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Office of the County Manager Terry Schutten, County Manager 250 Court House 15 West Kellogg Boulevard St. Paul, MN 55102 April 28, 1994 Frederic Magnuson, Clerk City of Gem Lake 1369 County Road E East Gem Lake, MN 55110 Dear Frederic: Tel: 512-266-8000 Fax: 612-266-8039 Nine years ago, the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, hereinafter referred to as HUD, determined that Ramsey County would be eligible to become an Entitlement County and receive an annual allocation of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) dollars in excess of one million dollars. This money would be to undertake housing and community development activities primarily benefiting the residents of suburban Ramsey County. Seventeen suburban communities have chosen to participate in the agreement process over the past nine years, thus, ensuring that a guaranteed annual allocation would be earmarked for the County and those suburban municipalities which desire to actively participate in the program. Recently, HUD has once again notified us eligible to continue participation in this Our eligibility and actual dollar amount we upon the population accumulated through jurisdictions which join with us. that we remain federal program. receive is based the number of Our records show that since 1985 your community has signed cooperation agreements with the County to ensure our eligibility. We are again asking that you sign an amendment to the 1991 agreement at this time. In order to meet the HUD deadline, our office must have the signed amendment and a resolution from your City Council affirming your participation no later than Friday, June 17, 1994. The amendment includes those new items which are required by HUD and primarily relate to the inclusion of the HOME program. This program is an additional source of revenue which several of our communities have benefited from since 1992. Minnesota's First Home Rule County prinFed on recycled paper w[N minimum of 10%post•consamer conlenS