(1) Upon completion of the public hearings required by Section 21-1104 (Citizen Participation) and before submitting to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") its statements of community development objectives or similar required documents, the O.H.C.D. shall prepare and submit a final CD Plan to City Council for its authorization. Council may amend the CD Plan as it deems necessary.

(2) Before authorization of the Plan, Council shall hold a city-wide public hearing in order to take written comments and proposals and hear oral testimony from interested citizens. If the C.D. Plan is authorized by Council, the C.D. Plan shall be deemed to conform with this Ordinance.

(3) Council authorization shall be obtained before the O.H.C.D. makes any change or changes which alone or in combination with previous changes, amount to ten percent (10%) or more in their cumulative effect on the allocation of any year's C.D.B.G. Program funds when O.H.C.D. proposes to use the funds to undertake one or more new activities or proposes to alter the stated purpose, location or class of beneficiaries of previously authorized activities. Before authorizing such change or changes, Council shall provide, as requested, an opportunity for interested citizens to submit written and oral testimony pertinent to the change or changes then under consideration.

(4) Before seeking Council authorization as provided in subsection (3) above, the O.H.C.D. shall mail a notice to all community organizations contained on the mailing list required by subsection 21-1104(5). Such notice shall be mailed two (2) weeks before the O.H.C.D. intends to seek Council approval and shall contain a brief description of the change or changes sought including their anticipated impact on affected neighborhoods.

(5) Within sixty (60) days after the submission of the report for the first quarter for the CD Program year, Council shall hold a city-wide public hearing in order to receive citizen evaluation through oral and written testimony of O.H.C.D. performance for the previous CD Program year and the first quarter of the current program year.