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- -.-.- -~--.::-::--.,:-.'.".""'..•.::::--- .-_ - -.~-~ --143.215.248.55 12:53, 29 December 2017 (EST)II" ' I· AN ORDINANCE BY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE I , 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 Urbar:i 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 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 Ren ewal 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of Aldermen of the City of Atlanta as follows: I. That Section 2-40.2 of the Code of the City of Atlanta is here by repealed and the Urban Renewal Policy Committee is abolished. 2. That Section 2-40. I (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 follow ing: (b) Membership. The Planning and Development Committee sh al I be composed of eight (8) members of the Board of Aldermen appointed by the Moyor a nd ·two (2) c1clvisory members from th e Housing �r .. II -2Authority of the City of Atlanta appoinl·ecl 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 whic~ are going before the Housing Authority's Board of Commissioners for further action. The Mayor shall appoint from the Board of Ald ermen the chairman of said committee and the other seven (7) members. The Mayor shall 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 lieu th ereof the following: (c) Functions, responsibilities. This Planning and Development Committee shall have the primary responsibility to review and coordinate the short and long range plans and programs of oll city efforts in the fields of community development, redevelopm ent, housing, facilities and improvements, and to make suggestions to other appropriate a lde rma nic committees ond to recommend actions and policies for adoption by the Board of Alderm en to insure max imum coordination and the highest qua! ity of urban community deve lopme nt through ou t the City. This responsibility shall include but is not limited to the review and evaluation of th e e lements of th e compre he nsive (general) plan deve lopment by th e Pl ann ing De par tme nt with guidance From th e Atlanta - Fulton County Joint Planning Board; th is comprehensive plan to be composed of at lea st a �,, II II -3land use plan, transpor tati on plan and a comm unily foci! ities plan with pub Iic improv ements program. The comm ii-tee shall further be responsible for developing p91 icy recommendations on al I other matters concerning the planning and coordination of future ; city developments including, specifically, the Community Improvement Program (CIPL Open Space, Urban . . Beautification, the 1962 Federal Highway Act, the Workable Progr"am 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. �