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336 program; (2) any rehabilitated units in a redevelopment area be available after rehabilitation at the same rental levels as before ; (3) a Housing Relations Program be created under the Housing Concerns Committee; and (4) that a redevelopment commission be created . .., , Gene Moriguchi, representative of Land for People, one of the authors of the letter referred to by Mr. Boxley, also commented on the requests contained in the letter and advised his group will also approach the County, since housing problems are not confined to the City. Nancy Bey, member of PROBE Auxiliary and an author of the letter referred to by Mr. Boxley, stated her support of Mr. Boxley ' s statements and of PROBE with regard to redevelopment. { City Manager Fales explained that the Housing and Com- munity Development Act has very specific requirements with regard to relocation of citizens residing in a } redevelopment area which would be more than responsive to the request contained in the subject letter. Mr. Fales replied to questions and commented on the time schedule with regard to the HCDA application; the dimin- ishing first-year allocation; the fact that the first year does not involve construction or demolition; the } financial tools available to the City for redevelopment; and the provisions for adequate time for substantial citizen participation and full consideration of any plan mow by the Council. Assistant City Manager Smith also de- scribed the comprehensive citizen participation program already approved by Council which involves citizen repre- sentation from 20 neighborhoods, with lower income neigh- ] borhoods having two representatives, because the HCDA is directed toward low and moderate income families. Mr. Boxley thanked the Council for hearing the requests of his group and advised they will return in 37 days with regard to consideration of a redevelopment commission. (The Council recessed from 8 :05 to 8 :09 p.m. ) Change of traffic flows - Downtown Project City Manager Fales referred to his report of April 4, 1975 regarding traffic flows in the Downtown Improvement Project and attaching report and recommendations from the Director of Public Works, dated February 28, regarding proposed directional traffic changes. Mr. Fales advised that all of the proposed changes have been approved by the Downtown Action Committee with the exception of the recommendation having to do with the prevention of left turn movements into California Street for westbound Broadway traffic. .m„ Dick Mills, Manager of the California/Broadway Branch of the Bank of America, stated his objection to preventing left turns off Broadway into California, suggesting that it will have an adverse effect on business in that area. Mr. Mills disagreed with staff regarding safety, stating that there is adequate stacking space on Broadway so that -2- Reg.Mtg. 4/7/75