The community development commission shall have responsibility and be required to:

    (1)    Act in an advisory capacity in all matters pertaining to community development.

    (2)    Consider the annual application for the expenditures of federal funds under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and make recommendations with respect thereto to the city manager and the city council.

    (3)    Assist in the planning of such funded activities, promote and stimulate public interest therein; and to that end, solicit to the fullest possible extent the cooperation of the neighborhood associations and other public and private agencies.

    (4)    Provide citizens with an adequate opportunity to participate in an advisory role in planning, implementing and assessing the program in accordance with federal regulations now or hereafter adopted by providing adequate information to citizens. holding public hearings to obtain views of citizens, and providing citizens an opportunity to comment on the city's community development performance.

(Code 1964, § 2.1410)