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178 be required to conduct periodic public hearings throughout the planning process and that citizen participation should occur through public hearings when the task force establishes the perimeters, when the final plan is submitted to Council and when any amendment to that plan is being considered and when the final evaluation has been done. She continued, stating that CDBG should be directly benefited towards low and moderate income people. Karen Bonventre spoke in favor of targeting the CDBG funds to the poor. She stated that spending CDBG money on projects that benefit low and moderate income people is consistent with CDBG legislation, legislative intent and legislative history. She stated that the three objectives of CDBG: 1) benefiting low or moderate income families; 2) aiding in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight; and 3) urgent needs, are included in the CDBG legislation, but are not the primary objective. She stated that each CDBG activity has to fit one of the three categories, but each city's CDBG program as a whole has to fulfill the primary objective, which is benefiting low and moderate income people. Peggy King, President of the Lewis Mountain Neighborhood Association, addressed Council, stating that the Association endorses the seven points of the position of the Charlottesville Federation of Neighborhood Associa- tions in favor of a Community Development Block Grant ordinance. Marian Terrell, President of the Charlottesville Federation of Neighborhood Associations, requested the adoption of an ordinance for the planning, administration, and evaluation of expenditures of funds received by the City under the CDBG program. Mrs. Terrell listed seven points that the proposed ordinance should essentially provide. She also stated that eight of the member associations approve of the statement presented to Council, two could not come to a decision on the statement, and one could not be reached for a decision. Helen Tonsler of 2111 5th St., N.W. addressed Council, stating her support for a new CDBG ordinance. Ethel Henderson of 313 6th St., N.W. and President of the Fifeville Neighborhood Association, expressed her views on the CDBG process and gave the Association's endorsement of the seven points outlined by the Federation of Neighborhood Associations. Diane Meador of 2322 Peyton Drive and representative of the Char- lottesville Chapter of the National Organization for Women, requested the adoption of an ordinance for a regular decision-making process for the use of Community Development Block Grant funds and funds from other development grants for which the City may be eligible to receive as entitlements. She stated that an ordinance is needed to open up the process to the feelings and needs of low and moderate income people and empowers them to participate more effectively in the major decisions affecting their lives. Ms. ~eador gave NOW's endorsement of the position of the Federation of Neighborhood Associations. Flora Patterson, President of the League of Women Voters, voiced her appreciation to Council for the opportunity to comment on the CDBG planning process. She stated that the League supports the proposal of implementing a community development ordinance. Mrs. Patterson stated that the ordinance ?