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e e A G R E E MEN T THE STATE OF TEXAS ~ ~ COUNTY OF HARRIS ~ This Agreement, made and entered into by and between Harris County, a body corporate and politic under the laws of the State of Texas, hereinafter sometimes referred to as "County", and the City of La Porr~ , a municipal corporation under the laws of the State of Texas, hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "city." WIT N E SSE T H: WHEREAS, the City has elected to have its population included as a portion of that population of the County in the County's "urban county" application to the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth years funding for the Community Development Block Grant Program, said application being hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Grant Application;" and WHEREAS, the County is willing to include all of the City's population in the Grant Application and to cooperate with the City in the implementation of the City's Community Development Program; and WHEREAS, the Texas Legislature has enacted the "Texas Community Development Act of 1975," codified as Chapter 373 of the Local Government Code, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stats., which provides, in part, for the authorization of cities to implement a community development program; and WHEREAS, the Texas Legislature has further enacted "The Interlocal Cooperation Act," codified as Art. 4413 (32c) , Tex.Rev.Civ.S?tats., which provides, in part, that the County may contract with the City to perform governmental functions and services for the City; NOW, THEREFORE, KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the County, and the City, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, do mutually agree as follows: c... no. 26,552