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Mr. Peter Turner, Attorney representing the Mc~nus property on Hopyard Road behind the Youth Sports Park, stated the City needs housing now and his client is ready to develop, therefore he felt there should not be any delays in con- struction due to lack of RAP allocations. He felt a developer should be able to apply for approval for, in essence, a 4th year approval. Mr. Harvey Kameny, representing Crocker Homes, stated he supports the phasing of projects because of the large costs of front end improvements. He also wished to be able to apply for approval for 1983 this year. Mr. George Oakes, developer, presented a brief background of his development and improvements and the need for total completion of his project. He urged Council to consider the fact that the City needs more housing and needs more per year. Mr. Oakes stated he failed to see the need for RAP. He stated that Council should consider builders who have been in the City a long time and have already made improvements and completed projects. He stated the Residential Allocation Program should be amended to facilitate phasing projects and that 300+_units is unrea!istic since 500+ units would be necessary to yield 2% population growth. Mr. Ted Fairfield, Civil Engineer, stated he felt that the Residential Alloca- tion Program is unnecessary and that the EPA-enforced 2% growth rate be forsaken. He stated the 2% growth rate is not being met, therefore allocations should be increased to a total of approximately 500 per year. He recommended two changes: (1) set specific criteria relative to moderate and/or lower income housing similar to the Planning Commission suggestion and allow projects meeting these criteria to be exempt from RAP; and (2) since many projects are locked into the B-3 priority schedule including multiples, if the total allocation and the percentage of higher density units are increased, it would benefit all. ... Mr. Lynn Atkinson, representing the Chamberlain Group, stated that now is the time to unloose RAP and allocate 500 units this year. He expressed concern re- garding the small number of phased developments to be granted as there is a need for more phased development. He particularly addressed the need for phasing on projects with topographic extremes such as their own project. Mr. Joseph Madden, 3851 Vineyard Avenue, requested there be a broader defini- tion of subsidized housing and that private funding or co-ownership should be included in this category, which would contribute to affordable housing. He felt that lower-income housing should be dispersed and that 50% of a project being lo~er-income was too much. Mr.. George Oakes stated that Council should consider the general economic benefits of increased housing construction, eg. the ramifications of additional jobs, sales, etc., on the local economy. After discussion, it was moved by Councilmember Butler, and seconded by Council- member Wood, that Resolution No. 80-206, allocating a total of 500 units to the Residential Allocation Program for 1981 as follows: Allocation 500 units Extra Allocation for 1980 -20 Lower-income Allocation -48 432 units Single-Family Allocation = 2/3, or 288 units Multiple Allocation = 1/3, or 144 432 units be adopted. 10. 8/12/80