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CITY OF PLEASANTON MEASURE MEASURE F:Shull the Pica.anUro Cienerd! Plan he amended by adopting the YES 'Piety rnton Ridgelands Area Plan' which authorize; Pleasanton to coordinate land u,c planning of the Plan Area with Ililvw'ind rind Alameda County'. NO FULL TEXT OF MEASURE F THE PLEASANTON RIDGELANDS AREA PLAN INITIATIVE The People of the City of Pleasanton do hereby ordain as follows. Section 1. Declaration at Purpose the purpose of this measure is to: 1 A Preserve the remaining agricultural opan space of the Ridgetands: B. Enhance Me values of open space and park uses In Inc Ridgelands:and C. Atrncriae the entering into an agreement to coordinate the policies u1 Hayward. Pleasanton and Alameda County so that Me purposes of this measure can be acccmplisned. Section 2. Findings A. The Ridgelands Area covered by this measure includes approximately 13.000 acres generatiy bounded by 1.580. Palomares Road, odes Canyon Road,and the 670 loot Residentrat'Open Space boundary along Footnill Road in the Pleasanton General Plan excluding the existing communities of Sunol,Kilkare Canyon. and Castlewood.and as shown on Ice attacheo Exhibit"A."Part 01 the Ridgelands Area is within Hayward.part is within Pleasanton and the remainder is unincorporated area of trio County. B. The Rrdgelands Area is largely comprised of steeply sloping, heavily forested land,which now is primarily pasture open space and which otters opportunities for high value active and passive open space use. both park and quasi-public.Significant development of the Ridgelands Area and the necessary infrastructure to servo such development would impact the views of the Ridge-lanes Area,be an expensive and inefficient use o1 public resources,occur in potentially unstable.sloping areas which are relatively difficult for emergency services to reach,impair areas of important continuous native habitat.rrrc uding riparian corridors,thereby narming the wildlife that relies on these areas for its survival as well-as reducing the diversity of species,and decrease,it rut eliminate,the economic viability of agricultural areas in the Ridgetands Area. C. Hayward, Pleasanton and the County each has land use and development policies which are applicable to the Ridgelands Area but each of which vary in many respects.Hayward.Pleasanton and the County have long recognized the Ridgelands Area as a valuable natural resource and a regional asset and recognize Prat protection of this resource will require the cooperation of each other. O. This cooperative effort has produced a consensus of objectives and polices for the Ridgelands Area which will ensure the preservation of permanent open space.recognize existing development and the potential for witted future development.and provide for improved access to public parklands, E. Hayward and ire County nave approved a Memorandum of Understanding wilt Pleasanton which requires Hayward and the County to use their best efforts to adopt into their General Pian goals and policies for the Ridgelands Area which are acceptable to Pleasan:on.Hayward has approved an amendment to hs General Plan which Incorporates goals and policies for the Ridgelands Area which are acceptable to the Pleasanton City Council. - PLIA•43 PLM-44