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mot.. '��� G'•y <br />CITY OF PARIS <br />CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN <br />Relative to Community Development Block Grant Program <br />I. Introduction <br />A. Purpose: The purpose of this Citizen Participation Plan is to set forth <br />policies and procedures that will be implemented by the City to assure <br />compliance with requirements for Citizen Participation in the planning <br />and implementation of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Projects <br />funded by the.Housing and Community Development Act of 197.7. <br />B. Policy: The City shall: <br />1. Provide citizens with adequate information as to the purpose, <br />requirements, eligible activities and available funds of the CDBG <br />Program prior to preapplication. <br />2. Hold at least two public hearings to obtain citizen views and input <br />to the program development prior to preapplication. <br />3. Provide citizens with adequate opportunity to participate in the <br />development to CDBG applications and their subsequent implementation. <br />II. Plan <br />A. The City shall rely upon two modes of communication in its Citizen <br />Participation process. First, the City shall utilize the Public <br />,Hearing as a method to disseminate information, to obtain.views of <br />•citizens on community needs and to receive proposals. Secondly, the <br />City shall utilize the Planning Commission to critically analyze pro- <br />posals and offer alternatives during the planning process. <br />1. The Public Hearing shall be used according to the.following <br />schedule for the specified purposes. <br />a. Prior to submission of the Preapplication, a Public Hearing <br />will be held by the Planning Commission to receive.public <br />opinion and suggested projects from the general public and <br />the City's Administrative Staff. Legal Notice of this Public <br />Hearing will be.given by publication in the Paris News at <br />least 15 days before the date of the hearing setting forth <br />the time and place the hearing will be held. <br />b. An additional Public Hearing will be held by and before the <br />City Council, prior to submission of the Preapplication, to <br />receive additional public opinion and suggested program <br />recommendations from the general public and to receive rec- <br />ommendations from the Planning Commission and Administrative <br />Exhibit A <br />