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Department of Housing and Urban Development. COUNTY shall incorporate CITY <br />changes in Consolidated Plan, if any, provided that they meet HOME requirements. <br />4. CITY shall approve each project funded with HOME funds within CITY before <br />COUNTY approves funding project with HOME funds, provided that CITY approval or <br />disapproval does not obstruct the implementation of the approved Consolidated Plan. <br />5. There shall be a Technical Advisory Committee for the Consortium to recommend <br />spending priorities, policies, and review projects and proposed expenditures. CITY shall <br />designate a staff member to participate on the Technical Advisory Committee. <br />6. CITY shall designate a representative to whom all notices and communications from <br />COUNTY shall be directed. COUNTY'S duty to notify CITY shall be complete when <br />the communication is sent to the designated representative. It is the exclusive duty of the <br />designated representative to notify the appropriate individuals or departments within <br />CITY. <br />7. To carry out activities under this Agreement, COUNTY shall allocate to CITY a portion <br />of HOME funds received under the Act. Initial allocations shall be approved by the <br />Technical Advisory Committee for the CONSORTIUM. If necessary to meet HOME <br />requirements, funds will be reallocated by COUNTY in accordance with such needs, <br />objectives, or strategies as COUNTY shall decide. In preparing such needs, objectives, <br />or strategies, COUNTY shall consult with CITY and Technical Advisory Committee <br />before making its determinations. <br />8. Each party to this agreement shall affirmatively further fair housing. <br />9. CITY shall pay COUNTY an annual fee to help defray COUNTY'S costs to administer <br />the Consortium and perform monitoring, record-keeping, and reporting required by the <br />Act. Such fee shall be based upon COUNTY'S expected actual costs and shall in no case <br />exceed five percent (5%) of the CITY'S annual allocation of HOME funds. <br />10. CITY shall provide COUNTY with all of the following information concerning CITY <br />and the activities CITY carries out under this agreement which COUNTY requires to be <br />prepared: 1) documents required to be submitted to HUD, 2) annual HOME performance <br />report, 3) such other documents as COUNTY may require to carry out eligible housing <br />activities or meet Federal requirements. All information shall be submitted on forms <br />prescribed by COUNTY. In addition, CITY agrees to make available upon request all <br />records concerning the activities carried out under this agreement for inspection by <br />COUNTY or Federal officials during regular business hours. <br />11. Pursuant to Government Code Section 895.4, CITY shall defend, indemnify, and hold <br />harmless COUNTY, its officers, employees, and agents from all claims, suits, actions or <br />losses of any type, and from liability for any fines, penalties or damages of any type, <br />resulting from CITY'S performance of this Agreement and caused by any act or omission <br />of CITY, including failure to comply with any requirement of the Act or the Program <br />