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..:~........ . e e I. The City agrees to allow the County to include the City's population in the Grant Applications, and the County agrees to include the same in the Grant Applications. II. The City agrees to allow the u.s. Department of Housing and Urban Development to use the City's population and other necessary demographic characteristics in the determination of whether the County will qualify as an "urban county" as defined in the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. III. The County and the City agree to cooperate to undertake, or to assist in undertaking, community renewal and lower income housing assistance activities, specifically urban renewal and publicly assisted housing, as further set out in 24 CFR 570.307(c). IV. (A) The ci ty acknowledges that it is aware that the Grant Applications have not yet been completed or submitted to the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and that no determination has been made at the time of execution of this Agreement as to where and for what purposes the funding, if any, for the CDBG and the HOME programs will be sought or expended. In this regard it is agreed that Harris county shall not be obligated to seek funds for expenditure in the City or for assistance to residents of the City in the Grant Applications. If such funds for expendi ture in the ci ty or for assistance to its residents are awarded as a result of the Grant Applications, the County may, in its sole discretion, override such distribution of the award and spend such funds elsewhere and/or for other purposes when necessary or desirable in order to achieve compliance with Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, and all appropriate implementing regUlations applicable thereto. The City has received no assurance, written or oral, from the County to the contrary and is aware that the execution of this contract does not consti tute any guarantee on the part of the County that funds received pursuant to the Grant Applications, if any, will be expended for projects within the City limits of the city or for assistance to the residents of the City. (B) The City also acknowledges that upon execution of this Agreement, the City: 2