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member Kephart asked if staff could provide a preview of what the report would say. }~. Brown responded no. Councilmember Kephart mentioned that he felt it was significant that the Council had reviewed a project tonight by a private developer that was very competitive with the cost of Komondorski Village, and that another significant factor was the recent' resignation of one of the Housing Authority Commissioners which he wanted to talk about. He asked Howard Neely to step forward to answer some questions. Councilmember Kephart made reference to a letter from Mr. Neely to Mr. Ed Alves, Chairman of the Housing Authority, and said he thought all of the Councilmembe~had a copy and that the letter raised a number of significant questions. He asked Mr. Neely if he was satisfied that the Komandorski Village replacement proj. ect was cost- conscious and well thought out. Mr. Neely replied that he thought the design was on the elaborate side and that it could use less land. He said he felt more units should have been produced for the available money. Councilmember Kephart asked Mr. Neely if he thought the Housing Authority was overly sensitive to the input of the director and whether that was a consideration for his resignation. Mr. Neely responded that he personally thought the director didn't take the direction of the commissioners.~ Councilmember Kephart asked Mr. Neely if he thought the actions of the Housing Authority regarding the Komandorski project were responsive to Pleasanton's housing needs. Mr. Neely replied that he felt more units on less land was best; that would have left land available for future housing needs. Councilmember'Kephart asked Mr. Neely how minutes of Housing Authority Board meetings were kept. Mr. Neely responded that from notes made by Mr. Parsons or a secretary and that the Board wanted more complete minutes and asked Mr. Parsons to either record meetings or have a secretary present. Councilmember Keph~rt asked Mr. Neely if bills were presented for payment without adequate inform~tion. Mr. Neely said that didnit happen too often but when it did payment was denied until the Board had a review of the bills. Councilmember Kephart said Mr. Neely stated in his letter to Mr. Alves that he thought the project was too big for Mr. Parsons, he asked Mr. Neely to elaborate. Mr. Neely related a specific instance regarding dealing with HUD. Councilmember Kephart asked Mr. Neely if Mr. Parsons ever said that a tenant who had an accidental fire in the unit should be evicted and filed suit on. Mr. Neely said sometimes the Board set up hypothetical situations on problems to get reactions on how to deal with them, sometimes off the cuff answers were given, sometimes the Board gave answers they shouldn't have, and sometimes Mr. Parsons did. Councilmember Kephart asked Mr. Neely if he thought the City had accountability from the Housing Authority. Mr. Neely said he couldn't answer the question. Councilmember Kephart asked Mr. Brown if, as had been stated in a previous staff report, the City could assume the operation of the Housing Authority. Mr. Brown answered by saying that the report did not address the question of whether the City should take over responsibility but was based on the assumption that the de- cision to do so was made. In that case, the City could do the job with the proper amount of time for transition. 16. 12~11~79