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opportunity to examine its contents and to submit comments to the city on the proposed • statement and on the community development performance of the city. This hearing shall coincide with the initial public hearing on the city's annual budget. • (9) Following the public hearing and any additional meetings or hearings deemed by the city council to be necessary, the council shall make a final decision on the programs, projects and expenditures to be funded from the year's community development block grant and shall adopt an appropriation consistent therewith. (10) All the bodies participating in this process, shall continue to monitor and evaluate the CDBG and HOME programs throughout the year. The task forces and both commissions shall make a year-end evaluation of the projects and programs respectively recommended by them and shall advise the city council of the results of the evaluation and suggest appropriate changes for future years, (11) Once the council has approved and funded a program, any reprogramming of funds or any change in funding involving more than ten percent (10%) of the year's total grant shall be reviewed by the body or bodies which originally advised council regarding the programs being changed. Section 2-420. Procedures for public hearings, meetings and records. (a) All public hearings required under this article shall be advertised in the manner provided by Code of Virginia, Section 15.1-431. (b) All meetings conducted pursuant to this article and all records of the CDBG and HOME programs shall be subject to the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. Section 2-421. Expiration of.article. Three (3) years after the adoption of this article, and each three years thereafter, city council shall review the operation of the process set forth herein, and of the task forces, to determine if they have fulfilled their intended purposes. Unless the council adopts an amendment or resolution continuing this article in effect within one hundred eighty (180) days after the expiration of such three-year period, this article shall become null and void. By Council resolution effective October 18, 1996, the CDBG planning process as outlined in this article was approved until May 4, 1997, at which time Council will review the process to determine whether the intended purposes have been fulfilled. Thereafter, the last described three year cycle will begin again. Approved by Council November 18, 1996 • -4-