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-_ - - . . should have the involvez..ent of the people it. affects ,. he said --the homeowners and the Council, for instance . "And low/moderate -incor:e people , " added Kathy Mahaney . Neil Smith said that he thought they were represented by the Council . . - Neil Smith said that the whole County should be considered in assessing what •percentage of Redwood Shcres should be low/moderate-income . The danger of providing a greater percentage of low/moderate-income housing in Redwood Shores than does the County as a whole would be that people from Redwood City might not be those who moved in . Gene Moriguchi pointed cat that people of all levels of income moving into Redwood Shores would be coming from other communities . • • Mel Kerwin said that Redwood Shores would attract low/moderate -income people anyway . With no industry , only a shopping center , the Shores will provide low- income employment . BUT there was nowhere in the County for low- income people to live . Where would they live , he asked . Neil Smith said that the shopping center wouldn ' t really create more low/moderate - income jobs , merely second incomes for families with other major employment . This would be a meaningful cc._tri.bution to the "basic problem" he argued . The federal government , he reminded the Committee , has indicated that future housing programs may move away from housii_4 subsidies to income subsidies to solve the housing problem . Housing Aide Ransom said that he thought the housing balance in Redwood Shores should reflect either the current City or Bay Area balance , but not that of the County . Mary Henderson asked if the Committee wanted to "put a number" to the recommendation . Fred Soderer said that it would be difficult for ,the Planning Commission to include more than a broad statement in the Zoning Ordinance if it received only the general statement written by Nary Henderson . Furthermore , the Planning Commission would just cc:::e back to the Housing Concerns Committee if the Committee didn ' t include a definition of low/moderate-income . The Planning Commission ' s alternatives , he added , woll.ld be very different , depending on whether Redwood City needs 5 percent or ;O percent low/moderate -income housing . Gene Moriguchi said that he agreed , and that from what the Committee had heard that a 20 percent goal was reasonable to shoot for . Lou Knowles said that held like to be the first to propose a number . He proposed the 15-20 percent suggested originally by the Citizens Development Program in its presentation on the Shores presented to the Council . Ron MacQuarrie objected that no mention had been made of the fact that the Shores is a special d. s : r_ ct with a large debt and that the Committee might saddle itself with a prcpcsed percentage that "wouldn ' t go . " Mary Henderson said that the Committee was fully aware of the financial situation of the MINUTES HOUSING CC_;:=RiS COMMITTEE DECEMBER 13 , 1972 PAGE 4 OF 6 •