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The proposed development is part of the solution to these needs. At build out, this project will provide 47 custom type houses on estate lots. Over half the property, however, will remain in open space. 1. There is no other proximate, noncontracted land within the Pleasanton vicinity that is available and suitable for the housing and open space mix that is proposed. For example, the uses proposed for the Laguna Oaks project and the Presley Homes (Laurel Creek) project can be distinguished from the uses proposed for the Garms property. Laguna Oaks, in particular, has received PUD approval from the City which proposes an average density for the entire property significantly greater than the average density for the Garms parcel. The Presley Homes project, while utilizing large lots, is proposing a PUD with production (tract type) houses rather than the custom houses contemplated by the Garms project. 2. Other developments in the Pleasanton vicinity which potentially could provide the housing/open space mix to be provided by this development are either significantly further along, or further behind, in the development process, or are significantly different project types. For example, the only remaining large lot subdivision on the east side of Pleasanton is the Pleasanton Estates project which is substantially ahead of the Garms property in the development sequence. This property is currently zoned PUD medium density residential and the 42 lots on the fifteen acre parcel are substantially built out. In contrast, the Garms property is at an early stage in the multiyear development approval sequence. The Garms property has only recently (1988) completed annexation proceedings. Next, a PUD development plan must be approved by the City. Only then can growth management approval, which authorizes subdivision and custom home construction, be obtained. Typically the terms of growth management approval stagger buildout of the project over several years. Other projects which are substantially ahead of the Garms property in the development approval sequence and thus not suitable and available are Kottinger Ranch, Ventana Hills, and Golden Eagle Farms. There are two "flatland" properties now subject to specific plan studies - the Chu property and the City and County of San Francisco lands. These properties vary from the Garms property in that their flat topography and their location adjacent to several major arterial streets makes their development at tract housing densities more appropriate, as reflected by the density designations on the general plan. 4