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. . Q. . . one-room apartments , again against slightly more than a quarter in the. City as a whole . A larger percentage of people are employed in the target area than in the City as a whole , though that probably reflects the higher number of households in which two are working . Three- fourths of the households in the target area reported incomes of less than $10 , 000 in 1969 , as opposed to slightly more than half City-wide . ' ' Mary Henderson said that she can see how the area differs from the City as a whole , but wondered what the significance of the difference is . She said that the City ' s goal was not to have everybody the same . . Ken Schroeter said that these figures were the ones easiest to find and that they would lead to things of more importance . Bob Norris asked if the same kind of comparison had been made with the other areas that had been considered for the target area Housing Aide David Ransom said that the three areas had been compared with each other . Ken Schroeter pointed out that the smaller units in the target area may have large households in them though that had not been depicted . Nor had the racial breakdown been depicted . Staff could bring together a good deal more information about the area in only a few more days , but because other things would take longer to discover , the study would take weeks to complete . Then how federal programs applied to the conditions in the target area would be discussed . Mary Henderson asked whether the goal would be to make the neighborhood more like the rest of Redwood City or relieve its obvious deficiencies . Ken Schroeter asked her to suppose that the City found a lot of substandardness in the neighborhood , axed that one area was almost completely substandard . In such a case, there might be rehabilitation in one part, clearance in another . r That would immediately bring into play a relocation program. Where one or two buildings had to be taken out , that might provide space for a " tot" lot . And where some people simply wanted to upgrade their homes , rehabilitation grants and loans might be made available , while federally-assisted multi-family housing in the "236" program might go into an area where clearance had occurred . The objective would be that when the whole thing was finished it would be a functioning organism, as part of the City . Otherwise , in fifteen years , the City might again . be faced with the area ' s decline and deterioration . Mary Henderson asked what kind of reaction has been noticed from people in areas elsewhere that have been given the same treatment . Urban Affairs Specialist Richard Rivas said that the Staff was taking the Model Cities approach , with an integrated area physically identified by its boundaries . The purpose was to reveal to HCC members the potentials of federal programs . In the Central neighborhood , the housing seemed in too good a condition , and the Oakwood neighborhood has not been as much of a "pocket" . Staff would do a pilot study and then find out from the federal government what they can do . City Manager Jim Fales. said that Rivas had hit it directly : that the major point of the project was to point a direction toward the making of educated MINUTES HOUSING CONCERNS C ONMI TTEE • NOVEMBER 8 , 1972 PAGE 2 OF 7