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Housing and Human Concerns Committee
The Housing and Human Concerns Committee was established by City
Council action on December 12, 1977, and reconfigured on January
16, 1995. The Committee is the successor of the Housing Concerns
Committee, created in 1971, but has a wider scope of responsibilities
than the former committee. On January 30, 1995, Council approved
Minute Order 95-025 establishing nine 4-year staggered terms. On
December 16, 1996 Council approved terms commencing June 1 and expiring
May 31 of even numbered years.
The Committee's goal is to advocate the improvement of the quality
of life of Redwood City citizens and to assure that human considerations,
as set forth in the General Plan, are given adequate consideration
in physical and economic decision making. The goal will be achieved
through the collective leadership of the Committee in generating
improved service and appropriate policy in those agencies responsible
for social services. Further impact may be had by encouraging social
responsiveness in legislation, zoning, police powers and recreation
programs.
Areas of Responsibilities
- Monitor changing social needs within the community and make
recommendations for improved, changed and/or new services.
- Promote community awareness of social problems existing within
Redwood City.
- Coordinate human service activities within the community.
- Promote adequate housing for all persons.
- Advocate housing selection by location, type, price, and tenure,
and a free choice of housing for all citizens.
- Monitor and recommend changes, when necessary, in the housing
element and the human services element of the General Plan.
- Develop and recommend community development block grant programs
and strategies.
- Serve as the citizen participation vehicle for the Community
Development Block Grant Program Application Process and Human
Services Financial Assistance Funds Consolidated Plan to assure
citizen input in the determination of use of those funds.
Membership - the Committee shall consist of one
City Council member, one Planning Commissioner and nine voting members
appointed by the City Council. The nine voting members shall be residents and electors of the City who have demonstrated an interest in, and a commitment to, the objectives and purposes of the Committee; provided that no more than two such members may be residents of the unincorporated area of the County of San Mateo within the City’s Planning Sphere of Influence or in the vicinity thereof.
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