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55 Mr . William Spangle , 104 Berenda. Way , Portola Valley , discussed a survey taken last November throughout the areas proposed to be included in the district . Some 4 , 000 registered voters were asked to respond to the question of what use they thought the foothills should be put , The greater percentage felt it should be retained as open space , In Redwood City , the question as to whether they would vote for or against creation of a regional park district had the response , he said , of 72% for ; 16% against ; and 12% no opinion , from a total representation of some k00 voters . The third question was whether , if such a district crea.ted , they would approve increase in property taxes of $ 8 . 00 per year ( based on a $ 30 , 000 home ) . Mr . Spangle stated in this case the vote in the entire district was 73% yes ; 15% no , with a range from a low of 29% yes votes in East Palo Alto to a high of 97% yes in the Stanford area . In Redwood City , the breakdown was 61% yes ; 26% no . He indicated also that in Redwood City he found a greater reluctance to respond to the survey , and less receptiveness , particularly with respect to increasing the tax rate . It was then decided to exclude Redwood City from the boundaries of the proposed District . He described the areas within the proposed boundaries , and indicated the intention was to include only those areas where there was a preponderance of support noted from the survey . Mr . Brown then described the next step taken , with appearance before the Santa Clara County LAFCO , which approved their right to obtain signatures of registered voters . Next , they intend to appear before the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors for approval , then the plan would be referred back to the Santa Clara County Board , and on approval , could be presented to the voters . Mr . Brown indicated the purpose of the presentation was to try to obtain support by Council of the concept of the proposal . In the discussion , Councilman Keckley noted that in considering the proposal some time earlier , apparently Council had been misinformed , and in general had opposed the plan , since it was thought to include only a small park area above Palo Alto , and therefore they felt the people of Redwood City should not be subjected to tax rate increase to accommodate a park outside the County . However , Council now was aware the plan encompassed the lands all along the Santa. Cruz Range . He felt it was necessary to purchase park. and open space in order to preserve it for the future ; that it was going rapidly and once gone could never be regained . He noted a bond issue carried by the County in 1940 had failed , and the reason for it was the plentiful supply of open space at the time . The values of the land , meanwhile , have increased 2240% since then , and cost to the taxpayer would be greater today . He felt it was important to determine how the people of the community feel about taxing themselves . Councilman Weymouth questioned whether , if City should proceed with the proposal , this tax would be apart from the normal tax rate , and Mr . Brown responded it would be .