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Resolution No. 91-78 of development which increase costs of community services; and (3) agricultural lands have value as open space constituting an important physical, social, aesthetic, and economic asset to existing and pending urban developments. Since the City acquired the right-of-way for Bernal Avenue, the prior use of the site for boarding horses has been discontinued and no grazing use has been made of that portion of the site northerly of Bernal Avenue. The portion of the site southerly of Bernal Avenue is no longer economically viable as grazing land for horses. The site is not prime agricultural land and cannot support agricultural use. The project will add housing consistent with the city's General Plan and will off-set the jobs/housing imbalance which has been projected through rapid commercial/industrial development in north Pleasanton. The grazing use on the Bonde property adds little to the State's existing and future food supply. Development on the site will be contiguous to development on three sides of the site. Lastly, the project will provide permanent open space sufficient to provide the physical, social, and aesthetics assets needed by present and future residents of Pleasanton, as contemplated by the General Plan. Indeed, 60% of the proposed project will remain as significant open space. The ripeness of the Bonde parcel for development in the late 1980's and early 1990's was not known in 1974 and could not have been known at that time. The City's goal of significant commercial/industrial development in north Pleasanton gained momentum with the approval of a number of business parks in 1981 and 1982, particularly the 573 acre Hacienda Business Park in 1982. A significant increase in local employment throughout the mid eighties led to the gradual absorption of previously available residential lands to the point that this parcel is now the next logical residential development. Given the 650 units per year limitation on the number of market rate housing units which can be built pursuant to the Growth Management Ordinance, 6