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.1I . . VII. CRITERIA POR AMENDMENT TO CONSOLIDATED PLAN i I I I I I I i I I I I I I I [ The County will determine the necessity to amend its approved Consolidated/Action Plan whenever it. is presented with the following decisions: 1. Makes a change in its allocation priorities or changes its method of distribution of funds; 2. Carries out a new activity not previously described in the approved Action Plan; or 3. Changes the purpose, scope, location, or beneficiaries of an activity. The County will determine whether a change or amendment is substantial in nature as it relates to changes in purpose, scope, location, or beneficiaries of an activity. The GountY:'Hs__basisfor a substantial change will hinder on whether the activity continues to assist the original beneficiaries. Should the County determine that an amendment is substantial in nature, then a public notice will be published for thirty {30} days to receive comments on the substantial amendment before the amendment is implemented. Subsequently, if an amendment is not substantial in nature then a public notice will be published for a two {2} week comment period to inform citizens of the County's amendment{s} to the plan. (Please refer to Exhibit 6.) In situation's where their is a surplus of CDBG/HOME/ESG funds which will be transferred to existing approved projects to offset project deficits, the County will not publish a public notice to announce these transfer of funds. In cases of emergencies and/or in situations as declared by the Mayor, or in his absence his authorized representative, to be of particular urgency because existing conditions pose a serious and immediate hazard or threat to the health and welfare of the public which is a direct result from flooding, tidal wave (tsunami), earthquake, or other natural causes, the County will utilize its unencumbered CDBG funds for eligible CDBG/HOME/ESG activities as determined by the OHCD, to alleviate these threatening conditions. Due to the immediate urgency of these situations, the County will at a later date publish a public notice to inform its citizens of the actual expenditure of these COBG funds. In all case scenario's above, the County will submit a description of its amendment(s} to HOD on its proposed changes. CP PLAN -6- CDBG/4809C/10-28-97 _._-------_._._~---_._-----_._--~--_. _._~ -'---. ~-- --..----