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AN ORDINANCE • AMENDING AND REORDAINING SECTIONS 2-417, 2-418,2419 AND 2-421 OF ARTICLE XIII OF CHAPTER 2 OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE, 1990, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PLANNING. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia that Sections 2- 417, 2-418, 2-419 and 2-421 of Article XIII of Chapter 2 of the Code of the City of Charlottesville, 1990, is hereby amended and reordained as follows: Section 2-416. Purpose and applicability of article. (a) This article sets forth planning and decision making procedures for the community development block grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) programs, funded under the federal Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, and the federal HOME Investment Partnerships Act of 1991, as amended. (b) CDBG funds should be used primarily to benefit low and moderate income persons, as defined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. The funds may be spent for any activities permitted by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended and applicable federal regulations. HOME funds should be used to strengthen public-private • partnerships to provide more affordable housing as defined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. The funds may be spent for any activities permitted by the HOME Investment Partnerships Act of 1991, as amended, and applicable federal regulations. (c) The process established by this article shall apply only to funds specifically allocated for community development block grant programs under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, and the HOME Investment Partnerships Act of 1991, as amended, or other funds specifically so allocated for such purposes by the city council. (d) This process shall not apply to the allocation of any funds remaining from urban renewal activities in the Garrett Street or Vinegar Hill urban renewal projects. Section 2-417. Community development block grant task force. (a) The community development block grant task force is hereby established to advise the city council on the city's physical community development needs, proposed projects to meet such needs and suggested allocations of CDBG and HOME funds for such projects, and to conduct periodic evaluations of the physical aspects of CDBG and HOME programs. Such advice and evaluations shall be forwarded in accordance with the procedures set forth in this article. The CDBG task force shall also review and comment on recommendations for human services programs as provided in section 2-419. . (b) The task force shall be composed of twelve (12) eleven (11) members appointed by the city 1