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Home My WebLink AboutSanta Clara County - Letter re: HOME Funding ProgramCounty of Santa Clara Department of Planning and Development Office of Supportive Housing 70 West Hedding St. 71 Floor, East Wing San Jose, CA 95110 (408) 299 -5750 FAX (408) 299 -6709 June 30, 2014 Ms. Maria Cremer Director, CPD Office of Housing and Urban Development San Francisco Regional Office 600 Harrison Street, 3rd Floor San Francisco, California 94104 RE: Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement for the HOME Investment Partnership Program for the term of October 1, 2014 to September 31, 2017. Dear Ms. Cremer, Enclosed is a copy of the fully executed HOME Cooperation Agreement approved by the County of Santa Clara Board of Supervisors on June 24, 2014 for the HOME Investment Partnership Program. The Supervisors adopted a resolution authorizing the Board President to execute a HOME Consortium Agreement with the cities of Cupertino, Gilroy and Palo Alto for Federal Fiscal Years 2014 through 2017 with an option to automatic renew the JPA. A copy of the fully executed Agreement and resolution from each jurisdiction are enclosed for review and approval by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. A copy of the County of Santa Clara General Counsel's legal opinion regarding the formation of the Consortium is also enclosed. Please do not hesitate to contacif you have any questions or comments. Sincerely, ) i 0 Li Rebecca Garcia Housing Program Manager Office of Supportive Housing County of Santa Clara (408) 299 -5796 Rebeecai.garcia@pin.sccgov.org Enclosures cc: Winston Moy Board of Supervisors: Mike Wasserman, Dave Cortese, Ken Yeager, S. Joseph Simitian, Cindy Chavez County Executive: Jeffrey V. Smith OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COUNSEL COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA 70 West Hedding Street East Wing, 9t' Floor San Jose, California 95110 -1770 (408) 299 -5900 (408) 292 -7240 (FAX) June 24, 2014 Maria F. Cremer, Director Community Planning and Development Division, 9AD U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development San Francisco Regional Office 600 Harrison Street, 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94107 -1387 COUNTY COUNSEL Re: Santa Clara County Home Consortium Agreement for the County of Santa Clara and the Cities of Cupertino, Gilroy and Palo Alto Dear Ms.Cremer: I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the terms and provisions of the HOME Consortium Agreement are fully authorized under the Joint Exercise of Powers Act (CA Govt. Code section 6500 et seq.) The HOME Consortium Agreement has been approved by the City Councils of Cupertino, Palo Alto, and Gilroy, and the County of Santa Clara Board of Supervisors. Therefore under California Government Code Section 6502, the Agreement provides full legal authority for the consortium to undertake housing assistance activities for the HOME Program and for the County of Santa Clara to undertake or assist in undertaking essential community development and housing assistance activities financed . through the United States Housing and Urban Development's HOME Investment Partnerships Program. Z s your topher R. Cheleden Deputy County Counsel F DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION of FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE - - FEDERAL PROGRAMS BRANCH HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM P.O. Box 952054 Sacramento, CA 94252 -2054 (916) 253 -2939 FAY, (916) 263 -3394 March 25, 2014 RE: County of Santa Clara HOME Consortium Certification Dear Ms. Garcia This letter is in response to your request for State Certification of the County of Santa Clara HOME Consortium. We understand that participating members of the County of Santa Clara HOME Consortium will include the Santa Clara County Urban County and the cities of Cupertino, Gilroy, Milpitas, and Palo Alto. Based upon information provided regarding your objectives for the use of HOME funds, I am pleased to provide State certification of the County of Santa Clara HOME Consortium. Our review is undertaken pursuant to Section 216(2) of the Cranston - Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act as amended, (42 U.S.C. 12701, et. seq.) (Act), which authorizes geographically contiguous local governments to form a consortium to administer HOME Program funds. Procedures for designating the consortium and its renewal are further detailed in HUD Directives. The Act requires written certification by the State that the Consortium will direct its activities to the alleviation of housing problems within the State. HUD has directed the State to continue to monitor the performance of all cities and counties, (State Recipients), which have received HOME funds from the State, even if they are now members of a consortium or urban county. This includes monitoring of Program Income and long -term rental property issues. Each of these State Recipients must continue to file quarterly reports until all Project Completion Reports have been filed. Further, they must continue to file Annual Reports, monitoring reports and any other necessary reports as long as the State Recipient retains Program Income. Final determination of membership from HUD is needed to confirm the member cities of your consortium. Please forward an executed copy of the agreement between HUD and the County of Santa Clara HOME Consortium to our office. The agreement also serves as a guide in determining eligibility of cities and counties for the State HOME Program. Provided that the agreement confirms the membership of the consortium as stated above, pursuant to State HOME Regulation 8204, these areas will not be eligible to receive State HOME Program funds from federal allocations for the period covering your HUD Consortium approval. Note: pursuant to CPD Notice 13 -002, participants in the CDBG Urban County are also considered part of the HOME Consortium since Santa Clara County is a member of the HOME Consortium. Hence, these cities are also ineligible for State HOME funds. We wish you continued success in achieving your affordable housing objectives through the HOME Consortium. If we can be of assistance to Consortium members in any way, please contact Christina DiFrancesco at (916) 263 -0415. Sincerely, Tom Bettencourt, Chief Federal Programs Branch "Authorized Official" County of Santa Clara Department of Planning and Development Office of Supportive Housing 70 West Hedding St. 71 Floor, East Wing San Jose, CA. 95110 (408) 299 -5750 FAX (408) 299 -6709 June 26, 2014 Tom Haglund City Administrator City of Gilroy 7351 Rosanna Street Gilroy, CA 95020 RECEIVED JUL 0 2 2014 er RE: Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement and Cooperation Agreement for the HOME Investment Partnership Program for the term of October 1, 2014 to September 31, 2017. Dear Mr. Haglund, Enclosed is a copy of the fully executed Joint Exercise of Powers and Cooperation Agreement (JPA) approved by the County of Santa Clara Board of Supervisors on June 25, 2014. The Supervisors adopted a resolution authorizing the Board President to execute a JPA with each participating jurisdiction for Federal Fiscal Years 2014 through 2017. Copies of each jurisdiction's fully executed JPA and associated documents have been forwarded to the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for final review and approval. Thank you for your participation in the Santa Clara County HOME Consortium. We look forward to working with you. Sincerely, Rebecca Garcia Housing and Community Development Manager Office of Supportive Housing (408) 299 -5796 Enclosures cc: Daniel Murillo Board of Supervisors: Mike Wasserman, Dave Cortese, Ken Yeager, S. Joseph Simitian, Cindy Chavez County Executive: Jeffrey V. Smith