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C~TIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN CABARRUS COUNTY This plan describes how Caharrus County will involve citizens in the planning, implementation and assessment of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. The CDBG Program provides funds to local units of government on a competitive basis. The funds must be used for projects which benefit lo¥- and moderate- income and aids in the elimination and prevention of slums persons and blight. The program is intended to assist 9overnments in under- taking neighborhood improvement programs. The regulations give ultimate responsibility for the design and implementation of the ~rogram to local elected officials and also reguires that citizens be given an opportunity to serYe in a key advisory role to these elected officials. ADVISORY COMMITTEE To insure that residents in Cabarrus County aregiven a full opportunity to participate in the program, a Neighborhood Area Committee will be established to function in an advisory capacity to the Board of County Commissioners regarding program design, implemen ration, and assessment. This five (5) member committee will consist o°f three (3) residents of the designated Area (the that is Target area the subject of the CDBG proposal), and two (2) at-large members. Members will be appointed by the Board of County Commissioners. Citizens and civic organizations are urged to make recommendations for apointment. The Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners are particularly interested in obtaining representation of low- and moderate-income persons, members of minority groups, the elderly and the handicapped. SCOPE OF CITIZEN PARTICIPATION Citizens will be involYed in all stages of the CDBG program, including program implementation, assessment of performance and design of changes in the Plan. There will Be three (3) general mechanisms for their in¥olvement: the Advisory Committee; public hearings, and ad hoc community meetings; and individual citizens efforts in the form of comments, complaints or inquiries submitted directly to the Program Administrator or the Planning and Zoning Director. The Program Admin- istrator is Robert Stark, P.O. Box 707, Concord, N,C. 28025. Telephone: [704) 788-814].