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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO. 91-90 RESOLUTION LIMITING URBAN GROWTH TO CITIES WHEREAS, cities are best suited to provide desired services and infrastructure to new development in California, being the local government of general powers closest to the people; and WHEREAS, statewide goals have been adopted to foster orderly, compact urban growth, to foster cost-efficient provision of urban services and infrastructure, and to prevent the negative environmental effects of urban sprawl; and WHEREAS, the Knox-Cortese Local Government Act specifically establishes city spheres-of-influence as a means of furthering these statewide goals by providing for the logical and orderly extension of municipal services; and WHEREAS, development in unincorporated counties has resulted in inefficient and duplicative urban services and infrastructure; and WHEREAS, disenchantment with county response to local land use and service delivery needs has led to incorporation of county-approved development, often as a means to correct poorly planned development; and WHEREAS, future development within cities can best avoid the problems of urban sprawl while delivering the most cost- efficient and responsive services and other infrastructure to new residents and businesses in the State. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: That the City of Pleasanton supports the policy position that all urban development take place within cities and that no urban development take place within unincorporated county territory. Section 2: That the City Manager be directed to send this resolution to the League of California Cities for its consideration to adopt as the policy of the League, and attempt to secure such modification to state law so as to preclude future urban development within unincorporated areas.