HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 87-17 Authorization in Alameda County Urban County of Comm Dev RESOLUTION NO. 87 — 17
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUED PARTICIPATION OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN IN THE ALAMEDA
COUNTY URBAN COUNTY FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS AND
AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND
COUNTY OF ALAMEDA REGARDING PARTICIPATION IN THE ALAMEDA COUNTY URBAN
COUNTY FOR COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT 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 2010 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.
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, Dublin, Emeryville, Newark, and Piedmont, each of which has a
2010 Census population of less 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 2018, 2019 and 2020; and
WHEREAS, these same five cities combine with the County of Alameda to form a combined
2010 Census population of 200,000 or more persons, thereby qualifying as an urban county, and
becoming eligible for an entitlement of CDBG funds; and
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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 Dublin does
hereby resolve, declare, determine and order as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Dublin hereby authorizes the continued its
participation of the City of Dublin in the Alameda County Urban County.
SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Dublin 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.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of June 2017, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Biddle, Gupta, Hernandez and Mayor Haubert
NOES:
ABSENT: Councilmember Goel
ABSTAIN: � ILI
May-or
ATTEST:
1]ep,ffy City Clerk
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