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Since 1986, the City's Growth Management Program (GMP) (4) has been revised to include various quality of life indicators which assist the City Council in determining the rate and type of residential development within the City limits. The City regulates the number of housing units which can be approved in each year using a range of between 0 to 650 units annually with an additional 100 units reserved for projects containing 25% or more lower-income units. This range is more than sufficient to meet the city's share of regional housing needs as shown in Table IV-6. As of January 1990, the City had already built 2,394 of its 1995 regional allocation of 3,547 units. The yearly allocation made within that range is based on an assessment of infrastructure (e.g., sewer capacity), municipal services (e.g., police response times), public facilities (e.g. school capacities), employment growth and housing need as evaluated in an annual Growth Management Report (5). Projects are granted growth management approval based on the project's compliance with City policies, such as the provision of lower income housing units and the construction of public facilities. The City distributes Growth Management approvals over time using negotiated agreements for most projects. The Growth Management Program also provides exemptions for lower-income projects and for small projects of five units and less. Negotiated agreements typically divide large projects into yearly phases of 30 to 100 units. Smaller projects of 50 units or less constitute the remainder of the allocations in each year. Since 1986, the City has strengthened its commitment to lower income housing by including a specific setaside as part of the growth management process. Exemptions are granted above and beyond the annual growth allocations for small projects (five units or less) and up to 100 units per year for projects which include 25% or more units affordable to lower income households. This exemption has effectively stimulated the production of lower income housing in Pleasanton, as shown in Table IV-6. Sufficient infrastructure and public facilities have been planned (see Public Facilities Element) to accommodate the projected amount of residential growth through buildout of the Planning Area. Housing Element policies 7, 8, 9, and 12 contain specific objectives for meeting the City's share of regional housing needs for all economic segments of the community through the year 1995 and to buildout of the General Plan using the incentives contained in the Growth Management Program. Type and Density Pleasanton historically has been a City of predominantly single family homes in traditional subdivisions of 3 to 5 units per acre. About 73% of the existing housing stock is single family homes built at low or medium densities of 8 units per acre or less. The IV-3