[Added 1-27-2003 by L.L. No. 1-2003]
There shall be a Department of Planning and Development, headed
by a Director of Planning and Development, who shall be appointed
by the City Manager and who shall serve at the pleasure of the City
Manager.
The Director of Planning and Development shall be appointed
on the basis of his education and experience in carrying out the duties
of the position. Among the Director's functions and duties, but not
by way of limitation, shall be the following:
A.
To act as a full-time administrator of the Department, the Newburgh
Local Development Corporation and the Newburgh Industrial Development
Agency offices to ensure a coordinated and comprehensive approach
to community and economic development within the City of Newburgh.
B.
To develop and administer a combined and integrated staff to support
the Newburgh Community Development Agency, Newburgh Local Development
Corporation and the Newburgh Industrial Development Agency and other
community-based programs recognized by the Council.
C.
To oversee all volunteer community-based initiatives, recognized
by resolution of the City Council, and to provide administrative services
and technical support to the various community-based initiatives so
recognized.
D.
To identify economic problems and opportunities in the City and develop
relevant policy responses for the City Manager.
E.
To supervise demolition and construction of public works within federally
or non-federally assisted renewal projects sponsored by the City or
its agencies.
F.
To undertake any other planning, community and economic development
duties deemed necessary by the City Manager.
The Department of Planning and Development shall have the following
functions:
A.
Economic development: to undertake, direct, supervise and coordinate
the City's participation in activities, programs and ventures intended
to designate and to advance the economic climate in the City of Newburgh
through marketing, real estate, planning and financial strategies
and techniques; to establish and maintain contact with industrial
and manufacturing businesses within the City, assist them in their
dealings with the City government, and to provide them with information
on state and federal assistance programs; and to provide relevant
market and site data for industrial and major commercial developers.
B.
Planning: to provide technical support required in the administrative
and/or legislative review and consideration to the Building Inspector,
Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, Council, Architectural Review
Commission and Waterfront Advisory Board.
C.
Housing and Community Development: to plan, undertake and direct
the City's efforts in providing affordable rental accommodations and
home ownership opportunities for its residents by encouraging the
growth and revitalization of the City housing stock; to supervise
and/or coordinate the City's participation in programs, activities
and ventures designed to construct new housing accommodations, rehabilitate
existing residential structures or convert other structures to residential
use to better meet the need for affordable housing; to plan and undertake
other activities designed to contribute to an enhanced quality of
life and long-term stability for the City's neighborhoods, including
activities which provide additional opportunities for employment and
business development to the residents of those neighborhoods; and
to coordinate the other City agencies as such actions relate to the
provision of housing in and development of the City's neighborhoods.
D.
Program evaluation: to submit to the City Manager an annual program
evaluation and audit reports on agencies and organizations funded
with state and federal monies. The program evaluations and audit reports
shall be submitted in January of each year. Such evaluations and reports
must be in full accordance with all applicable regulations. The information
to be contained in the annual reports will include but not be limited
to the following service indicators: documentation indicating that
program requirements were met, including goals, performance standards
and objectives and the methodology used for measuring performance.
E.
Processing and servicing loans: documentation indicating the loan
amount, and the funds used, the amount collected on repayment and
the payment history, documentation on how the grantees met the loan
objectives.
F.
Contractor evaluations: documentation evaluating the contractor's
qualifications, performance history and compliance with federal, state
and City guidelines regarding equal opportunity ownership, participation
and employment.
