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developed by the COUNTY in conjunction with COOPER.ATING UNITS as part of the Community Development Block Grant Program. F."Metropolitan City" means any city located in whole or in pan in Hennepin County which is certified by HUD to have a population of 50,000 or more people. II. PURPOSE The purpose of this Agreement is to authorize COUNTY and COOPERATING UNIT to cooperate to undertake, or assist in undertaking, community renewal and lower income housing assistance activities, specifically urban renewal and publicly assisted housing and authorizes COUNTY to carry out these and other eligible activities for the benefit of eligible recipients who reside within the corporate limits of the COOPERATING UNIT which will be funded from annual Community Development Block Grant and HOME appropriations for the Federal Fiscal Years 2003, 2004 and 2005 and from any program income generated from the e.xpenditure of such funds. III. AGREEMENT The term of this Agreement is for a period commencing on October 1,2002 and terminating no sooner than the end of the program year covered by the Consolidated Plan for the basic grant amount for the Fiscal Year 2005, as authorized by HUD, and for such additional time as may be required for the e.xpenditure of funds granted to the County for such period. COUNTY may notify COOPER.ATING UNIT prior to the end of the Urban County qualification period that the Agreement will automatically be renewed unless it is terminated in wnting by either party. Either COUNTY or COOPERATING UNIT may exercise the option to terminate the Agreement at the end of the Urban County qualification period. If COUNTY or COOPERATING UNIT fail to exercise that option, it will not have the opportunity to exercise that option until the end of a subsequent Urban County qualification period. COUNTY will notify the COOPERATING UNIT in wnting of its right to elect to be excluded by the date specified by HUD. This Agreement must be amended by wntten agreement of all parties to incorporate any changes necessary to meet the requirements for cooperation agreements set forth in the Urban County Qualification Notice applicable for the year in which the next qualification of the County is scheduled. Failure by cither party to adopt such an amendment to the Agreement shall automatically terminate the Agreement following the expenditure of all CDBG and HOME funds allocated for use in COOPERATING UNIT’S jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, this Agreement may be terminated at the end of the program period during which HUD withdraws its designation of COUNTY as an Urban County under the Act. This Agreement shall be executed by the appropriate officers of COOPERATING LT41T and COUNTY pursuant to authonty granted them by their respective governing bodies, and a copy of the authorizing resolution and executed Agreement shall be filed promptly by the COOPERATLNG UNIT in the Hennepin County Department of Housing, Community Works and Transit, and in no event shall the Agreement be filed later than June .10, 2002. COOPER-ATING UNIT and COUNTY shall take all actions necessary to assure compliance with the applicant ’s certifications required by Section 104(b) of the Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Fair Housing Act. Section 109 ofTitle I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974; and other applicable laws.