Word: cda
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After its application was approved, the City began trying to get as many residents as possible involved in planning the City Demonstration Agency (CDA) which will supervise the program. They held a series of meetings in parish halls and local schools to explain the Model Cities program. They held a series of meetings in parish halls and local schools to explain the Model Cities program. A convention of area residents (complete with balloons) was held in early February to ratify the preliminary work of a drafting committee of their neighbors...
LAST Wednesday, the committee finished writing the ordinance to define the functions and membership of the CDA. There will be 24 members on the CDA, 16 elected by residents and the other eight representing the universities, businesses, and charitable agencies in the model neighborhood. Subsequently, area residents will vote in a referendum whether to approve the ordinance or not. If they do, it will then go to the City Council for ratification. Hopefully, by the end of March elections will be held for the CDA's area-resident seats...