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Exhibit 1 to the Resolution <br />JOINT POWERS AGENCY AGREEMENT FOR CITIES ASSOCIATION OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY <br />This Joint Powers Agreement ("Agreement" or "JPA") for the Cities Association of Santa Clara <br />County is entered into by and among the cities ("Members"), which are organized and existing under <br />the Constitution and laws of the State of California in which public agencies are located in the County <br />of Santa Clara, and upon approval and full execution of the Agreement, creates the Cities Association <br />of Santa Clara County Joint Powers Agency ("Agency"). <br />RECITALS <br />WHEREAS, Articles 1 and 2, Chapter 5, Division 7, Title 1 of the California Government Code <br />(Section 6500 et seq.) permit two or more public agencies by agreement to jointly exercise powers <br />common to the Members; and <br />WHEREAS, the public agency Members executing this JPA are cities or towns within the <br />jurisdiction of the County of Santa Clara ("County"); and <br />WHEREAS, the Cities Association of Santa Clara County has existed as an unincorporated <br />association since 1990 and desires to formalize the relationship between its City and Town members <br />and form a Joint Powers Agency in order to carry out activities for the good of all its Members; and <br />WHEREAS, the Members executing this Agreement, desire to join together to create a separate <br />Joint Powers Agency for the purpose of promoting cooperation among the Members; advocating for <br />positive action; enhancing the quality of life for the residents of the County and their individual cities; <br />and encouraging other joint and cooperative endeavors among the public agencies for their mutual <br />benefit. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree to the following: <br />AGREEMENT <br />ARTICLE 1- DEFINITIONS <br />1.1 "Associate Member" shall mean any non -city local agency, located within jurisdictional <br />authority of the County of Santa Clara, and shall have duly executed and delivered to the <br />Agency an Associate Membership Agreement in the form of and as further provided in the <br />Bylaws of the Agency, as further provided in Article 32 herein. <br />1.2 "Agency" shall mean the Cities Association of Santa Clara County Joint Powers Agency created <br />by this Agreement. <br />1.3 "Board of Directors" or "Board" shall mean the governing body of the Agency. <br />1.4 "Executive Committee" shall mean the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the <br />Agency. <br />1 <br />Resolution 89-23 Page 3 <br />