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JOINT RECIPIENT COOPERATION AGREEMENT
FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FOR FISCAL YEARS 2025-26, 2026-27
This Joint Recipient Cooperation Agreement for the Community Development Block
Grant for Fiscal Years 2025-26, and 2026-27, hereinafter referred to as “Agreement” is made and
entered into this ______ day of __________ 2024, by and between the COUNTY OF
RIVERSIDE, a political subdivision of the State of California, hereinafter referred to as
"COUNTY", and the CITY OF PALM DESERT, an incorporated municipality within the
geographical boundaries of the COUNTY, hereinafter referred to as "CITY.” City and County
individually referred to herein as “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.”
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (42
U.S.C.A. § 5301 et seq.) (Public Law 93-383), hereinafter called "ACT", provides that Community
Development Block Grant funds hereinafter referred to as "CDBG", may be used for the support
of activities that provide decent housing, suitable living environments, and expanded economic
opportunities principally for persons of low and moderate-income; and
WHEREAS, CDBG regulations require counties to re-qualify as an Urban County under
the CDBG program every three years; and
WHEREAS, the CITY has attained Metropolitan City status under the “ACT” and has
elected to accept its “Entitlement” status and participate in the COUNTY’s Urban County program
as a joint recipient;
WHEREAS, the Mayor of the Municipality is authorized to execute this Agreement
on the Municipality’s behalf; and the Chair of the Board of Supervisors of the County of
Riverside is authorized to execute this Agreement on the County’s behalf; and
WHEREAS, the execution of this Agreement is necessary to include CITY as a
Metropolitan City under COUNTY’s Urban County CDBG program.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein set forth and the
mutual benefits to be derived there from, the parties agree as follows:
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1. GENERAL.
(a). This Agreement gives COUNTY authority to undertake, or assist in
undertaking, activities for Fiscal Years 2025-26, and 2026-27, that will be funded from the CDBG
Entitlement program and from any program income generated from the expenditure of such funds.
COUNTY and CITY agree to cooperate, to undertake, or to assist in undertaking, community
renewal and lower-income housing assistance activities.
(b). COUNTY is qualified as an "Urban County" under the ACT. CITY, by
executing this Agreement, hereby gives notice of its election to participate in an Urban County
Community Development Block Grant program, hereinafter referred to as "CDBG program" or
“Urban County Program.”
(c). By executing this Agreement, CITY understands that it may not apply for
grants from appropriations under the Small Cities or State CDBG Programs for fiscal years during
the period in which it participates in the Urban County’s CDBG program.
(d). By executing this Agreement, CITY understands, acknowledges, and agrees
that it will receive no formula HOME fund allocation from the COUNTY’S Urban County
Program. Pursuant to 24 CFR 92.101, the CITY may elect to form a HOME Investment Partnership
Act (HOME) Consortium with the COUNTY in order to be considered for HOME funding through
the COUNTY. CITY may apply for HOME funds from the State of California, if permitted by the
State.
(e). By executing this Agreement, CITY understands, acknowledges, and agrees
that it will receive no formula Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds from the COUNTY’S
Urban County Program but may apply for ESG funds from the State of California, if permitted by
the State.
2. TERM.
The term of this Agreement shall be for two (2) years commencing on July 1, 2025,
and expiring on June 30, 2027,and until the funds granted and program income received during
the two-year program period are expended and the funded activities completed. Neither the County
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nor the Municipality may terminate, withdraw, or be removed from the program during the two-
year program period.
This Agreement will renew automatically for participation in successive three-year Urban
County qualification periods, unless the Municipality or the County provide written notice to the
other party that it elects not to participate in a new qualification period. The terminating party shall
send a copy of the termination to the HUD field office by the date specified in HUD’s Urban
County Qualification Notice. The County will notify the Municipality in writing of the
Municipality’s right to make this election. A copy of the County’s notification must be sent to the
HUD field office by the date specified in the Urban County Qualification Notice.
The Parties agree to adopt amendment(s) to this Agreement as may be required by HUD to
meet any new Urban County Qualification requirement(s) for subsequent qualification cycles,
when applicable. Failure by either Party to adopt any such amendment, and to submit such
amendment to HUD, will void the automatic renewal of such qualification period.
3. PREPARATION OF FEDERALLY REQUIRED FUNDING
APPLICATIONS.
The County of Riverside Housing and Workforce Solutions, subject to approval of
COUNTY’s Board of Supervisors, shall be responsible for preparing and submitting to the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in a timely manner, all reports and
statements required by the ACT and the Federal regulations promulgated by HUD to secure
entitlement grant funding under the CDBG, HOME, and ESG programs. This duty shall include
the preparation and processing of COUNTY Housing, Community, and Economic Development
Needs Identification Report, Citizen Participation Plan, the County Five-Year Consolidated Plan,
One-Year Action Plan, Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER), and
other related programs which satisfy the application requirements of ACT and its regulations.
4. COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL STATUTES, REGULATIONS AND
OTHER APPLICABLE STATUTES, REGULATIONS AND ORDINANCES.
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(a) COUNTY and CITY will comply with the applicable provisions of the
ACT and those Federal regulations promulgated by HUD pursuant thereto, as the same currently
exists or may hereafter be amended.
(b) The COUNTY and CITY are hereby obligated to take all actions
necessary to assure compliance with COUNTY’s certification regarding affirmatively furthering
fair housing pursuant to Section 104 (b) of Title I of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1974, as amended, that the grant will be conducted and administered in conformity with
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the implementing regulations at 24 CFR Part 1, and
the Fair Housing Act, and the implementing regulations at 24 CFR Part 100, and will comply with
the obligation to affirmatively further fair housing. The parties shall comply with Section 109 of
Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, and the implementing
regulations at 24 CFR Part 6, which incorporates Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,
and the implementing regulations at 24 CFR Part 8, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act
of 1974, and the implementing regulations at 28 CFR Part 35, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975,
and the implementing regulations at 24 CFR Part 146, and Section 3 of the Housing and Urban
Development Act of 1968, and all other applicable laws and regulations. The Parties agree that
Urban County funding in no event will be used for Activities in, or in support of , any cooperating
unit of general local government that impedes the County’s actions to comply with the County’s
fair housing certification and duty to affirmatively further fair housing.
(e) CITY agrees that the Urban County Program funding for activities in, or in
support of, the CITY are prohibited if CITY does not affirmatively further fair housing within
CITY’S jurisdiction or impedes COUNTY actions to comply with its fair housing certification.
(f) CITY and COUNTY shall meet the citizen participation requirements of 24
CFR 570.301 and provide Urban County Program citizens with all of the following:
i. The estimate of the amount of CDBG funds proposed to be used for
activities that will benefit persons of low and moderate-income;
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ii. A plan for minimizing displacement of persons as a result of
activities assisted with CDBG funds and to assist persons actually displaced as a result of such
activities;
iii. A plan that provides for and encourages citizen participation, with
particular emphasis on participation by persons of low and moderate-incomes, residents of slum
and blighted areas, and of areas in which funds are proposed to be used, and provides for
participation of residents in low and moderate-income neighborhoods;
iv. Reasonable and timely access to local meetings, information, and
records relating to the grantee’s proposed use of funds, as required by the regulations of the
Secretary, and relating to the actual use of funds under the ACT;
v. Provide for public meetings to obtain citizen views and to respond
to proposals and questions at all stages of the community development program, including at least
the development of needs, the review of proposed activities and review of program performance.
Meeting shall be held after adequate notice, at times and locations convenient to potential or actual
beneficiaries, and with accommodation for the disabled.
(g). CITY shall develop a community development plan, for the period of this
Agreement, which identifies community development and housing needs and specifies both short
and long-term community development objectives.
(h). CITY certifies, to the best of its knowledge and belief, that:
i. No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or
on behalf of the CITY, to any person influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee
of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a
Member of Congress, in connection with the awarding of any Federal contract, the making of any
Federal grant, the making of any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and
the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment or modification of any Federal contract, grant,
loan or cooperative agreement.
ii. If any funds other than Federally-appropriated funds have been paid
or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of
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any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a
Member of Congress, in connection with this Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative
agreement, the undersigned shall complete and submit standard Form-LLL, "Disclosure Form to
Report Lobbying", in accordance with its instructions.
iii. The CITY shall require that the language provided in Sections
4(e)(i) and 4(e)(ii) of this Agreement be included in the award documents for all sub-awards at all
tiers (including subcontracts, sub- grants and contracts under grants, loans, and cooperative
agreements) and that all sub-recipients shall certify and disclose accordingly. This certification is
a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when this transaction was made
or entered into.
(iv). In accordance with Section 519 of Public Law 101-144, (the 1990
HUD Appropriations Act), the CITY certifies that it has adopted and is enforcing a policy
prohibiting the use of excessive force by law enforcement agencies within its jurisdiction against
any individuals engaged in non-violent civil rights demonstrations, and that it has adopted and is
enforcing applicable State and local laws against physically barring entrance to, or exit from, a
facility or location which is the subject of such non-violent civil rights demonstrations within its
jurisdiction.
5. COMPLIANCE WITH POLICY AND PROGRAM OBJECTIVES.
The COUNTY’s Board of Supervisors have adopted policies and procedures to
ensure efficient and effective administration of the CDBG program. COUNTY will provide these
policies and procedures to CITY within a reasonable time after this Agreement’s commencement
date. COUNTY and City agree to comply with these said policies and program objectives and to
take no actions to obstruct implementation of the approved 2024-2029 Five Year Consolidated
Plan and the subsequent Five-Year Consolidated Plan.
6. COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL STATUTES, REGULATIONS AND
OTHER APPLICABLE STATUTES, REGULATIONS AND ORDINANCE.
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a. COUNTY and CITY agree to cooperate to undertake, or assist in undertaking, essential
community renewal and lower-income housing assistance activities, as approved and
authorized between the parties in the CDBG Agreements, including the Consolidated Plan.
b. COUNTY AND CITY agree to comply with other applicable laws.
c. CITY is subject to same requirements as subrecipients in the CDBG program.
e. COUNTY AND CITY agree that CDBG urban county funding is prohibited for activities
in, or in support of, any cooperating unit of general local government that does not affirmatively
further fair housing within its own jurisdiction or that impedes the county's actions to comply with
the county's fair housing certification.
7. PROHIBTION OF CDBG FUND TRANSFERS
The CITY may not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer all or any portion of the CDBG funds
to another such cooperating city, metropolitan city, urban county, or Indian tribe, that directly or
indirectly receives CDBG funds in exchange for any other funds, credits, or non-Federal
considerations, CITY must use the CDBG funds for activities eligible under Title I of the ACT.
8. OTHER AGREEMENTS.
Pursuant to Federal regulations at 24 CFR 570.501(b), CITY is subject to the same
requirements applicable to sub-recipients, including the requirement of a written agreement set
forth in Federal regulations at 24 CFR 570.503. For each fiscal year during the term of this
Agreement, COUNTY and CITY shall enter into an additional agreement, commonly known as a
Metropolitan City Supplemental Agreement, that will have a term coinciding with a CDBG
Program Year and enumerate the project(s) CITY will implement with its entitlement funds. Said
Supplemental Agreement will set forth the time schedule for completion of said project(s) and any
funding sources, in addition to entitlement funds, that will be used in completing the project(s). If
substantial compliance with the completion schedule, due to unforeseen or uncontrollable
circumstances, cannot be met by CITY, the schedule for the project(s) may be extended by
COUNTY. If COUNY determines that substantial progress toward drawdown of funds is not
made during the term of the Supplemental Agreement, the entitlement funds associated with the
project(s) may be reprogrammed by COUNTY, to other activities as determined by COUNTY,
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after COUNTY provides appropriate written notice to CITY. COUNTY's decision not to extend
the completion schedule associated with the project(s), or to reprogram the entitlement funds
associated with the project(s), will not excuse CITY from complying with terms of this Agreement.
9. DETERMINATION OF PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED AND
DISTRIBUTION OF ENTITLEMENT FUNDS.
CITY agrees to submit to COUNTY in writing, no later than the date specified by
COUNTY prior to each program year, the activities that the CITY desires to implement with its
entitlement funds, said designation to comply with statutory and regulatory provisions governing
citizen's participation. Said designation is to be reviewed by the COUNTY's Housing and
Workforce Solutions to determine that the projects are eligible under Federal regulations for
funding and inclusion in the One Year Action Plan of the County’s Five-Year Consolidated Plan
and consistent with both Federal and COUNTY policy governing use of Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG) funds.
In the event that CITY fails to submit to COUNTY the identified activities that the
CITY desires to implement with its entitlement funds by the date specified prior to each program
year, the COUNTY may determine the activities to be funded, without consent of the CITY,
consistent with both Federal and COUNTY policy governing use of Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG) funds.
Consistent with Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of this Agreement, COUNTY's Board of
Supervisors will make the final determination of the distribution and disposition of all CDBG
funds received by COUNTY pursuant to the Act.
10. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT MANUAL.
CITY warrants that those officers, employees, and agents, retained by it and
responsible for implementing projects funded with CDBG have received, reviewed, and will
follow the Community Development Block Grant Manual that has been prepared and amended by
COUNTY, which Manual is incorporated herein and made a part hereof by this reference.
11. REAL PROPERTY ACQUIRED OR PUBLIC FACILITY
CONSTRUCTED WITH CDBG FUNDS.
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When CDBG funds are used, in whole or in part, by CITY to acquire real property
or to construct a public facility, CITY shall comply with the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. § 4321, et seq.), the California Environmental Quality Act (Cal. Pub. Resources
Code § 21000, et seq.), the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies
Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. § 4630, et seq.), and California Government Code Sections 7260 et seq.,
as those laws may be amended from time-to-time and any Federal or state regulations issued to
implement the aforementioned laws.
In addition, the following is to occur:
(a) Title to the real property shall vest in CITY;
(b) The real property title will be held by or the constructed facility will be
maintained by the CITY for the approved use until five years after the date that the project is
reported as “Completed” within the annual Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation
Report.
(c) While held by CITY, the real property or the constructed facility is to be
used exclusively for the purpose for which acquisition or construction was originally approved by
COUNTY;
(d) CITY shall provide timely written notice to COUNTY of any action which
would result in a modification or change in the use of the real property purchased or improved, in
whole or in part, with CDBG or HOME funds from that planned at the time of acquisition or
improvement, including disposition.
(e) CITY shall provide timely written notice to citizens and opportunity to
comment on any proposed modification or change;
(f) Written approval from COUNTY must be secured if the property or the
facility is to be put to an alternate use that is or is not consistent with Federal regulations governing
CDBG funds;
(g) Should CITY desire during the five (5) year period to use the real property
or the constructed facility for a purpose not consistent with applicable Federal regulations
governing CDBG funds or to sell the real property or facility, then:
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(i) If CITY desires to retain title, it will have to reimburse either COUNTY
or the Federal government an amount that represents the percentage of current fair market value
that is identical to the percentage that CDBG funds initially comprised to when the property was
acquired or the facility was constructed;
(ii) If CITY sells the property or facility, or is required to sell the property
or facility, CITY is to reimburse the COUNTY an amount that represents the percentage of
proceeds realized by the sale that is identical to the percentage that CDBG funds comprised of the
monies paid to initially acquire the property or construct the facility. This percentage amount will
be calculated after deducting all actual and reasonable cost of sale from the sale proceeds.
12. DISPOSITION OF INCOME GENERATED BY THE EXPENDITURE
OF CDBG FUNDS.
CITY shall inform COUNTY in writing of any income generated by the
expenditure of CDBG funds received by CITY from COUNTY. CITY may retain program income
so generated and may only be used for eligible activities, as determined by the COUNTY, in
accordance with all CDBG requirements, including all requirements for citizen participation.
The COUNTY is required by HUD to monitor and report the receipt and use of all
program income. CITY is required to track, monitor, and report any and all program income as
requested by COUNTY.
13. TERMINATION.
Except as provided for in Section 2, CITY and COUNTY cannot terminate or
withdraw from this Agreement while it remains in effect.
14. NOTICES.
All correspondence and notices required or contemplated by this Agreement shall
be delivered to the respective parties at the addresses set forth below and are deemed submitted
two days after their deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid:
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE CITY OF PALM DESERT
Heidi Marshall, Director Todd Hileman, City Manager
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Housing and Workforce Solutions City of Palm Desert
3403 10th Street, Suite 300 73510 Fred Waring Drive
Riverside, CA 92501 Palm Desert, CA 92260
15. AGREEMENT ADMINISTRATION.
The City Manager in the case of the City of Palm Desert, and the Director of
Housing and Workforce Solutions, in the case of the County of Riverside, or their designee, shall
administer the terms and conditions of this Agreement for their respective city or county.
16. COOPERATION; FURTHER ACT.
The PARTIES shall cooperate fully with one another, and shall take any additional
acts or sign any additional documents as may be necessary, appropriate or convenient to attain the
purpose of the Agreement.
17. NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES.
This Agreement is made and entered into for the sole protection and benefit of the
PARTIES hereto and shall not create any rights in any third parties. No other person or entity shall
have any right or action based upon the provisions of the Agreement.
18. SECTION HEADINGS.
The Section headings herein are for the convenience of the PARTIES only and shall
not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope, meaning or intent of the
provisions or language of this Agreement.
19. FORMER AGREEMENTS UTILIZING COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS BETWEEN COUNTY AND CITY.
All agreements between CITY and COUNTY regarding the use of CDBG funds for
fiscal years 1975-76 through fiscal years 2025-26, and any Supplemental Agreements there under,
shall remain in full force and effect. If the language of this Agreement is in conflict or inconsistent
with the terms of any prior said agreements between CITY and COUNTY, the language of this
Agreement will be controlling.
20. INDEMNIFICATION
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CITY agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless COUNTY and its authorized
officers, employees, agents, and volunteers from any and all claims, actions, losses, damages,
and/or liability arising from CITY acts, errors or omissions and for any costs or expenses incurred
by COUNTY on account of any claim therefore, except where such indemnifications is prohibited
by law. CITY shall promptly notify COUNTY in writing of the occurrence of any such claims,
actions, losses, damages, and/or liability.
CITY shall indemnify and hold harmless COUNTY against any liability, claims,
losses, demands, and actions incurred by COUNTY as a result of the determination by HUD or its
successor that activities undertaken by CITY under the program(s) fail to comply with any laws,
regulations, or policies applicable thereto or that any funds billed by and disbursed to CITY under
this Agreement were improperly expended.
21. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
By executing this Agreement, the Parties hereby certify that they will adhere to and
comply with all Federal, state and local laws, regulations and ordinances.
22. ENTIRE AGREEMENT.
It is expressly agreed that this Agreement embodies the entire agreement of the
Parties in relation to the subject matter hereof, and that no other agreement or understanding,
verbal or otherwise, relative to this subject matter, exists between the Parties at the time of
execution.
23. SEVERABILITY.
Each paragraph and provision of this Agreement is severable from each other
provision and in the event any provision in this Agreement is held by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, the remaining provision will continue in full
force without being impaired or invalidated in any way.
24. ASSIGNMENT.
CITY shall not make any sale, assignment, conveyance or lease of any trust or
power, or transfer in any other form with respect to this Agreement, or delegate or assign any
interest in this Agreement without prior written approval of the County.
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25. INTERPRETATION AND GOVERNING LAW.
This Agreement and any dispute arising hereunder shall be governed by and
interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of California. This Agreement shall be
construed as a whole according to its fair language and common meaning to achieve the objectives
and purposes of the Parties hereto, and the rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are
to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement, all
Parties having been represented by counsel in the negotiation and preparation hereof.
26. WAIVER.
Failure by a Party to insist upon the strict performance of any of the provisions of
this Agreement by the other Party, or the failure by a Party to exercise its rights upon the default
of the other Party, shall not constitute a waiver of such Party’s right to insist and demand strict
compliance by the other Party with the terms of this Agreement thereafter.
27. JURISDICTION AND VENUE.
Any action at law or in equity arising under this Agreement or brought by a Party
hereto for the purpose of enforcing, construing or determining the validity of any provision of this
Agreement shall be filed in the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside, State of
California, and the Parties hereto waive all provisions of law providing for the filing, removal or
change of venue to any other court or jurisdiction.
28. AMENDMENTS
No change, amendment, or modification to the Agreement shall be valid or binding
upon CITY or COUNTY unless such change, amendment, or modification is in writing and duly
executed. CITY and COUNTY agree to adopt any necessary amendments to this Agreement to
incorporate changes required by HUD as set forth in the Urban County Qualification Notice.
Amendments must be submitted to HUD as provided in the Urban County Qualification Notice
and failure to do so will void the automatic renewal for such qualification period.
29. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR METROPOLITAIN CITY/URBAN
COUNTY JOINT RECIPIENT:
(a) The CITY is part of the Urban County Program for purposes of planning
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and implementation for the entire period of the Urban County Qualification for program years
2025-26, and 2026-27 under the CDBG program.
(b) HUD will consider the CITY as a unit of general local government that is
part of the COUNTY’s Urban County program.
(c) HUD shall determine the annual amount of CDBG allocation to which the
CITY is entitled, and the COUNTY will be the grant recipient.
(d) The CITY’s allocation will be that portion of the total annual allocation as
specified by written notice from HUD, less thirteen (13%) to be retained by the COUNTY for
administration of the Urban County CDBG program.
(e) In the event that the COUNTY receives supplemental CDBG funding from
HUD, pursuant to a national emergency, disaster, or economic recovery, the CITY will receive
its allocation of said supplemental CDBG funding if HUD has determined the CITY’s portion of
the COUNTY’s allocation. The CITY’s supplemental CDBG allocation will be subject to the
retention of administrative funding found in Paragraph (d) of this Section and subject to applicable
provisions of Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of this Agreement.
(f) All other terms and conditions applicable to an Urban County participating
city shall apply to the CITY.
30. RESERVED
31. AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE.
The persons executing this Agreement or exhibits attached hereto on behalf of the
Parties to this Agreement hereby warrant and represent that they have the authority to execute
this Agreement and warrant and represent that they have the authority to bind the respective
Parties to this Agreement to the performance of its obligations hereunder.
32. INCORPORATION OF RECITALS
The Parties hereby affirm the facts set forth in the recitals above. Said recitals are
incorporated herein and made an operative part of this Agreement.
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33.COUNTERPARTS AND DIGITAL SIGNATURE
This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original, but all of which, together, shall constitute one and the same instrument. Each
Party agrees to the use of electronic signatures, such as digital signatures that meet the
requirements of the California Uniform Electronic Transactions Act ((“CUETA”) Cal. Civ. Code
§§ 1633.1 to 1633.17), for executing this Amendment No. 21. The Parties further agree that the
electronic signatures of the Parties are intended to authenticate this writing and to have the same
force and effect as manual signatures. Electronic signature means an electronic sound, symbol,
or process attached to or logically associated with an electronic record and executed or adopted
by a person with the intent to sign the electronic record pursuant to the CUETA as amended from
time to time. The CUETA authorizes use of an electronic signature for transactions and contracts
among parties in California, including a government agency. Digital signature means an
electronic identifier, created by computer, intended by the Party using it to have the same force
and effect as the use of a manual signature, and shall be reasonably relied upon by the Parties.
For purposes of this section, a digital signature is a type of “electronic signature” as defined in
subdivision (i) of Section 1633 .2 of the Civil Code.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the COUNTY and CITY have executed this Agreement on
the date shown below.
Date: _______________________
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, CITY OF PALM DESERT, a political subdivision of the a Charter City State of California
BY: ____________________________ BY: _________________________ Chuck Washington Karina Quintanilla
Board of Supervisors, Chair Mayor
ATTEST ATTEST:
Kimberly A. Rector
Clerk of the Board
BY: ________________________
By: __________________________________
City Clerk , Deputy
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Minh C. Tran County Counsel
BY: __________________________ BY: __________________________
Paula S. Salcido Deputy County Counsel City Attorney
Anthony J. Mejia
Isra Shah
QC: __________
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COUNTY COUNSEL CERTIFICATION
The Office of County Counsel of the County of Riverside hereby certifies that the terms
and provisions of this Agreement are fully authorized under state and local law and that the
Agreement provides full legal authority for the COUNTY to undertake, or assist in undertaking,
essential community development and housing assistance activities specifically urban renewal and
publicly assisted housing.
Minh C. Tran County Counsel
By: Deputy, Paula S. Salcido
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