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M- . _ _ • Mary Henderson said that she surmised that they were asking that some kind of a number be put to the amount of low/moderate-income housing to be required in the Shores . She noted a letter from members and friends of the South San Mateo County Joint Strategy and Action Committee endorsing her proposed state- ment as "an initial step toward a sound housing policy for Redwood Shores and . the entire city . " (Appended . ) Gene Moriguchi asked if there were objections to adding a number or percentage to a Redwood Shores low/moderate-income housing policy . He said he didn ' t know how you could enforce a policy unless there was a numerical goal to shoot for . He suggested that the Committee make the requirements 20 or 30 percent . Any deviation from that could then be negotiated , he said . Fred Soderer asked if Marin County ' s housing element actually spells out what . percentage of low/moderate- income housing there must be in a new development . Ken Schroeter said that he understands that Marin does have such a number . . Fred Soderer asked if such provisions have been tested in the courts . He said he didn ' t want the Committee just to toss out a number if it wouldn ' t get results . Lou Knowles said that there weren ' t many cases in which a city has written such a number into ordinance . One case in Virginia is still in the courts . However , cities and counties have adopted policies which give a percentage of the low/ moderate -income housing requirements . A developer can thumb his nose at such policies , he said , but particularly where the development is essentially a massive Planned Unit Development and the developer must come to the jurisdiction for innumerable periniLs , a policy may be effective . He said that the City owed it to everybody involved to " spell out what its policy would be . Bob Norris wondered if the Committee might not be "looking too far down stream" and what the response will be from the Council if a Housing Element comes before them with a number already attached . He said he was afraid that the Committee may "kill the bird" if it attaches a weight to it . "We must walk before we run , " he said . And if the Committee tried to legislate a number at this time it may " lose the whole ball game . " • Gene..•Moriguchi said that he favored a strong recommendation so that anybody who comes in has got to contend with it . If the goal is not stated , he said , it will never be hit . Mary Henderson asked if the Committee wanted to make a recommendation concerning low/moderate-income housing to the Planning Commission . Fred Soderer said that he thought the Cornrni Ltee was definitely at a point where it wanted to take that step . It should go to the Planning Commission , he said , because the Planning Commission would be the one that has to change the zoning ordinance to reflect the recommendation . Hearing no objection , Mary Henderson accepted that as the sense of the Committee . She asked , next , for what form the recommendation or statement should take . • MINUTES HOUSING CONCERNS COMITTEE DECEMBER 13 , 1972 PAGE 2 OF 6