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GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PLAtdNING AREA The General Plan in its land use and associated elements sets forth a picture of Pleasanton at full development: 76,000 persons living in a diverse mix of resjdential housing types; commercial and industrial development to accommodate the needs of Pleasanton and the region for employment and shopping; parks, schools, churches, and. other public facilities to meet the needs of the residents; and a transportation network to carry the residents efficiently and safely to, from, and within the city. Pleasanton will not reach this level of development overnight, nor even within many years. The growth and development of Pleasanton according to its General Plan will be a long-term process. The manner in which Pleasanton develops year to year over the thirty- odd years of development foreseen by the General Plan is crucial to the well-being of the city. Because of the protracted development period envisioned by the General Plan, Pleasanton requires a unique response to new development in order to ensure development consistent with environmental quality, balanced growth, and fiscal health. The challenge facing Pleasanton is to guide its growth in the period up to fulfillment of the General Plan in a manner which is efficient, environmentally sound, and balances development in such a way as to assist Pleasanton in attaining the status .of a complete community throughout the years of its growth. The following goals shall serve as ideals toward which Pleasanton shall strive as it grows: Goal 1: To achieve and maihtain a balance among land uses as the city .develops. Goal 2: To develop in an efficient, logical, and orderly fashion. Goal 3: To attain and maintain a high standard of environ- mental quality in all development. Balanced Community Growth - Pleasanton lies within an Air Quality Maintenance Area, an area currently violating federal air quality standards. Air quality considerations have necessitated that sewer- age facility expansion be limited; since sewerage facility capacity at present is extremely limited, new development will be constrained by the provision of sewerage facilities. Unregulated growth in Pleasanton would not be likely to bring a balance between residential, commercial, industrial,. and institutional uses. The growth slowdown which has occurred over the last five years has built up a demand for residential dwellings which exceeds the potential supply of sewerage capacity. Commercial and industrial development have been held back also, but the rapidity with which residential development can occur relative to commercial and industrial development presages that in a race for any available sewerage capacity, residential devel- opment would win. The air quality goal requires not only slower growth generally, but requires that the commuter pattern of suburban development which so far has characterized Pleasanton be reversed; this can only occur if industrial and commercial development occurs simultaneously with residential growth. -4-