CC Resolution No. 3949 RESOLUTION N0. 3949
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CUPERTINO
OBJECTING TO DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ~
METHODS OF ADMINISTERING THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974
WHEREAS, Congress has stated that one purpose of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974 is to "further the development of a national urban growth
policy by consolidating a number of complex and overlapping programs of financial
assistance to communities of varying sizes and needs into a consistent system of
Federal aid which provides assistance on an annual basis, with maximum certainty
and minimum delay, upon which communities can rely in their planning;" and
WHEREAS, the Santa Clara County has entered in Cooperation and Joint Powers
Agreements with eight non-entitlement cities to establish eligibility as an Urban
County; and
WHEREAS, the County and its cities have joined together in a program to co-
operatively deliver facilities and services under the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974; and
WHEREAS, the Washington, D.C. Office of Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment is jeopardizing the substance of our programs by creating great uncertainty and
delay in their administration of the Urban County application process, notably, the
processing of Urban County Cooperation Agreements; and
WHEREAS, HUD has failed to give adequate definite and objective standards for
the preparation of Cooperation Agreements prior to the time that said Agreements
were required to be submitted to HUD: and
WHEREAS, by failing to furnish County with timely, objective standards the
Cooperation Agreements were required to be amended subsequently to the time that
the Cooperation Agreements had been required to be executed and submitted to HUD;
and
WHEREAS, HUD has dictated terms in the Cooperation Agreements which related
solely to the rights and obligations of the parties thereto rather than to HUD;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Cupertino
objects to the manner in which the Department of Housing and Urban Development,
particularly the Washington, D.C. Office, has processed the Urban County
Application under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974; more particular-
ly, the City Council objects to HUD's failure to furnish County with timely, definite
and objective standards for the preparation of Cooperation Agreements; the City Council
further oUjects to HUD's method of establishing standards and making requirements after
the time that the Agreements were required to have been executed and submitted to HUD;
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BE IT FURTAER RESOLVED, that the City Council forward this resolution and
accompanying material to the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, California Senators, and the Congressional delegation serving
Santa Clara County and requests a more fair administration of the Urban County
provisions of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Cupertino this lOth day of June , 1975, by the following vote:
Vote Members of the City Council
AYES: Frolich, Meyers, Nellis, Sparks, Jackson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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APPROVED:
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~ /s/ James E. Jackson
Mayor, City of Cupertino
ATTEST:
/s/ Wm. E. Ryder
City Clerk
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