Approving an Agreement Extending the St. Joseph County Housing Consortium

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AN AGREEMENT AMONG THE CITIES OF SOUTH BEND, MISHAWAKA, AND THE COUNTY OF ST. JOSEPH EXTENDING THE ST. JOSEPH COUNTY HOUSING CONSORTIUM THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT (Agreement) is entered into this day of 2015 by and among the City of South Bend, Indiana (South Bend), the City of Mishawaka (Mishawaka), and The County of Saint Joseph, Indiana (St. Joseph County). RECITALS WHEREAS, on November 28, 1990, the National Affordable Housing Act (NAHA) of 1990, also known as the Cranston - Gonzales Act, became law, to implement its stated goal that every American family be able to afford a decent home; and WHEREAS, NAHA requires any governmental unit to formulate and submit applicable plans in order to be eligible to receive funds from several existing federal programs, including Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG), and the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME); and WHEREAS, NAHA provides for the designation of geographically contiguous units of general local government to participate as consortia in, and thereby be considered a single unit of general local government for the purpose of HOME; and WHEREAS, South Bend, Mishawaka, and St. Joseph County (collectively, Consortium Members "), being contiguous units of general local government, first formed a consortium on August 27 .1991, with continual renewals every three years, for the purposes of formulating and submitting required plans for the purpose of receiving an allocation and participating in the HOME, CDBG, ESG, and all other housing programs administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for which they may be eligible, and for the purpose of cooperating to undertake or to assist in the undertaking of housing assistance activities for HOME and other HUD programs, which consortium expires by its terms unless it is extended prior to December 31, 2015; and WHEREAS, HUD's Notice CPD -06 -04 and 24 CFR Parts 91 and 92 set forth requirements for a consortium agreement, and the intent of this Agreement is to comply with the Notice and CFR Parts 91 and 92. NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises contained herein, and pursuant to the authority granted the parties under I.C. 36 -1 -7, the Indiana Interlocal Cooperation Act, the Consortium Members AGREE as follows: Ie