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394 <br /> create a job , but rather to study the situation and report back . In <br /> additional discussion , Mayor Bury felt that the question of expanding <br /> the crossing guard program and Park Auxiliary to maintain landscaping <br /> might be considered . Motion carried , Councilman Henderson voting no , <br /> Human Relations Panel <br /> 1 . That the City Council of Redwood City establish a rent control program, <br /> which will study rents , determine reasonable rents , and effect <br /> legislation setting rents at reasonable levels . <br /> Councilman Keckley moved to refer the recommendation to the Housing <br /> Concerns Committee , seconded by Councilman. Williams . In response <br /> to question from Myron_ Filene , Councilman Keckley advised that the <br /> Committee had been meeting for three months , and that selection had <br /> just been made of a paid Staff Member on the Committee so that it was <br /> hoped it will now be possible to make progress . <br /> Councilman Keckley also noted that an audit was being set up by Mid - <br /> Peninsula Fair Housing to determine what discrimination is being <br /> practiced in Redwood City , and that this had already been done in <br /> adjacent communities . <br /> 5 . That we support the City Planning Committee decision to deny the <br /> application to the Schwartz Company (which is planning to develop <br /> housing in Redwood Shores ) until that company shows provisions to <br /> develop low - cost housing in Redwood Shores . <br /> It was noted that the application by Schwartz had been withdrawn . <br /> Mr . Clifford Baxley , 646 Douglas , asked that <br /> Council and Planning Commission not continue <br /> to allow the kind of development going on <br /> now in Redwood Shores and other parts of <br /> Redwood City , so as to break the pattern for <br /> creation of ghettos , <br /> Councilman Petersen responded that these were the types of problems <br /> the Housing Concerns Committee hoped to deal with , and were the types <br /> of matters the new staff member would be expected to try to find <br /> solutions for . Councilman Keckley spoke or a successful pilot program <br /> in Marin County wherein there is a requirement for 10% of a new <br /> subdivision to be low income type housing . Mayor Bury felt that with <br /> the new ownership potential in Redwood Shores , the principals should <br /> be made aware of this concern , and that the present homeowners there <br /> are concerned that the City create a base to spread the cost . <br /> 1 _24-72 <br />