1975-069-Objecting To Department Of Housing And Urban Development Methods Od Administering The Housing And Community Development Act Of 1974RESOLUTION NO. 1975 -69
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF LOS GATOS OBJECTING TO DEPARTMENT
OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT METHODS
OF ADMINISTERING THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 19711.
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 into Cooperation and
Joint Powers Agreements with eight non - entitlement cities to establish
eligib=ility as an Urban County; and
WIiEREAS, the County and its cities have joined together in a
program to cooperatively deliver facilities and services under the
Housing and Community Development Act of 197L1; and
WHEREAS, the Washington, D.C. Office of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development 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 Town Council. of the Town
of Los Gatos 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 particularly, the Town Council objects
to HUD's failure to furnish County with timely, definite and objective
standards for the preparation of Cooperation Agreements; the Town
Council further objects 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; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Council forward this reso-
lution and accompanying material to the Secretary of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development, California Senators, and the Congres-
sional delegation serving Santa Clara County and request a more fair
administration of the Urban County provisions of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS,
CALIFORNIA, at a special. meeting held -this loth
day of ,Tune , 1975, by the following vote:
Ma
AYES: COUNCILMEN Ruth Cannon
Mark B. DiDuca
John B. Lochner
Albert B. Smith
Egon Jensen
NOES: COUNCILMEN None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN NO1e
ATTEST:
-CLERK TOWN OAP' LOS 4ATOS
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