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The C ity of Redwood Ci -by :finds it in the public interest to adVoc;::zt0 the :1 fc: lt,L7,-Ion of Fede}: al.l_y-ass:i. sted l.ci i and Irodei ate ; musing units in all residenti.nl devel opment and .r. e3cvcl.opment. The City C oun c i J.. will prefer residential up-zoning requests that include prow:i Edon for I':odcrate and/or low income housing until such .Lime as the neighborhood production goal is achieved in any parti cur ar place . The City Council will also seek to give ttdens:i iy bonuses " to any planned unit development that includes low or moderate income dwelling units . This , he said , l?ould c :ce.ate , an atanospllere in which private - sector proposals for lot•;/moderate -- i neorrle housing would be forthcoming . ;fin fl tr i.n , such a policy had got a Good licsponse from develc.pers , but . HUD as dragging: its feet, . He said 4. • the Z)o:l_:i (231 tou:l.d be more effect ') ve :i..f It wire e aceom I anicd b y some dcw n -zoning in the City . Presently , much of the City is zoned high and there is little or nothi ne; the City can do to affect what goes in there . Knowles also suggested amending the planned unit development section of the zoning ordinance along the lines of the ordinance in Fairfax County , Virginia, to require "good faith" application to HUD or the Housing Authority for a certain percentage ' of .suhsidizeet units . Density bonuses could be given in .return for this , he scald . He suggested amending the R-3 , fl-4, and R-5 zoning categories so that permits for building could be put- on the ballot next spring . San Jose was trying such a referendum on the November ballot , he said . South San Francisco had passed such a referendum in ;lone , David Ransom added . City Manager. Pales said that the City would have to look closely at the establish- ment of a Housing Authority as a mechanism for getting something accomplished . There was already a housing authority at the County level . And although there was apparently a good deal of disgust and giving up on the County Housing Authority , a housing authority can probably accomplish more things than any other- mechanism . The question was whether to discard the County Housing Authority or make it work . Lou Knowles noted that the County Housing Authority had to conduct its referendums in the County at large . He suggested that at that level no one will do anything about the Housing Authority . He felt a City Housing Authority would be more responsive . Concerning down-zoning , Knowles said that those attempting to use federal housing programs in Redwood City must deal with free enterprise in a suburban setting, where the cost of land is 85 percent higher than HUD limits . He said Redwood City was going to have to use zoning to tell landowners that the value of their land has somewhat decreased . Federal programs , designed for the bigger cities where land costs are lower, are not otherwise adaptable to suburban cities , he said . Knowles said that he thought the City should have something to say about Redwood Shores to Mobil, who was waiting to see what the City was going to say about the Shores . MINUTES HOUSING CONCERNS COMMITTEE AUGUST 22 , 1972 PAGE 4 OF 5 •