RESOLUTION 2024-57
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GONZALES APPROVING
A JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT
WITH MONTEREY COUNTY AND THE CITIES OF, GREENFIELD, MARINA AND
SAND CITY TO UNDERTAKE OR TO ASSIST IN THE UNDERTAKING OF
ESSENTIAL ACTIVITIES PURSUANT TO TITLE I OF THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1, 2025, THROUGH JUNE 30, 2028
WHEREAS, the United States Congress has enacted the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (the "Act"); and
WHEREAS, Title I of the Act makes entitlement grants available to cities with a population 50,000 or more persons and to counties that qualify as an Urban County; and WHEREAS, the City of Gonzales is not eligible to apply directly for entitlement funds under the act but may, by entering into a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement and Cooperation Agreement with the County of Monterey and other cities, qualify the County of Monterey as an Urban County applicant and may thereby receive such funds; and
WHEREAS, the County of Monterey, and cities of Gonzales, Greenfield, Marina, and Sand City wish to enter into an agreement to enable the County of Monterey to apply for and receive entitlement funds as an Urban County and to establish the respective rights and obligations of the contracting parties to such funds.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GONZALES, AS FOLLOWS:
1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and constitute the City Council’s findings in this matter.
2. That the City Council of the City of Gonzales does hereby authorize the City Manager to enter into a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement and Cooperation Agreement (Attached hereto as Exhibit A) with the County of Monterey and the cities of Greenfield, Marina and Sand City to undertake or to assist in the undertaking of essential activities pursuant to Title I of the Housing and Community Act of 1974, as amended, for a period of July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028.
3. That this Agreement is made pursuant to Section 6500 et. seq. of the California Government Code and constitutes an exercise of powers common to both the participating cities and Monterey County, each being empowered to carry out the purposes of the grant in their own jurisdictions. That this Agreement is further made pursuant to the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended.
4. Based on the aforesaid findings, the City Council adopts Resolution No. 2024-57 and accepts the Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement and Cooperation Agreement with Monterey County and the cities of Greenfield, Marina, and Sand City.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Gonzales duly held on the 16th of September 2024, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Jose L. Rios, The Honorable Mayor
ATTEST:
Mary Villegas, Deputy City Clerk