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WHEREAS, the County and the Cities wish to continue the most effective local government program to deal with the unemployment and underemployment problems as well as assisting the disadvantaged in the war on poverty of the residents of Alameda County; and they have detemined that such problems can best be resolved and such funds may be best administered by separate entities called the Alameda County Training and Employment Board and Associated Community Action Pro- gram, frequently acting in concert and therefore sometimes referred to collectively as ACTEB /ACAP, which are created hereunder; NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual terms, covenants, and conditions herein agreed, the signatories agree as follows: I. ORGANIZATION A. Name of Agency. The parties hereby agree that two agencies composed of a combination of the parties signatory to this agree- ment, be and are hereby created under the aforesaid provisions of law for the purpose of administering this agreement, and shall here- after be designated as ACTEB and ACAP, and sometimes referred to collectively as ACTEB /ACAP. 3. Certifications. This amended agreement is not prevented by State or local law from taking effect in any of the geographical areas which it purports to serve. Furthermore, the legal officers of the County and the Cities have assured in writing that each sig- natory has the legal authority, under State and local laws, to enter into this amended agreement. C. Power Exercised; Purpose of Agreement. The power to be exercised is the planning, development, and administration of pro- grams under and in accordance with the JTPA, CSBG, and the State of California enabling legislation or successor legislation enacting the same purposes as preceeding legislation referenced herein. The purpose of this amended agreement is to continue, under the afore- said legislation, the separate public entities of ACTEB and ACAP which will exercise such power. Such power will be exercised and the purpose of this amended agreement will be accomplished in the manner hereinafter set forth. D. Powers of ACTEB /ACAP. While ACTEB and ACAP are sometimes referred to collectively in this agreement as ACTEB /ACAP, for cer- tain purposes, including but not limited to funding, ACTEB alone shall have decision making power for actions taken under and pur- suant to JTPA and the State enabling legislation; and ACAP alone shall have decision making power for actions taken under and pur- suant to CSBG and the State enabling legislation. ACTEB shall have the authority to plan, develop, and administer programs within its area of jurisdiction which is Alameda County, excluding the City of Oakland, except as provided in Section ;3; _ below. -3-