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2.2.3 Step 3: Urban Counties draft 1) Cooperation Agreements with Participating <br />UGLGs and/or JointAgreements with Metropolitan Cities (or amendments <br />to agreements) and 2) County Counsel Legal Opinion Letters (as necessary) <br />After your county secures participation decisions, you will draft: 1) Cooperation <br />Agreements with Participating UGLGs and/or Joint Agreements with Metropolitan <br />Cities (or amendments to agreements) AND 2) a County Counsel Legal Opinion <br />Letter (as necessary). GO TO SECTION I for the requirements for these documents. <br />HUD RECOMMENDATION: HUD encourages your county to submit a draft Cooperation <br />Agreement and/or draft Joint Agreement (or draft amendment) for a preliminary legal review by <br />OGC Field or Regional Counsel. This may help avoid time-consuming, back -and -forth revisions <br />between your county and HUD after you submit your qualification package (Step 6). For example, <br />it may help avoid HUD deeming your agreement(s) or amendment(s) unacceptable after all your <br />Urban County's participating governments have authorized and executed them. Your county <br />should request a preliminary review early enough in the process to execute any needed changes <br />before the deadline for submitting your complete Urban County qualification package to HUD. <br />2.2.4 Step 4 (Optional Step): OGC Field or Regional Counsel complete preliminary <br />reviews of draft Cooperation and/or JointAgreements) (or amendments) and <br />County Counsel Legal Opinion Letters <br />If your Urban County chooses to submit a draft Cooperation Agreement and/or <br />Joint Agreement to HUD (or draft amendment), OGC Field or Regional Counsel <br />will perform a preliminary legal review of your draft agreement (or amendment) <br />and County Counsel Legal Opinion Letter (if also provided). This optional step <br />includes any back -and -forth between HUD and your county on revising the draft <br />agreement (or amendment) and County Counsel Legal Opinion Letter. <br />2.2.5 Step 5: Urban Counties, Participating UGLGs, and Metropolitan Cities <br />authorize and execute new agreements (or amendments to existing <br />agreements) OR "auto -renew" existing agreements per HUD's "auto - <br />renewal" policy (as necessary) <br />Your county must officially authorize and execute new Cooperation Agreements <br />and/or Joint Agreements (or amendments to existing agreements). This means <br />securing authorization from governingbodies odies for all participating governments <br />(e.g., city or county council resolutions) AND executing agreements/amendments <br />with signatures from the chief executive officers of all participating governments. <br />HUD will accept "digital" signatures if they show a) verification the chief executive <br />officer (or their designee) completed the signature and b) a time and date stamp. <br />9 The "chief executive officer" is an elected official, or legally designated official, who has the primary responsibility <br />for the conduct of governmental affairs. Examples include the mayor, county executive, board chairperson, or governor. <br />Refer to the official definition at 24 CFR 570.3. <br />11 <br />567 <br />