75-ZRESOLUTION NO. 75- Z~
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA,
APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN SAID CITY AND PALM
BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, FOR COOPERATION IN APPLICATION
FOR COM~{UNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS AND IN THE
UNDERTAKING OF ESSENTIAL ACTIVITIES PURSUANT TO
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS.
WHEREAS, Palm Beach County has heretofore submitted to
the City of Boynton Beach, Florida, an Inter-LoCal Agreement
in order to qualify the County as an "urban county" entitled
to Community Development Block Grant Funds, which the said
City on January 9, 1975, caused to be executed a~d returned to
said County for execution by said County; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Housing and Urban Development
has mandated several revisions to said Agreement prior to its
final approval of the Agreement for purposes of qualification
as an urban county; and
WHEREAS, said revisions are reflected in the Agreement,
copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA:
Section 1: The above statements are hereby affirmed.
Section 2: The Mayor and the City Clerk of the City of
Boynton Beach, Florida, are hereby authorized to execute said
Agreement, copy of which is attached hereto and made a part
hereof.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this . __ day of April, A. D., 197~.
Attest:
City Clerk
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA
INTER=LOCAL AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT made and entered into this
, 1975, by and between:
day of
PALM BEACH COUNTY, a political sub-
division of the State of Florida, hereinafter
referred to as "the County,"
and
hereinafter referred to as "the Municipality;'*
both of whom understand and agree as follows:
WHEREAS, the parties hereto h'ave the c°mmon power to perform
Communit~ Redevelopment activities within Palm Beach county, said
common power being pursuant to Section 125. 01, Flo~,ida Statutes, and
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Chapter 163, Part III, Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, it is mandated by Title I of the Housing and Community
Development~ Act of. 1974 (hereinafter referred to as the "Community
Devel~pment Act") that a county must have a minimum of two hundred
thousand (200, 000) people in order to qu, alify as an "urban county" and to
receive entitlements to Community Develbpment funds; and ·'
WHEREAS, Palm Beach County in its unincorporated area does not
meet the required minimum population level but is permitted to join with
municipalities in order to meet the population requirements of an "urban
county;" and
WHEREAS, 'Palm Beach .County desires to join with the municipalities
in order to carry, out the planning and professional services .aeces. sary to..
implement the Community Development Act; and
WHEREAS, the County and Municipality wish to cooperate in under-
taking, or ~issist'ing in undertaking, essential community development and
housing asgistance activities, specifically urban renewal and publicly assisted
hous lng; -and
WItIZR_.EAS, the Munici. paiity agrees to join with the County for the
purposes of implementing said Act and to cooperate in the operation of it.
WlTNESSETH:
1. ' The purpose of this Agreement is for the COUNTY and the
MUNICIPALITY to join together so that the COUNTY may qualify as an
"urban county" under Title I of the CommUnity Development Act and so that
the COUNTY, on behalf of itself and the MUNICIPALITY, will be able to
receive the entitlements under said Act, as a result thereof.
2. The COUNTY and the MUNICIPALITY agree to cooperate in
undertaking, or assisting in undertaking, essential community development
and housing assistance activities, specifically urban renewal and publicly
ass isted housing.
3. The MUNIC'IPALITY and the COUNTY agree lo wc~rk together to
prepare a Community Development Program including a Housing Assistance
Plah, for purposes of making application for a Community Development Block
Grant. Provided however, that the. COUNTY agrees t'6 undertake or assist
undertaking all professional and administrative services necessary to prepare
said application and other necessary documents, and agrees to take full
responsibility and assume all obligations of an applicant under the Community.
DeveloPment Act. The COUNTY agrees that no community development
project activity considered for location ~vithin the corporate limits of the'
MUNICIPALITY shall be made a part' of the COUNTY'S Community Develop-
ment Block Grant Application unless prior written approval of that project
activity, has been secured from the governing body of the MUNICIPALITY, or
the governing body of the MUNICIPALITY has requested inclusion of the pro
ject activity in the Community Development Block 'Grant Application in
written form.
4. The COUNTY, through its various departments,
shall 'undertllke
or assist the MUNICIPALITY through mutual agreement in/undertaking all
profes, s iona~! and'administrative services for the.purposes of implementing
this Agreement wJhich shall include: preparation of all applications and other
necessary, documents; planning; all urban renewal activities-, legal represen-
tation;~incl-uding eminent domain.proceedings; code enforcement; clearance,
demolition, r~habilitation of public and/or private properties; and, to provide
lower income housing activities. The COUNTY further agrees to carry out
all "essen'tial activities" on its own behalf as well as that of the MUNICIPALITY'S
by providing funds or services or both during_ the period of this Agreement as
may be required by the Department of Housing and Urban Development,
pursuant to Title I of the Community Development Act and which are warranted.
Provided however, that the COUNTY may permit the MUNICIPALITY, _'through
separate agreement, to carry out essential community development and/or
h6Using assistance activities in conformance with the Community Development
Plan and' implementing program submitted to and approved by the Departrm nt
of Housing and Urban Development.
5. -Upon appro~-al by the Department of .Housing:and U~-ban Develop-
mentment, of theCOUNTY'S Community. Block Grant Application, the COUNTY
and' the MUNICIPALITY shall comply with the community,development plan
and [ts implementing program as well. as the housing ~§sistance plan which
.. were submitted to the Department of Housing and Urban Development pursuant
to the application requirements.
6. This Agreement shall be in full force and effect from the date of
execution of this Inter-Local Agreement first stated above and shall remain'
in full' force and effect for a periodof twelve (12)months folloWing, the date o~f
approval of the Community Development Block Grant APPlication by the U. S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development for First Program year funding;
howev.er, both parties may agree to extend the terms of this Agreement for'
additional periods or portions thereof as may be mutually agreeable.
7.. This Agreement shall be subject to the COUNTY'S qualifying as an
"urban county" and being entitled to funds under the Community Development
8. This Agreement is designed to cover "essentiaF,activities" which
will be supplied, by the COUNTY as enumerated herein and the various
departmenm thereof. In the event there now exists any prior agreement or
contract, covering services to be provided under this contract, this contract
~vitli 'respect t~-guch setwces shall be c6ntrbllFn-g-as to the-dt~ties and obliga-
tions of the p~'rties.
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MUNICIPALITY and the COUNTY on
hereby 'fermi hated.
The parties hereto agree that the contract entered into by the
is
IN WtTNES. S WHEREOF,. the parties to this Agreement have caused
their names to be affixed hereto by'the
proper'
officers
thereof.'
Agre_ment signed and executed this day of , 1975.
ATTEST:
JOHN B. DUNKLE, Clerk
PALM BEACH CC)LINTY, FLORIDA, BY ITS
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERs
BY
(SEAL)
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND
LEGAL SUFFICIENCY
(i:OUNTY ATTORNEY
BY
~ses as to the C---0-0-NTY
ATTEST:
BY
MAYOR
Deputy
T¥'itness--~ as t.o the MUN~ALITY
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