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4 . 1 1 . Pat;o 3 $ , ,t1 a,),, L:tci e ., to flousing i.n Redwood ood Citi,. . " Mr . Norris thought that the PHIL gruep}1 t},- Lt shows that L ctferty C ne i CrC hit with iij er taxes when th ey accomplish significant re a i1itat _ on might to a good p] a c e to discuss giving the low/moderate-income homeowner a tax: break . fairs . Henderson said that she thought this was not the place , since obstacles , not solutions were being discussed . Page 34 , "Future Plans . " Mrs . Henderson asked that the reference to a "nine -man Housing Concerns Committee , " be changed to a "nine-member"" committee . MTS. Henderson said tint. "Fu.t.um P:I_ n a " read more l'.Jc.e history , und wondered why Dave Walker was being named . Planning Director Schroeter said that on setting up the Redevelopment Agency , the mayor , then Bob Bury , had sj. ecifical:l.y stated that the action was not being taken to end Dave Walker ' s fast . Housing Aide Ransom said that he was quite willing to change the reference to "a black resident , " and that he h ad said that the City Council had established itself as a Redevelopment Agency "as recommended by a housing committee composed of councilmen and p).annin{.y,' commissioners , " not as a response to Dave Walker ' s fast . Lou Knowles 'tsked if this wasn ' t the place to include eme reference to a. policy for a certain percentage of low-income housing in Redwood Shores , and asked if any of'f'icial announcements had been made to that effect . I-irs . Henderson said that tlEZ c 1 1':a been no ff fac __: Y 1 .. fN)r e1 tI t . ether t}m > Cr nc i i r,e I saying at one tirr_e or anot} :er t}h',t "we understood that, there would be a percentage of low-income housing in the project . " Assistant City Manager Smith said that the cooperation of t be future developer depended on decisions yet to be made by 9 the City Council . itirs . Henderson said that the Redwood Shores history could be brought into "future plans" if the section carried a statement to the effect that residertial areas to be developed in the future should recognize the io imoderate-income. housing problem . Mr . Soderer said that it was unreasonable to expect any developer to solve all the housing ills of l;cdwood City over the last two hundred odd years . There is no area specif i t Lily designated for low/moderate- income housing in Redwood Shores . He said that ,. although the Committee has by-and-large said that a proportion of low/moderate-income housing in future developments is something it will strive for , it would be better if it were well-delineated--in the Housing Element . Mr . Norris said that because the City had no official policy he could not oppose any developer ' s plan on the grounds that it failed to include low/moderate-income noosing . IAi.rs . Henderson said that -I-I _Ll nr;.11l f- :'. C: rr ^^-. '. .- 4. ..-j_.c.! + 7jr. .Trt e �" C•l' �1 X r t '�' ('�.^ . 1,:n2/1 1.`I 'r1lr.'ti; t: rIrirosC i P'-n . . .. . iii ._ J . it , and not just those in the Shores but for i'lst°ance another Oddstad 400-apartment development in the hills . K'l,thy ii:ariane y said that the developers wouldn ' t make the move to include low/moderate-income units without action by the City and the Committee . Nye . i,c,:rris said tint,t wa atever policy was arrived at would have to be financially feasible ,i.ble , too . Planning Director Schroeter said that the intention of the report was to lay out existing conditions . This section was to report existing future plans . A substitute for it might be to discuss existing deficiencies --for instance , the 'i • y� Housing Aide Ransom said that if. the Committee absence o�. a City-wide I-policy . t rc n t,?i, e of low/moderate—income � r�-�y��.:a agreed that�.r; s c�ir_c� policy. i_ e c-a i l:._ x .E.r�: , a I�e r:. 1 ` 1101.18.1. i1g; per develo Jil1Cu1t was ..Dill . Liieni vile- ml fslit 11:LSS a 1. e clu L5. :ii of in en Li. c to level `1u such a policy . cy . MINUTES IuJSI1NG CC CEiL S C6; 1 ] EE 1+:A1 , 1 2 PAGE