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444 Mr. Bob McCullough, 650 Scott, Chairman of the Board, Red- wood City Council for Community Action, stated his cognizance of problems discussed and assured Council this would also be taken up by their group for followup as to public opinion which had been expressed. Mr. Charles Rivers, 1067 -17th Avenue, asked effects of this "poverty" label on community prestige, property values, taxes, _ etc. Lanes A. Wright, 641 Warrington Ave., a representative of the Board on Community Action, felt petitions for seccession of districts from designated areas for aid by this program would be selfish at this point because of the unknown factors now involved, and those which might be denied help should areas be withdrawn. Mrs. George C. Sell, 300 "A" Street, requested details as to authorization for survey taken for the report. Councilman Rosselli advised Human Resources Commission created by the Board of Supervisors in 1963 or 1964, study had been made as authorized which resulted in six areas throughout the County having been designated as "poverty" areas. Rudolph Kopf, 10 Wayne Court, advised as a result of publicity given survey, he had made contacts within his area and had a petition containing 100 signatures protesting inclusion of this area in the poverty program. Paul Tessendorff, 45 Claremont, called attention to the financial status of persons over 65 on a fixed income. Mayor Herkner asked that a Resolution also be considered by the Council reciting fact notice of poverty area designations had not been given cities involved, calling attention to fact one such area in Redwood City contained large portions of uninha- bited salt flats besides area exclusively in industrial use; concern expressed by residents of City as to adverse impact label "poverty area" would have on their property values; protesting arbitrary use of seven year old Census Tracts for basis of statistics for the report, and requesting Board of Supervisors to take such action as may be necessary to amend the County's poverty area report to exclude those areas of Redwood City where the label "poverty area" is unwarranted. Resolution read in full for benefit of those present. Councilman Granger moved to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 5264 RELATING TO THE MENLO PARK - REDWOOD CITY POVERTY PROGRAM, as submitted and read in full, seconded by Council- man Henderson. On question Mr. Riley suggested one correction, that resolution not be forwarded to the County Health and Welfare Department, but direct to the Human Resources Commission. Councilman Bury questioned word "stigma" as being unduly strong emphasis and suggested some modification. Council agreed, and City Attorney rewrote sentence with the word "stigma" deleted and changed "County Health & Welfare Department" to"Human Resources Commission" wherever it appeared in the Resolution. Motion carried unanimously on roll call vote. Councilman Granger moved that the Minutes include the whole of Mayor Herkner's statement regarding Federal Poverty program in Redwood City, and copies be made available to members of press and to all interested, seconded by Councilman Rosselli and carried unanimously on roll call vote. (MINUTE ORDER #67-17)