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Resolution No. 6499RESOLUTION NO. 6499 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF TWO CONTRACTS FOR THE AWARD OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) FUNDS THROUGH THE COUNTY OF ORANGE FOR THE PROGRAM YEAR SPANNING JULY 1, 2015 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2016. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS HEREBY FINDS, RESOLVES, DETERMINES, AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS: WHEREAS, on January 7, 2015, the City of Cypress submitted an application seeking Federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for Fiscal Year 2015 -16 through the County of Orange's Urban Counties Program for the following projects and programs: 1) Sumner Place Sewer Improvement Project, and 2) funds for the City's single - family housing rehabilitation program, the Home Enhancement Loan Program (HELP II); and WHEREAS, the City was successful in obtaining an award of $209,700 for Sumner Place Sewer Improvements and $135,000 for HELP II Program funds; and WHEREAS, pursuing sewer improvements on Sumner Place will serve the 1,786 person population residing in that project's underlying Census Tract (C.T. 1101.11, B.G. 3), which includes 1,079 low and moderate income residents; and utilizing funds allocated for the HELP II Program will enable the rehabilitation of six dwelling units owned by income eligible households; and WHEREAS, in order to facilitate the allocation of awarded CDBG funds, the County of Orange as the Urban Counties "Recipient" requires the City of Cypress and other successful fund sub - recipients to enter into contracts dictating the conditions under which funds are awarded. NOW, THEREFORE, the Cypress City Council DOES HEREBY RESOLVE as follows: 1. The City of Cypress shall execute a Participating City Contract ( "Contract ") for the Sumner Place Sewer Improvement Project, and the Home Enhancement Loan Program (HELP II). Funds are to be used for allowable expenditures as outlined in the Scope of Services for each Contract. The Scope of Services is incorporated as part of the Contract and any and all activities funded, information provided, and timeliness represented in the application are enforceable through the Contract. The City of Cypress hereby agrees to use the funds for eligible improvements in the manner presented in the Contract as approved by the County of Orange and the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The City of Cypress also may execute any and all instruments required by the County or HUD for participation in the Urban Counties Program. 2. The Cypress City Council authorizes the Mayor, the City Manager, the Director of Community Development, and /or their designees to execute, in the name of the City of Cypress, the Contract(s), and all other documents and /or instruments required by the County or HUD for participation in the Urban Counties Program. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress, at a regular meeting held on the 11th day of May, 2015. ATTEST: CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS MAYO I 'OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS I, DENISE BASHAM, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the said City Council held on the 11th day of May, 2015, by the following roll call vote: AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Berry, Morales, Peat, Yarc and Johnson NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS 338