will be mandatory henceforth.
The attached Amendment to the Urban County Cooperation Agreement must be approved by your governing body, signed by your Chief Executive Officer/Manager and returned to the County by July 15, 2026 for your city or town to remain in the Urban County.
San Mateo County HUD Field Office
Attn: Danita Robertson, HCD Specialist
Department of Housing
264 Harbor Blvd, Bldg. A
Belmont, CA 94002
[email protected]
Attn: Suyong Choi, Senior CPD Representative
HUD San Francisco CPD Division
One Sansome Street, Suite 1200
San Francisco, CA 94101
[email protected]
If you have any questions about this notice or the Urban County requalification process, please contact me at [email protected]. Thank you in advance for your prompt attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Danita Robertson
Housing & Community Development Specialist
County of San Mateo, Department of Housing
cc: Sofia Mangalam, Community Development Director, City of Foster City Nori Jabba, Housing Coordinator, City of Foster City
County of San Mateo Cooperative Agreement Amendment Cooperation Agreement dated September 20, 2017 Amendment Number: 2 (Second) Cooperation Agreement Amendment #1 dated July 2023
Agreement between the COUNTY OF SAN MATEO and the CITY OF FOSTER CITY
THE AGREEMENT IS CHANGED AS FOLLOWS
I. Witnesseth Section is hereby ☐ added ☒ amended as follows:
Adds the following emboldened, italicized phrase:
WHEREAS, the County of San Mateo has heretofore qualified as an urban county under the Act, the County again solicits the cooperation and co -participation of public entities such as the City in its application for federal assistance under the Act for Federal Fiscal Years 2027, 2028 and 2029 and one subsequent three -year period thereafter; and
II. Witnesseth Section is hereby ☐ added ☒ amended as follows:
Adds the following as a new Whereas provision:
WHEREAS, the City Executive of the City is authorized to execute this Amendment on the City’s behalf , and the County Executive is authorized to execute this Amendment on the County’s behalf.
III. Section 1 (Purpose) is hereby ☐ added ☒ amended as follows:
Replaces the first sentence with the following emboldened, italicized phrase:
“The County and City agree to cooperate to undertake, or assist in undertaking, essential community development and housing assistance activities in and for the benefit of the City, as approved or authorized between the parties in the CDBG Agreements, including the Consolidated Plan. This Agreement includes...”
IV. Section 2 (Term), 1 is hereby ☐ added ☒ amended as follows:
Amends and restates the first paragraph in its entirety as follows:
“This Agreement shall remain in effect for the three -year program period of Federal Fiscal Years 2027, 2028 and 2029, and until funds granted and program income received during the three-year program period are expended and the funded activities completed. Neither the County nor the Municipality may terminate, withdraw, or be removed from the program during the three-year program period. The Agreement will renew automatically for participation in one successive three-year Urban County qualification period (Federal Fiscal Years 2030, 2031, and 2032), unless the Municipality or the County provide written notice to the other party that it elects not to participate in a new qualification period. The terminating party shall send a copy of the notice of terminatio n to the HUD field office by the date specified on the HUD Exchange Uran Counties website. The County will notify the Municipality in writing of the Municipality’s right to make this election. A copy of the C ounty’s notification must be sent to the HUD field office by the date specified on the HUD Exchange Urban Counties website.”
V. Section 3 (County’s Responsibilities as Applicant) is hereby ☐ added ☒ amended as follows:
Amends and restates Paragraphs 4 and 5 of Subsection a. in their entirety as follows:
“Therefore, the County and City agree to cooperate to undertake, or assist in undertaking, essential community development and housing assistance activities in and for the benefit of the City, as approved or authorized between the parties in the CDBG Agreements, including the Consolidated Plan. The County and City will also strictly adhere to the Consolidated Plan as approved and to all assurances and certifications provided to HUD, including taking all actions necessary to comply with the Urban County’s certifications under Section 104(b) of Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, that the grant will be conducted and administered in conformity with:
• Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, implementing regulations at 24 CFR Part 1; and • the Fair Housing Act, and implementing regulations at 24 CFR Part 100 and will comply with the obligation to affirmatively further fair housing; and
• Section 109 of Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, and the implementing regulations at 24 CFR Part 6, which incorporates: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the • implementing regulations at 24 CFR Part 8; and
• Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1974, and the implementing regulations at 28 CFR Part 35; and
• the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and the implementing regulations at 24 CFR Part 146; and • Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968; and • Uniform Relocation and Real Property Policies Act of 1970 and the implementing regulations at 49 CFR Part 24; and
• Section 104(d) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and the implementing regulations at 24 CFR Part 42; and
• all other applicable laws and regulations.
The Parties acknowledge that the Urban County is a plaintiff in King County et al. v. Turner et al., 2:25-cv-00814- BJR (W.D. Wash.) and through this litigation has obtained a Preliminary Injunction against HUD. To the extent that this Agreement purports to impose terms or conditions that are enjoined pursuant to that Preliminary Injunction, the Urban County is not bound to those enjoined terms or conditions.
The Parties agree that Urban County funding in no event will be used for activities in, or in support of, any cooperating unit of general local government that impedes the County’s actions to comply with the County’s fair housing certification and duty to affirmatively further fair housing. This provision is required because noncompliance by a unit of general local government included in an urban county may constitute noncompliance by the grantee (i.e. the Urban County) that can, in turn, provide cause for funding sanctions or other remedial actions by the Department.”
VI. Section 3 (County’s Responsibilities as Applicant), is hereby ☐ added ☒ amended as follows:
Amends and restates Subsection c. in its entirety as follows:
“Parties to this Agreement understand and agree that they may not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer all or any portion of CDBG funds to a Metropolitan City, Urban County, unit of general local government, or insular area that directly or indirectly receives CDBG funds in exchange for any funds, credits, or non- Federal considerations, but must use such funds for activities eligible under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended.”
VII. Section 5 is hereby ☐ added ☒ amended as follows:
Adds the following italicized and underlined language:
The City and County has each adopted and is enforcing:
a. A policy prohibiting the use of excessive force by law enforcement agencies within its jurisdiction against any individuals engaged in non-violent civil rights demonstrations;
b. A policy of enforcing applicable State and local laws against physically barring entrance to or exit from a facility or location which is the subject of such non-violent civil rights demonstrations within jurisdictions.
VIII. Section 8 (County’s Responsibility to City), is hereby ☒ added ☐ amended as follows:
Adds the following new Subsection d.:
“d. The Urban County agrees that the CDBG funds that the Municipality is entitled to will be utilized to benefit the Municipality.”
IX. Section 10 (Program Income) is hereby ☐ added ☒ amended as follows:
Amends and restates Subsection e. in its entirety as follows:
“e. The County and Municipality shall not terminate or withdraw from the Agreement while it remains in effect.
The County may transfer the program income to the Metropolitan City, upon its termination of Urban County participation, provided that the Municipality begins participating as an independent CDBG Entitlement grantee and agrees to use the program income in its own CDBG Entitlement program.” X. Section 13 (Minor Amendments to the Agreement) is hereby ☐ added ☒ amended as follows
Amends and restates Section 13 in its entirety as follows:
13. Amendments to the Agreement.
“The Parties agree to adopt amendment(s) to this Agreement as may be required by HUD to meet any new Urban County Qualification requirement(s), when applicable. Failure by either Party to adopt any such amendment, and to submit such amendment to HUD, will void the Agreement for such qualification period.” Other changes: None
I hereby certify that the requested changes are required per the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
________ June 4, 2026_____ Karen Coppock___________ Requestor Signature Date Requestor Name (please print) County of San Mateo County of San Mateo
HCD Supervisor_____________
Requestor Title (please print)
This change is effective as of: July 1, 2027
ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE AGREEMENT REMAIN UNCHANGED.
In witness of and in agreement with this Amendment’s terms, the Parties, by their duly authorized representatives, affix their respective signatures:
For City:
___________________________ ___________________ __________________________________ Signature Date Name
(please print)
(City Manager)
For County:
____________________________ ____________________ _________ ______________________ Signature Date Name (please print)
(County Executive)