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MINUTES September 26 , 1973 HOUSING CONCERNS COMMITTEE 7 : 00 A „M0 COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES BUILDING REDWOOD CITY MEMBERS PRESENT : Mayor Keckley , Elise Johnson , Fred Soderer , Eugene Moriguchi , Rev . Bimson . MEMBERS ABSENT : Vice Mayor Henderson , Councilman Norris , Melvin Kerwin . STAFF PRESENT : Charles Gyselbrecht , Mike Riback , Ken Schroeter , Dick Rivas The meeting was called to order at 7 : 05 a . m . At that time , it was announced that the regular meeting of October 24th was cancelled due to the annual conference of the California League of Cities in San Francisco . Alternate date chosen was Wednesday , October 31st . In attendance at the meeting were various representatives of the Real Estate industry . They were : Dick Koral , Castle Realty ; William G . Nabhan , Broker Associates ; Dick Smithee , Mohr Associates ; and Warren Weinstock , Silver Realty . The Chief Building Official , Charles Gyselbrecht , presented a slide show depicting the condition of older homes in Redwood City . It spe- cifically showed a clear distinction of those which had been well main- tained or renovated versus those which had been allowed to deteriorate . Discussion then took place concerning the various ramifications of the proposed program for housing code compliance upon resale of residential buildings . Representatives of the Real Estate industry had some con- cerns and some of their comments were as follows : 1 . If the proposed program were adopted and approved by the City Council , they felt that the mandatory requirements of the ordinance were infringing upon the free enterprise system . 2 . That the proposal would increase the purchase price of resi- dential housing in Redwood City , which at the present time they feel is at its peak ; that the proposal would , no doubt , cause a decrease in the supply of housing available to low-to-moderate income families , particularly rental units, due to the fact that the owners would be expending funds to bring the units up to code and would have to pass the increased cost of such action to the tenants , resulting in higher rents . 3 . Mr . Weinstock stated that he was in support of the proposal because , in the past , he had been involved in a transaction which had an illegal addition and because his firm was the listing realtor , they had to expend funds in correcting same . The discussion continued for some time with many technical points being raised by other members of the audience . Staff recorded these concerns and will be prepared to answer these technical questions at the next discussion .