A. All public meetings or hearings concerning the county’s CDBG program shall be held at times and locations convenient to the county’s citizens, particularly those who are potential or actual beneficiaries. No public hearing shall be held before six p.m. on weekdays or two p.m. on Sundays, or be scheduled to begin after eight-thirty p.m. The location of public meetings shall be held in handicapped-accessible locations or assistance shall be provided to accommodate the special needs of the handicapped. In the event a public meeting will be held in a nonhandicapped accessible location, special assistance shall be provided and notice of the availability of assistance shall be included in the public notice.

B. The needs of non-English speaking residents of the county shall be met in the event that non-English speaking residents comprise ten percent of the county’s population or ten percent of the county’s population of ten percent of the potential or actual beneficiaries of a CDBG project. In the event that such a determination is made, provisions shall be made to translate public documents and comments at all relevant public hearings into the native language of the majority of non-English speaking residents affected. (Ord. 89-O-86 (part), 1989)