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1 <br />AMENDMENT TO JOINT COOPERATION AGREEMENT <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Ramsey County Housing and Redevelopment Authority <br />("Authority") and ____________________ ("Municipality"), each a political subdivision <br />of the State of Minnesota, entered into a joint cooperative agreement dated August 19, <br />1985, as amended May 10, 2006 and June 24, 2015 ("Agreement"); and <br />WHEREAS Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, <br />42 U.S.C. § 5301 et seq., as amended, ("CDBG Act") provides for a program of <br />community development block grants; and <br />WHEREAS, computation of a county's population as an Urban County as that term <br />is used in the CDBG Act included the Municipality with which it has entered into the <br />Agreement to undertake or to assist in the undertaking of essential activities pursuant to <br />community development block grants; and <br />WHEREAS, HUD CPD Notices 19-04, 20-03, and 21-06 require that an Urban <br />County requalifying in fiscal year (FY) 2021 for the FY 2022-2024 qualification period is <br />required to make any necessary revisions to its cooperation agreements at the time that it <br />requalifies; and <br />WHEREAS, the Authority requalified for the FY 2022-2024 qualification period and <br />therefore amends the Agreement. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree to amend the Agreement as follows: <br />1. Paragraph 4 of the Agreement should be amended by the addition of the following: <br />P. Both the Authority and Municipality must take all actions necessary to assure <br />compliance with the certification required under section 104(b) of Title I of the <br />Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, that the grant will be conducted <br />and administered in conformity with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the <br />implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 1, and the Fair Housing Act, and the <br />implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 100, and will affirmatively further fair <br />housing. See 24 CFR § 91.225(a) and 5.105(a). Both Authority and Municipality must <br />also comply with section 109 of Title I of the Housing and Community Development