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'. . . . I - facilities able to live independently, but in case they do need help they can get daily living services delivered in a social setting instead of a medical setting. He said ARV had several facilities in the Bay Area including the Retirement Inn of Burlingame, - communities in Sunnyvale, San Jose, Campbell, and Fremont. Mr. Collins said 85% of the residents have family within 10 miles of the facility. He said it is a good business that requires a certain compassion and sense of responsibility that is not found in every business. Mr. Collins said, "We always want to have the kind of community that our own families would live in." He said his mother-in-law was in fact a resident of one of their facilities. He thanked the Council for the opportunity to bring their services to Redwood City. Louis Swart, CEO of The Hillsdale Group, said the first two speakers had described the situation accurately. Mayor Howard called upon those people in the audience who had handed in speaker's cards. Peggy Tweedie, Chairperson of the Redwood City Housing and Human Concerns Committee, introduced all the HHCC members in the audience and said the Committee was in support of the proposed in-lieu fees. She said, however, that the Committee wanted Council to direct any proposal for all or part of the $2 million in lieu-fees to the HHCC for its recommendations before it came before the Council for approval. Mrs. Tweedie said that they wanted "the funds to be used for low-income and senior housing units and not given to just any developer." She said they wanted to use those funds to "develop a whole - new housing unit for low income and seniors." Mrs. Tweedie said that the Committee did not support allowing developers to buy-out their obligations for affordable housing. She said the funds could be distributed over several housing opportunities or for one large development. Mayor Howard had the members of the HHCC stand up, and she thanked them for their work on the CDGB and HSFA funding. Mrs. Tweedie introduced Charles Greer, Sue Keely, Hilary Paulsen, John Dempsey, and Kathleen Mahany. In response to Vice Mayor Ruskin's questions, Mrs. Tweedie said the Committee did not want to have the in lieu fees spent on existing housing. She said they hoped to be able to build something similar to the City Center development on Main and Middlefield, to create more housing for low income and seniors. Kathleen Mahany, member of the HHCC, expressed several concerns, including whether there would be an Alzheimer's unit at the Woodside Terrace facility, would there be substantial rent increases for the current residents, and will the City monitor the rate situation at the facility. Mrs. Mahany said that she had called ARV in the Bay Area and was told that none of their facilities had Alzheimer's units. She agreed with Mrs. Tweedie that the in lieu fees could be leveraged to get more funds for housing for low income families and low income seniors. Mrs. Mahany said that economic forecasts predict a two- - tiered economic system with an increase in service jobs which do not pay well enough for REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 56 APRIL 27,1998 MINUTES Page No. 425 PAGE 22