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A copy of Ordinance No. 0-91-18 of the County is attached hereto as Exhibit "C" and incorporated herein by this reference. Thereafter on December 5, 1991, the County approved a rezoning pursuant to 19491h zoning unit, CPD 1949") rezoning adjacent property so it could become part of the Project. A copy of Ordinance No. 0-91-989 of the County (PD 1949) is attached hereto as Exhibit "D" and incorporated herein by this reference. Various exhibits to those ordinances reflect the uses permitted on the Subject Property, the density and intensity of use, maximum height and sizes of buildings, other development standards therefor, and the various conditions of approval incorporated into the ordinance. E. On October 7, 1992, t~he Planning Director of the County of Alamecia, designated by the Alameda County Subdivision Ordinance as the Advisory Agency for taking action on subdivision maps, adopted Resolution No. 92-16, conditionally approving Tentative Map 6452; a copy of said Resolution and the conditions of approval are set forth on Exhibit "E" attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. Said conditions include that the developer shall comply with all City of Pleasanton conditions of approval of Tentative Map, Tract 6452, for that portion of the Subject Property which the City intends to annex. The City of Pleasanton conditions, heretofore approved and adopted by the Pleasanton City Council on February 12, 1992, are set forth on the attached Exhibit "F" and are incorporated herein by reference. The development of that pox'don of the Subject Property which the City intends to annex, as proposed by the Developer and as conditionally permitted by PD 1837, PD 1949 and by Exhibits "B', "E" and "F" , is hereinafter also referred to as the "Project." F. The County, City and Partners acknowledge that development and construction of the Project is a large scale undertaking, involving major investments by Partners, with development occurring in phases over several years. Partners are unwilling to incur the required investment in development of and construction of the Project without assurance from the County and City that all phases of the Project can be developed, used and sold in accordance with the approvals granted by the County and City to date. The County and City, in turn, cannot be assured of realizing the benefxts of the Project without granting assurance of continuity of the County's and City's approvals to Partners. G. The County has determined that development and construction of the Project is consistent with the Alameda County General Plan ("General Plan"), as amended. The General Plan was amended by Resolution No. R-91-506, on June 6, 1991. Said Resolution amended the General Plan to designate the Subject Property for uses consistent with those proposed by the Project. The General Plan, as amended, also contains policies to promote agriculture, with emphasis on viiiculture. The Project will provide substantial benefxts and furtherance of the General Plan by, among other things, placing substantial portions of the Subject ProperW, as well as certain off-site properties, in active viticulture use, and by restoring two (2) wineries on the Subject Property which will promote the South Livermore Valley as a rec6gnized wine- growing center. In addition, the Project will generate substantial revenues for the County and City in the form of increased tax revenues and direct contributions for construction of several public improvement and facilities which are needed in part as a result of the Project, but also