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POLICY S 'J'i\'l'E r.mNT RJ~ O!"'ER.Nl' ION OF PROJE CTS ru~D ACTIVI TIES The CDA s t aff nnd c.i ti ;:; e n aovJ sc; ·-y boards are pl an ni n g and c oo--d:L n i:1.tin g b o( i es , and a s such a re expe c ted to h ave the c ap~c ity .a nd r esponsibility to r e commend the assignme nt of priorities amonq, and monitor and eva lu a te the results o f, p r ojects a n<l a;tiviti cs . The opGr a t ion o f indivi dual project s and activities b y (1) CDA staff: ; ( 2 ) its citi ze n advi sory bo dy ; ( 3 ) an o ~gan izati on th e b oa rd o f dirc cto~s of wh ich i s compo sed of o ne or more me mbers of th e citi zen advi sory body; or ( 4 ) an o r s_1cmi z a. ti on in which more· th an on e -th i r c1 o.c t he rnc:rnbers o f th e bo ar d o f directo rs is appointed b y th e citi zen ,idvi sory body \v0uld 1 in mos t c ases , b e i n b as i c con flict wi th th e fund arnc::: nta l du t i e s of th e CDA staff o r cj.t i zc n adviso ry body , an d such op e r a tion is no t a pp ro priatG un l ess it is de monstra cd t h at the proj ect or activ ity i.s mi nor and t ernpora J:y in natu re o r cle a r ly incide nta l to th e du'·y to p l a n, coo rdi nate , and a lloc ate res our ces 1 o .r. tha t e xcepti ona l cir cur,:s la n ce s oth erw i se warr ilnt su c h operation. In th e I';o dcJ Citi e s pro ~p~a.m , pro jec U-.; a nd act iv iU. l~s sh ould b e o pcrc:i.te c1 b y c xpc riencc~c exi st ing 1rnb lic a n d pri v ;:i t e or g ~n i z a tions wh s ne -a r possi. h l New o rg a nizations wi ll b e fun de d ctS ope- r a ting ag c nd. c s on l y if t h e c i ty c an :j u st:ify 0 • not us ing e xis ting experienc -2 d orga niz a tion s an d demonstra t e s the adva nt ages to b € served th ereb y. Th e s ame j ustif i c a t ion is re~u i r e d i f it i q proposed t o u se an e xist ing o rganiza t ion wh i ch l ~cks operating experience i n tho f i eld of activity pro pose d for it . In this wa. y Mode l Ci ti e s · may be- s t ach i e ve two of i t s p r i nL o bjf' c t i ve s .- appro pr i c1t.e c h anges j n e x i s ti ng in s ti tution s a nd th e i mpn1vcmcn t of th e delivery of service s . Exi st ing public a nd private in sti tu ti on s must b e strengthen e d c:.nd b c co wc more resp on sib l e fo r a nd more r espons i ve to th e n e ed s o f th e mode l n e ighborhood. At th e same tirnc , c are mu s t be t aJ.:en to avoid a mi sinterpretation of this policy to the oetrirn2nt of effe ctive citi zcn part :i cipat ion o r to c on cl.Dne m':rc cont i nu a t i on o f unresponr.ivc bu s ine ss- a s-us u a l p r oj ects and acti.vities by e x i sting org a nization s . Thi s poJ.j cy , pl acing emphasis upon th e u se o f exist ing or~ran izations, will fu rt h 0r Mode l Ci ties objectives only i f ci ti ;;;en pa r tic ipcm ts , local go ve r nrnon t , and oth e r exi sli ng insU t u tions focus on i mproving servi cP.s c'lnd rnc1ki. ng th em more acc:ept a b:c c1nd r C:: S:) 0 ;1s5-v..:., to nc i c_r hbcn:hood nt2eds. �2 All n ew or ex isting public a n d priva te orga nizatio s ope J: a ting pro je cts ancl ,ic ti vi ti_ 0s mus t comply \·Ji th the s t.atuLory mandate t o pro '.ride rnw.xirr.um opp o r tuni tic~:3 for emp l oying reside nts o f the modr:,1 ncig. bo J:hood in aJ.l ph ases of U1e program . �