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policy , and to date are running ahead of commitment which the developer agreed to in the park dedication program . Mr . Johnson advised that staff had discussed and agreed when development came to Shell Poulevard , accounts would be brournht into balance . He advised Shell is approximately 16 acres in debt to the nei.^hborhood land bark program . There is provision in park dedication program for. accrui. s Lion of this , if this is desired . Mr . Moore added that in earlier development areas , requirement for sizes of neighborhood parks had been somewhat liberal . They believe they can continue to maintain the high quality of the earlier park developments , but tentative maps should be reviewed to insure adequate dedicated park land will be available for acquisition . A further meeting is to be held with Leslie staff so that recommendation can be made as to ba. l_ancing account of land bank prior to submitting Steinberger Subdivision . It was determined that a net of approximately 17 acres remains . `fin response to cuestion by Council it w . .s learned that the areas to he l a.ndscaped in the cul -de - sac open areas are not to be charged to the land bank program . City manaPner expressed cercern of City Staff over the extent of areas connected with the parkway system calling for landscaping , and had found that for each mile of parkway , there are 6 . 6 acres of land - scaped area . He advised that the national municipal fa.ctcr for maintenance is one gardener per 7 . 5 acres ; thus , to cover six miles on Redwood Peninsula , a sub - stantial gardening staff would be required before long for maintenance of parkways , and this should be considered . He expressed concern about the rising costs to the City of highly landscaped areas of parkways . r :; scussi_ on of low income housing . Mayor Bury advised that the matter has been under discussion with reference to accomodati..ng residents of vary i.nc' economic status . tt err income P „ � - �, n In Council discussion , it was noted that reference to " 1n74 hou ins . is difficult to equate 'with construction and land costs of todayr . and Council m estioned what the cost of fill material per lot has been . Response by Mr. . Johnson was that site preparation and fill costs amounted to approximately 315 , 000 to ) ?0 ,000 per acre . Councilman Weymouth commented that this built -in cost factor might prohibit developing low income housing . The matter of setting aside an area for elderly citizens was discussed , possibly assisted by Federal subsidy ; however , this is not in the plans . Mr . Johnson noted also that low income housing , as well , would not be possible without government subsidy , but they nave not been approached as yet bar any representative group . It was the belief that the only low -income housing today is the mobile home , and this would be economically impractical to the District . "e pointed out lack of low income housing was a nationwide nrobl. em , not just r•eg ona_ Councilman Rosselli indicated concern as to how this relates i; o desirability of mixed or balanced community .