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IIII AN ORDINANCE BY PLAN NI NG AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE WHEREAS, by ordinance of December 21, 1964, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Atlanta, Georgia, caused to be ,created a standing committee of th e Board of Aldermen entitled Urban Renewal Policy Committee , as set forth in Section 2-40.2 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Al·lanta, Georgia effective July I, 1965, as amended, and WHEREAS, it is deemed desirabl e and in the public interest that the number of standing committees of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Atlanta, Georgia be reduced in number and that such action wou Id be in keeping with the precedent established by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen in 1967, and WHEREAS, it has been determined that the fundions and responsibilities of the Urban Renewal Policy Committee can readily and exped itiously be transferred to another standing committe e of !"he Board of Alderme n of the City of Atlanta, Georgia, name ly, the Planning and Developmen t Committee, and WHEREAS, such action should increase and improve communications betwee n and coordination of activities of both the City of Atlanl·a, Georgia and its urban renewa l agent, the Atlanta Housing Authority of th e City of Atlanta, Georgia. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by th e Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Atlanta as fol lows: I. That Section 2-40. 2 of the Code of the City of A!-lanta is hereby repealed and th e Urban Re newa l Policy Committee is abo li shed. 2. Tha t Section 2-40. 1 (b) of the Code of the City of Atlanta is he reby ame nded by s!T iking said paragraph in its e ntire ty and inse rting in Iieu the reof th e fo l low ing: (b)Membersh ip. Th e Planning and Deve lopment Committee shall be composed of e ight (8) members of the Board of Alde rme n a ppo in!·ed by th e Mayor and two (2) ad visory membe rs fr om th e Housing �IIII -2Authority of the Cit-y of Atlanta appointed by the Chairman of the Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta. The Housing Authority me ber! of th is committee sh al I have the power f-o vote only on those items of housing and urban renewal which are going before the Housing Authority's Board of Commissioners for further action. < The Chairman of said committee shall be appointed by the Mayor and the other seven (7) members from the Board of Aldermen. The Mayor shall appoint the Plcinning and Development Committee so that a representation is obtained of aldermanic commit-tees concerned with community development, redevelopment, and improvemenl· . 3. That Section 2-40. I (c) of the Code of the City of Atlanta is hereby amended by striking said paragraph· in its entirety and inserting in li e u thereof 1·he following: (c) Funtions, responsibilities. This Planning and Development Commif-tee shall have the primary responsibilit-y to review and coordinate the long range plans and programs of all city efforts in the fie Ids of community development, red evelopment, housing, facilities and improvements, and to make suggestions f-o other appropriate aldermanic committees or recommend actions and policies for adoption by the Board of Alderm en to insure maximum coordination and the highest quality of urban community development throughout the City. This responsibility shall include but is notI im ited to the review and evaluation of the elements of the comprehensive (general) plan development by the Planning Departme nt with guidance from the Atlanf-a - Fult-on County Joint Planning Board; th is comprehensive plan to be composed of at- least a land use plan, transportal'ion plan and a community facilities plan with public improv ements program and Capi ta l Improvements Program. Th e �II I -3committee sh al I further be responsible for developing pol icy recommendations on all oth er matters concerning J-h e planning and coordination of future city developments including, specifically, the Community Improvement Program (Cl P), Open Space, Urban Beautification, the 1962 .Federal Highway Act, the Workable Program for Community Improvement, Urban Renewal and Neighborhood Development Program preliminary and project or execution plans, and oth er re lated urban renewal matters formerly under the responsibi Ii J-y of the Urban Renewal Committee or J-he Urban Renewal Policy Comm ittee. The Commitl-ee shal I further review all applications for federa l grants to determ ine their conformity with adopted overall plans and policies for the developme 1it of the Ci ty. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED thal· all ordinances and parts of ordi nances in conflict with th is ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed. �