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3 4.12 in implementing the Plan . He stated that the Plan before Council was a product of a joint study started in September , 1971 , funded jointly by City of Redwood City and the County of San Mateo , and was an attempt to look broadly at the whole hillside area bounded by Edgewood Road , Woodside town limits and Alameda de las Pulgas . He noted a long history of differ- ences between the unincorporated area and incorporated area , and that in setting up the Steering Committee , having it chaired by a City Council- man (William C . Rhodes ) , many people of the County have a better under- standing of City policies and are better able to work with the City . They understand that the City is not a threat to their standards . Mr . Halsted advised that the Plan document is to presented to the public by means of a supplement to the Redwood City Tribune , and indicated most of the text material was a draft for the newspaper and did not represent the finished study, but it was hoped to draw interest and concern through- out the City and unincorporated area . The process of developing the study involved going to the citizens of the planning area as directly as possible . He noted that the Steering Committee was the body that directed the planning process , made final approvals and set goals , but the actual work was done by citizen committees which were divided into functional commit- tees , and in fact , went beyond that because the committees felt they did not adequately represent the community . They therefore decided last Spring to get into a door- to-door survey of the area . Mr . Halsted advised that the survey was done in the County area , but was not so successful in the City portion of the planning area, where the residents were by and large content with the way the area presently exists , and had fewer problems to be concerned about . Following the survey there was a compilation of goals , which was reviewed by the Steering Committee , and from that the General Plan was prepared over the next few months , attempting to resolve the problems . Mr . Halsted then commented on three maps he had placed on display, the first representing conditions of lots in the area as presently existing , with zoning reflecting past County standards , and the more restrictive City lot size requirements . The second map attempted to show what actually exists in the area now , indicating residential areas , and the fact that there were very few vacant areas . He enumerated some of the non- residential type uses . Mr . Halsted noted that within the County was the area that precipitated the study, and described development as being a checkerboard pattern , with one area developed as a standard subdivision , while others were developed primarily 50 or 6o years ago for use as summer homes , with roads graded to 3/26/73 Reg . Mtg .