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7 <br />In addition, the Performance Report will be made available in each town in the County for public <br />review and comment for a minimum period of 15 days not to exceed 30 days. <br />Notice regarding the location of the Plan document and the process for commenting will be <br />provided to the abovementioned groups by individual mailings and to the general public by <br />advertisement in the Chapel Hill Herald/The Herald-Sun. Special attention will be given to <br />making reasonable accommodations to provide the plan document to persons with disabilities <br />upon request. <br />MEETINGS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS <br />All Housing and Comity Development related meetings and public hearings shall be timely, held <br />at convenient times and at readily accessible locations. A notice of meetings and public hearings <br />will be published in the Chapel Hill Herald/Herald-Sun as well as delivered to citizen groups and <br />social service agencies. These meetings and public hearings shall provide for broad citizen <br />participation and make possible arrangements for full involvement by the handicapped, elderly, <br />and other special populations. Minutes or summaries that record the content of all public <br />hearings shall be retained by Orange County. <br />All public hearing notices shall be published in accordance with applicable Federal and/or State <br />regulations. Unless superseded by these regulations, all notices shall be published a minimum of <br />ten (10) calendar days but not more than 25 days prior to the public hearing. Such notices shall <br />be published a minimum in The Chapel Hill Herald/Herald-Sun and will indicate the time, <br />location, date, procedures, and topics to be discussed. <br />The Orange County ADA Coordinator may be contacted to make reasonable accommodations <br />under the Americans with Disabilities Act. <br />TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE <br />Resources must be made available to provide technical assistance to groups representative of low <br />and moderate-income persons.. The assistance may range form grant writing seminars to help in <br />establishing anon-profit organization. <br />COMPLAINTS <br />A complaint is "a claim concerning any action on the part of a department or contract agency or <br />firm involved in carrying out the County's housing and community development programs based <br />upon an event or condition which affects the circumstances under which a citizen lives, allegedly <br />caused by misinterpretation, unfair application, violation of contract or lack of established policy <br />pertaining to program implementation and which the complainant feels infringes upon the health, <br />safety, welfare or right to due process for himself/herself or his/her family, property or personal <br />possessions. <br />2 <br />