When does THREE years NOT equal THREE years???

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No less than four times last evening during the “PUBLIC HEARING AND LEGISLATION TO AUTHORIZE CDBG 2009 SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT” presentation by Mr. Adkins, I heard it made clear that this was a revision to the THREE YEAR PLAN!!!
Therefore, I am confused by the very first lines of the very first paragraph of Mr. Adkins’ very own Staff Report to Ms. Gilleland, which state:

“PURPOSE
To submit to City Council for legislative action the CDBG 2009 Substantial Amendment, authorize the City Manager to sign and submit a Substantial Amendment to the PY 2009 Annual Action Plan and the 2005-2010 Consolidated Plan, …”
I am questioning my own reading comprehension and elementary math skills as I struggle to understand how either “PY 2009Annual Action Plan” or “the 2005-2010 Consolidated Plan” can be construed to mean “THREE YEAR PLAN”!!! Perhaps the same person who can explain this to me can also point out EXACTLY WHERE in either the workbook or the proposed ordinance it actually mentions the figures that Mr. Adkins cited as being “around $600,000.00”.
One would think that both of these items might have been discussed if City Hall was really striving at OPENNESS in city government! I, for one, can find absolutely NO maximum, nor even an order of magnitude for the amount of money that this ordinance will actually cover ANYWHERE in either the Staff Report or in the Ordinance!!! Did I somehow overlook it??? If so, will someone--ANYONE--please point it out to me???
I also noticed that Mr. Atkins assured everyone that “there WILL be public comments” while Ms. Gilleland just moments later stated that “the public comment period is OVER”!!! Which is correct??? Mr. Adkins’ Staff Report (dated August 12, 2009) states: “The City placed a legal in the Middletown Journal on XXXX, 2009”! If Mr. Adkins was not yet aware on August 12 when the “legal” was published, how can the “public comment period” (of thirty days) possibly be “over” by September first, the date of the council meeting????
Perhaps the “PY” in “PY year” stands for “Plastic Year”, with “plastic” meaning “able to be shaped or molded into many different forms”???
No, my friends, something about this entire thing just does not sit “right”!!! Either someone has been terribly sloppy, or there is more to this than meets the public’s eye!!!