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4e:67 -77n ) / p / MINUTES MARCH 22 , 1972 HOUSING CONCERNS COMMITTEE 7 : 00 A. M. CITY MANAGER ' S Ofl'ICE CITY HALL REDWOOD CITY MEMBERS PRESENT : Chairman Paul C . Keckley, William Floyd , Tony Gonzales , Mary W . Henderson , Sylvester McGuire , Martin F . Mohr , Eugene Moriguchi , and Frederick A . Soderer . MEMBERS ABSENT: Herbert G . Petersen . STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Fales , Assistant City Manager Smith , Housing Aide Ransom , and Planning Director Schroeter . VISITORS : Steve Yaeger , 272 Hudson Street, Redwood City Maxim K . Rice , P . 0 . Box 295 , Redwood City Kathleen Mahany , 1026 Vera Avenue , Redwood City Eileen Gray , 950 Iris Street , Redwood City Dick Proctor , 1122 Hudson Street , Redwood City Bill Phoenix, 3060 Broadway , Redwood City Roger Snyder , 950 Iris Street, Redwood City Myron Filene , 410 Park Street , Redwood City Louis Knowles , P . O . 0Box 295 , Redwood City Chairman Keckley called the meeting to order at 7: 02 A .M. 1 Housing Aide Ransom passed out copies of the amended County Housing Element and said that he thought the Committee would want to review the changes made in it by the County ' s General Plan Review Committee (GPRC ) and the Regional Planning Committee (RPC ) . He pointed first to the change in Goal 3 of the Housing Element : "A sufficient distribution of housing by type , size , and cost , so that each household , regardless of race , color , or national origin , is provided a reasonable choice of location within every community throughout the county" ( changed to "within every area of the county" ) . Mr . Soderer , who serves as representative of the Redwood City Planning Commission to the GPRC and RPC , said that he had been concerned with the GPRC ' s attitude in making the changes . While they had incorporated the changes suggested by Redwood City at the urging of the Housing Concerns Committee , toughening the Housing Element , they had also incorporated changes suggested by other cities which were "not so good . " One of the intents of the County ' s Housing Element had been to involve cities in the low/moderate-income housing problem, he said , but some cities were still looking at it as a County responsibility . Mr . Moriguchi said that he was concerned with the deletion of Goal 5 : Action C : "Investigate feasibility of requiring as a condition for granting a use permit , building permit , or rezoning, submission of a written statement declaring intention to comply with federal and State civil rights anti-discrimination legislation . " Mr . Soderer said that the GPRC had stricken that section because non-discriminatory practices were the law of the land and because the Housing Element has no police powers . Mr . Moriguchi said that he was concerned about that and also because the other changes weakened the Housing Element ' s pressure for providing housing for people of low and moderate incomes . Be said he thought those making the changes MINUTES HOUSING CONCERNS COMMITTEE MARCH 22, 1972 PAGE 1 OF 4