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• - Bob Norris said that the HCC has to look at what are the City ' s needs in terms of both development and redevelopment . Jim Fales said that it was up to the committee but he had never seen a develop- ment in which you could determine before development that so many units must be rented at such and such a level . . Larry Irons said that he felt with Redwood Shores and the Housing Element in process the BCC needed an agenda for the next six months , that there was a need to design the Committee ' s next twelve meetings . Mary Henderson said that she expressed a concern that the Committee needs to be on a two-track program . Redwood City didn ' t want to further compound the pro- blems of the community by allowing further development of the community without relation to housing need . She said she was concerned about the need to keep up with that at the same pace as with the study program . Jim Fales pointed out that even before the State required Housing Elernents most suburban general plans included statements about the need for balanced housing for all income groups . But in terms of new development , he pointed out , you make a decision "yes " or no with a private person and the law requires that you say one way or another within a certain time limit . "You don ' t initiate that, he does . " That process has already started in regards to Redwood Shores , he said . Mary Henderson pointed out that while Redwood City had set some standards for answering a developer ' s questions concerning street width and sewers , it had not set standards regarding including low/moderate-income housing . She asked when the City was going to start setting those standards . She said that she heard the Manager saying that the most substantial thing in Redwood City history, the reactivation of Redwood Shores , is going to happen before the Council has had a chance to set standards . t Jim Fales said that setting standards for development was different than setting standards for street width . What percent of low/moderate- income housing a developer would be required to have would have to be arrived at intuitively . Mary Henderson reminded that the Council had already adopted a policy of dispersal for Redwood City in its statements concerning the County Housing • Element . She said that there has got to be a way for the Committee to get to the point of making a decision about new development . She said that notwith- standing the fact that we have accepted a policy that housing for low-income people should be dispersed throughout the community and all communities , we will be making a decision regarding Redwood Shores that would take cognizance- of that policy . Jim Fales said that that decision would be arbitrary . Max Rice agreed that it couldn ' t be done from a mathematic standpoint but that the Committee did not expect that . The Committee could decide on a certain number, a certain percentage . Marin County has been using twenty percent , he said . MINU`T`ES HOUSING CONCERNS COMMITTEE NOVEMBER 8 , 1972 PAGE 6 OF 7 •