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~ ' --. ·. - AN ORDINANCE BY PLANNING 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 the Board of Aldermen entitled Urban Renewal Policy Committee, as set forth in Section 2-40.2 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Atlanta, Georgia effective July I, 1965, as amended, and WHEREAS, it is deemed desirable 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 would be in keeping with the precedent established by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen in 1967, and WHEREAS, it has been determined that the functions and responsibilities of the Urban Renewal Policy Committee can readily and expeditiously be transferred to another standing committee of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Atlanta, Georgia, namely, the Planning and Development Committee, and WHEREAS, such action should increase and improve communications between and coordination of activities of both the City of Atlanta, Georgia and its urban renewal agent, the Atlanta Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta, Georgia. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Atlanta as follows: I. That Section 2-40. 2 of the Code of the City of Atlanta is hereby repealed and the Urban Renewal Policy Committee is abolished. 2. That Section 2-40.1 (b) of the Code of the City of Atlanta is hereby amended by striking said paragraph in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the follovving: (b)Membership. The Planning and Development Committee shall be composed of eight (8) members of the Board of Aldermen appointed by th e Mayor and two (2) advis.ory me mbe rs from th e Housing �.---c ~--1-, l I -2- Authority of the City of Atlanta appointed by the Chairman of the Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta. The Housing Authority members of this committee shal I have the power to 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 Mayor shcil I appoint from the Board of Aldermen the chairman of said committee and the other seven (7) members. The Mayor sh al I appoint the Planning and Development Committee so that a representation is obtained of aldermanic committees concerned with community development, redevelopment, and improvement. 3. That Section 2-40.1 (c) of the Code of the City of Atlanta is hereby amended by striking said paragraph in its entirety and inserting in Ii2u thereof the fol lowing: (c) Functions, responsibilities. Th is Planning and Development Committee shall have the primary responsibility to review and coordinate the short and long range plans and programs of all city efforts in the fields of community development, redevelopment, housing, foe ii ities and improvements, and to make suggestions to other appropriate aldermanic committees and to recommend actions and policies for adoption by the 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 Department with guidance from the Atlanta - Fulton County Joint Planning Board; th is comprehensive plan to be composed of at least a �r ~-·rr =-= - -· - - ~ I -3land use plan, transportation plan and a community facilities plan with public improvements program. The committee shal I further be responsible for developing pol icy recommendations on al I other matters concerning the planning and coordination of future city developments including, specifically, the Community Improvement Program (CIP), 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 other related urban renewal matters formerly under the responsibi Iity of the Urban Renewal Committee or the Urban Renewal Policy Committee. The Committee shall further review all applications for federal grants that are referred from the Grants Review Board for planning considerations to determine their conformity with adopted overall plans and policies for the development of the City. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances and parts of Ordinances in conflict.with this Ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed. �