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II . I I I AN ORD IN ANCE BY PLAN NI NG AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE WHEREAS, by ordinance of December 21, 1964, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of th e City of Atlanta, Georgia, caused to be created a standing committee of the Board of Alderm en entitl ed Urban Renewal Policy Committee, as set forth in Section 2- 40. 2 of the Code of Ordi nonces, City of Atlanta, Georgia effective July I, 1965, as amend ed, and WHEREAS, it is de emed desirabl e and in the pub Iic interest that the numbe r of standin.g committees of the Board of Alde rmen of the City of Atlanta, Georgia be reduced in number and that such action wou Id be in keeping with th e precede nt establishe d by the Mayor and Board of Alderm e n in 1967, and WHEREAS, it has been determined that the functions and responsibi Iiti es of th e Urba n Renewal Policy CommiHee can readily and expeditiously be transferr ed to anothe r standing committee of the Board of Alderme n of th e City of Atlanta, Georgia, name ly, the Planning and Development Committee, and WHEREAS, such action shou Id increase and improve communications betwee n and coordinati on of a ctiviti es of both th e City of Atlanta, G eorgia and its urban renewal agent, the Atlanta Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta, Georg ia. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Board of Alde rme n of th e City of Atl a nta as foll ows: I. That Se ction 2- 40.2 of the Cod e of the City of Atlanta is he re by re peal ed and th e Urban Re newal Policy Commhtee is abo li shed. 2. That Secti on 2-40. I (6) of th e Code of the City of Atl a nta is he re by ame nded by strikin g scdd paragraph in its entire ty and inse rting in Iie u the reof th e fo ll ow ing: (b)Membe rship. Th e Planning and De ve lopme nt Committee shall be composed of e ight (8) members of the Board of Alde rme n a ppo inted by th e Mayor and two (2) adv isory membe rs from the Hous ing �II II -2Authority of the City of Atlanta appointed by the Chairman of the Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta. The Housing AuthoriJ-y me ber! of this committee shall have the power to vote only on those items of housing and urban renewal which are going be fore the Housing Authority's Board of CQmmissioners for further aclion. The Chairman of said committ-ee shall be appointed by the Mayor and the oJ-her seven (7) members from the Board of Aldermen. The Mayor shall appoint J-he Planning and Development CommiHee so that a representation is obtained of aldermanic committees concerned with community development, redevelopmen1·, and improvement. 3. That Section 2-40. I (c) of 1·he Code of the City of A1·lanta is hereby amended by striking said paragraph in its entirely and inserJ-ing in lieu thereof the following: (c)Funtions, responsibilities. This Planning and Development Committee shall have the primary responsibility to review and coordinate the long range plans and programs of all city efforts in the fields of community development, redevelopment, housing, foci Iities and improvements, and to make suggestions to other appropriate alderrnanic committees or recommend actions and policies for adopl-ion by !he Board of Aldermen to insure maximum coordination and the highest quality of urban community development throughout the City. This responsibility shall include but is not limited to the review and evaluation of the elements of the comprehensive (general) plan development by the Planning Departm e nt with guidance from the Atlanta - Fulton County Joint Planning Board; th is comprehensive plan to Le composed of at least a land use plan, transportation plan and a community facilities plan with public improvem e nts program and Capital Improve me nts Program. The �II II -3committe e shall further be responsible for developing policy recommendations on all oth e r matl-ers concerning the planning arid coo rdination of future city dev e lopme nl-s including, spe cifically, th e Community Improvement Program (CIP), Open Space , Urba n Be autification, the 1962 Fede ral Highway Act, th e Workable Pmgram for Communil-y Improvement, ewal and Neighborhood Developme pre 1 - 'nary and proje ct or execution plans, and other e loted rban renewal matters formerly under the responsibility of e Urban Renewal CommiJ-tee or the Urban Renewal Policy Com iHee. The Commit·te e shall fu rth e r re vie w all applications for fede ra grants to determine their conformity with adopted overall and polici e s for the d evelopme nt of the City. HER O RDAINED that all ordinances and parts of or e be and the same are hereby re peale . �