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along with the dates for publication of public notices, public hearings, comment start and end period, and when the proposed and final plans are expected to be available to the public. 2. Technical Assistance: City staff will provide technical assistance to individuals and organizational representatives of very low, low and moderate income people who are interested in submitting a proposal to obtain funding for an activity. The assistance would include providing guidance, informational sources, and training. The City will not write proposals for an applicant. 3. Human Services Commission and Public Services: Proposed public service objectives and/or activities listed in the Five Year Consolidated Plan shall be presented to the Human Services Commission. The Recreation and Human Services Department shall issue a Request for Proposals for both the CDBG public service activities and the City's Community Assistance Grants. The City staff and the Commission will evaluate the proposals and provide a recommendation to the City Council of agencies with whom the City could contract for public services to meet the objectives in the Consolidated Plan. 4. Council Business Development Sub-Committee Review: The proposed Plan shall be presented to the Council Business Development Sub-Committee for recommendations, before presenting it to the City Council at the first public hearing. 5. First Public Notice: Presentation of the proposed plan requires advance notice to the public. The publication notice should follow steps in Section 3 of this Plan. Notices of the public hearing shall be sent to all persons on the CDBG mailing list. The estimated amount of assistance that the City expects to receive, including program income will be listed in the notice. 6. First Public Hearing: A public hearing will be held at a Council meeting on a date announced in the public notice as described Section 5.0 for public hearing procedures. The City Council will approve the proposed Annual Action Plan, direct staff to solicit public comments for at least 30 days, and set the next public hearing date. 7. Second Public Notice: A summary of the proposed Action Plan shall be published to solicit comments over at least a 30-day period. The publication should clearly state the start and end date of the comment period and list the locations, as identified in the Section 4, where copies of the Plan will be available to the public. The notice will include information about the date, time and location of the final public hearing. The notice shall include a brief description of the proposed activities with the amount of funding for each project and the amount that will be used to undertake activities that will benefit persons of low and moderate income. Upon request, free copies of the Plan will be made available to the public and will also be made available in a format accessible to persons with disabilities. 8. Final Public Hearing: The final public hearing will be held at a scheduled Council meeting, where all comments received will be taken into consideration. These Citizen Participation Plan City of San Leandro Page 7 of 11