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MINUTES SEPTEMBER 30 , 1971 HOUSING CONCERNS COMMITTEE 7 : 30 A . M. CITY MANAGER' S OFFICE CITY HALL REDWOOD CITY MEMBERS PRESENT : Chairman Paul C . Keckley , William Floyd , Tony Gonzales , Mary W . Henderson, Sylvester McGuire , Martin F . Mohr, and Eugene Moriguchi . MEMBERS ABSENT : Herbert G. Petersen and Fred Soderer . STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Pales and Planning Director Schroeter . VISITORS : Maxim K. Rice , 1756 Broadway, 48, Redwood City Ruth E . Yaeger, 272 Hudson, Redwood City Kathleen S . Mahany, 1026 Vera , Redwood City Jim Thompson , 617 Hamilton , Redwood City Louis Knowles , 2369 University Avenue , East Palo Alto Letha Randlett , 11 Inner Circle , Redwood City Chairman Keckley opened the meeting by welcoming the members and stating that this first meeting was a long time in getting started but that now things can move along.. He posed some questions to the Committee as to what they saw as being the first order of activity , for example , to further educate themselves to the subject matter, to take tours of successful housing developments , or whatever . He also welcomed a number of visitors attending the meeting and invited their input as well . Ruth Yaeger read a three-point statement formulated by the Joint Strategy and Action Committee as follows : 1) The Redevelopment Agency should be staffed with the staff chosen by community people who are affected by the housing problem--Target Area Neighborhood Council, etc . --and consisting of at least an executive secretary and a clerk . 2 ) The Redevelopment Agency should not rule out implementing housing programs on their own that are innovative and creative ; i . e . , they should not simply be tied to and limited by Federal programs alone . 3 ) In recognition of the first two points , the Redevelopment Agency should be funded . Louis Knowles added a fourth point which was to suggest that the Housing Concerns Committee meet at some other time since some people that he knew couldn ' t make it to an early morning meeting . Chairman Keckley responded that by the same token, some members can ' t make it at any other time . He invited further comments from the visitors , but there were none . He then went om to open the discussion among the members as to the preferred meeting time . Mrs . Henderson felt that the meeting should continue to be held in the morning, but that when there were subjects for major consideratit., these could be taken MINUTES HOUSING CONCERNS COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 20 , 1971 PAGE 1 OF 4