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Item No. 1 (continued) M /S: Biagi /Mosher that the public hearing be continued until February 28, 1983 and that in the interim the following be done: 1) that a copy of the report and recommendations of the GID No. 1 -64 Advisory Committee of January 4, 1983 be sent to each property owner in the District; 2) that backup figures for the recommendations contained in the Advisory Committee report be obtained and distributed to Council and staff; and 3) that additional information on the advisory vote be provided by staff. ADDITION TO MOTION: At the suggestion of City Attorney Schricker, Councilman Biagi, with the consent of his second, added: 4) that the Director of Public Works be asked for cost estimates also with regard to the recommendation of the Advisory Committee. The motion with the addition carried on the following roll call vote: Ayes: Councilmen Biagi, Bury, Claire and Mosher Noes: Vice Mayor Britschgi, Councilman Rhodes and Mayor Stangel MINUTE ORDER NO. 83 -12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- REPORTS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS 2. Housing and Human Concerns Committee presentation of report of Midpeninsula Citizens for Fair Housing re housing discrimination (702 -02) Report of City Manager and Planning Director 12/16/83 Planning Director Schroeter replied to questions concerning the basis for selection of blacks rather than hispanics as the subject for a discrimination audit in Redwood City; the use of Community Development Block Grant funds for the study and to carry out recommendations approved by Council; and the manner in which the audit is made. Marcia Fein, Fair Housing Coordinator, Midpeninsula Citizens for Fair Housing (MCFH), reported she had designed and conducted the audit and described it, stating it was her decision to commence Phase I with a black /white audit and that a proposal has been drafted for a hispanic/ white audit as Phase II. Discussion followed and Ms. Fein commented and replied to questions relating to the Committee recommendations; the need for affordable housing; the source of housing vacancies included in the audit; and the proposed use of city attorney services. City Attorney Schricker stated that he would want to have a specific assignment approved by Council before proceeding. M /S: Mosher /Bury to accept the recommendations contained in the report of the Midpeninsula Citizens for Fair Housing Audit transmitted by the Housing and Human Concerns Committee in their report of December 16, 1982. Reg.Mtg. 1/24/83 Page 5 MINUTE BOOK NO. 44 Page No. 50