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 Unless superseded by these regulations, al] notices shall be published a minimum of ten (10) calendar days but not more than 25 days prior to the public hearing.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