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IN TH~ CITY COUNCIL OF TH~ CITY OF PLEASA~ON COUNTY OF ALAMF~A, STATE OF CALIFORNIA R~0LUTION NO. ~ Calling for the Location of the Southern Alameda County State College in Pleasanton and Recommending a Site Therefor WH~R?~S the Legislature of the State of California has provided for the location of a State College in Southern Alameda County for the purpose of furnishing college level instruction to areas not now adequately served, and WHEREAS the Pleasanton community offers a central location that will eonYeniently and economically serve the whole of Southern Alameda as well as the adjoining areas of Contra Costa and San Joaq~in Counties~ which have large numbers of people who need and require reasonable access to State Col- lege facilities, and WHEREAS the City of Pleasanton proposes the location of the State College on a portion of six hundred acres of land, which in every respect, meets the specifications adopted by the State Department of Education for State College sites, and WHEREAS the site proposed by the City of Pleasanton has additional advantages - some of which are listed below - which are not all available in any other location: l) The site is sufficiently large to provide for the college it- self and for the desirable commercial and residential adjuncts, vital to a balanced State College develo~aent. 2) The entire six hundred acre site is flat and unencumbered by rights-o£-way or buildinEs, and there are no installations in or on the ground that cannot be removed, relocated or eliminated. 3) The proposed Pleasanton sit% being in public ownership and having level topographical characteristics, may be acquired and developed with substantial economic advantages; additional economM may be realized through the joint use of adjacent public land for parking space, sports events, recreational facilities, etc.