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CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN Cabarrus County, North Carolina This plan describes how Cabarrus County will involve citizens in the planning, implementation, and assessmenn of the Community Development ~B~0ck 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 low and moderate income persons and aids in the elimination and prevention of slums and blight. The program is intended to assist governments in undertaking neighborhood improve- ment programs. The regulations give ultimate responsibility for the design and implementation of the program to local elected officials and also require that citizens be given an opportunity to serve in a key advisory role to these elected officials. Advisory Committee To insure that Cabarrus County residents are given a full opportunity to participate in the program, a Neighborhood Strategy Area Committee will be established to function in an advisory ~apacity to the Chair- man and the Board of Commissioners regarding program design, implemen- tation and assessment. R~is seven (7) member committee will consist of five (5) residents of the designated Neighbomhood Strategy Area (the area that is the subject of the CDBG proposal) and two (2) at- large members residing outside the Neighborhood Strategy Area. Members will be appointed by the Chairman of the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners. Citizens and civic'organizations are urged to make re- commendations for appointment. Cabarrus County is particularly in- terested in obtaining representation of low and moderate income persons, members of minority groups, the elderly and the handicapped. ¢