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CENTER FOR <br />INDEPENDENCE <br />of Individuals with Disabilities <br />Serving San Mateo County <br />October 9 , 2020 <br />The Honorable Mayor Diane Howard and City Council <br />City of Redwood City Via email to coun- <br />cil redwood city.orq <br />Re: Support for initiation of planning for 2300 Broadway/609 Price <br />Dear Mayor Howard and City Council members: <br />On behalf of Center For Independence of Independence of individuals with Disabilities, I urge <br />you to approve the initiation of the planning process for the mixed use project proposed for <br />2300 Broadway and 609 Price Avenue. <br />Center for Independence of Individuals with Disabilities mission is to provide support services, <br />community awareness, and systems change advocacy to promote full and equal community <br />integration and participation for people with disabilities. <br />The 81 new affordable housing apartments, to be developed by Mid -Pen Housing at 609 Price, <br />are urgently needed in Redwood City, particularly by the City's residents with intellectual and <br />developmental disabilities. Redwood City is home to 680 people with intellectual and devel- <br />opmental disabilities who receive services from the Golden Gate Regional Center. 264 of <br />these residents are under 18 and live in families who are struggling financially to remain in <br />Redwood City and to avoid displacement and disruption of their disabled child's special educa- <br />tion program and services. 416 of these individuals are adults with developmental disabilities, <br />most of whom are living at home with aging parents. Many Redwood City adults with devel- <br />opmental disabilities remain at home with aging parents only because of the inability to secure <br />an affordable apartment in their home community where they grew up and have formal and in- <br />formal support networks. <br />SAN MATEO (MAIN OFFICE) SAN BRUNO (BRANCH OFFICE) <br />2001 Winward Way, Suite 103, San Mateo, CA 94404 1590 EI Camino Real, Suite C, San Bruno, CA 94066 <br />Tel: (650)645-1780 Fax: (650)645-1785 TTY: (650)522-9313 Tel: (650)589-8994 Fax: (650) 589-8995 TTY: (650)589-8170 <br />www.cidsanmateo.org <br />