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Resolution No. 91-78 Although other potentially developable parcels exist, for a variety of reasons these lands are not available for development. For example, in the Happy Valley area in south Pleasanton, there are a number of properties, owned by separate owners, which could be considered for development. The City, however, has routinely rejected proposals by property owners in that area for annexation and development, due to the opposition of the Happy Valley area residents. As a result, noncontracted lands, such as Happy Valley, are neither available nor suitable for annexation and development at this time, in preference to the Bonde Ranch property. B. Development of the contracted land would provide more contiguous patterns of urban development than development of proximate noncontracted land. Pleasanton is 100% developed contiguous to the Bonde Ranch property on the west and southwest (Ventana Hills and the Diamond Collection), to the east (Kottinger Ranch) and to the north (Pleasanton Heights). Located to the south is the undeveloped Lund Ranch property, which currently is utilized for grazing and other open space uses. If the Lund Ranch were to develop first, it would result in noncontiguous development of the Bonde Ranch property, totalling some 104~ acres, which would be contrary to an otherwise orderly pattern of development. 14. Cancellation of the Williamson Act for the Bonde Ranch property is in the public interest based on each of the following findings: A. That other public concerns substantially outweigh the objectives of the Williamson Act. The relative objectives of the Williamson Act are, in summary, as follows: (1) preservation of limited agricultural land to maintain the agricultural economy of the state and adequate food for the future; (2) discouragement of premature and unnecessary conversion of agricultural land to urban uses benefits urban dwellers as it discourages discontinuous patterns 5