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- r MINUTES JUNE 28, 1972 HOUSING CONCERNS COTaaTTEE 7 : 00 A . M. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES BUILDING. 11 00 ROOSEVELT AVENUE REDWOOD CITY PE PDr ?S I ILJ rd ♦ Cha i z n Paul C . Keckley , 7111ial Floyd , Mary W . Henderson , Robert E . Norris , and Frederick. A . Soderer . MEMBERS ABSENT : Sylvester McGuire , Martin rtin F . Mohr , and Eugene Moriguchi . STAFF PRESE1 . . City Manager Pales , Assistant City Manager Smith , Planning Director Sc;! roeter , and Housing Aide Ransom. VISITORS : Cliff Boxley , 2615 Fair Oaks Avenue , Redwood City Lou Knowles , P . 0 . BQX 295 , Redwood City . Myron F:i:l_ene , 410 Park. Street , Redwood City Richard Zukin , 905 Mic..dlefie:ld Road , Palo Alto Charles Olivia , P . 0 . Box 5306 , Redwood City Kathleen Mahany , 1026 Vera Avenue , Redwood City Gloria Norton , 3113 Granger Way , Redwood City Carolyn Nobler , 3720 Country Club Drive , Redwood Ci_',y Elton Richardson , LICK California Ave,#101.1 , Palo Alto Mary Davey , 12645 La Cresta Drive , Los Altos Hills Jim Thompson , 617 JJa1r .lion Street, Redwood City Rob Wesson , 90 Walnut Street , Atherton Mayor Paul Keckley cal].ed the meeting to ordh ry. at 7 : 05 A .M. and asked Joellyn Murphy of the Midpcninsula Citizens for Fair Lousing if she would like to present the MCFII recommendations for elimi_n;;t: rtg illegal discrimination in apartment rentals in Redwood City . Joellyn Murphy said that she had two recommendations that could be irrmediert.1y acted upon . The City might set up meetings between MCFH, members of the Ti using Concerns Committee, the Tri-County Apartment Association, and owners of the audited apartments . Redwood City might also become a member of the MCFH employer subscription service . In that program, cities of industries contract for an MCFH information service informing them how Lhey can promote fair housing . Joellyn Murphy then read the MCFH recommendations , which include City licensing of apartment managers (licenses to be revoked if they are convicted of discrim- ination ) , an ordinance requiring apartment managers to post a list of vacancies and their rental terms , and an ordinance requiring apartment managers to fill out forms describing the terms given and apartments shown for each rental inquiry . Other recommendations included participation by the City Attorney in fair housing suits brought by individuals , the setting up by the City of a loan fund for those who believe they have been discriminated against to retain an attorney, and various educational and advertising programs to explain rights and obligations under state and federal fair housing laws . MCFH also recommended that the City advocate repeal of the Rumford Act pre-emption of jurisdiction over fair housing matters :- - MINUTES HOUSING CONCEFJ1S COMMITTEE JUNE 28 , 1972 PAGE 1 OF 5