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The General Plan envisions the urbanization of the area within the sphere of influence (excluding the Dublin area) according to the Lard Use Map. Urbanization of adjacent lands is planned to fill out the city, providing industrial and residential development necessary to complete the planned community of 76,000 persons. In order to meet the goals of the other elements of the General Plan, development of unincorporated, neighboring lands must occur as shown on the General Plan D1ap. No area outside the city is served by all the urban ser- vices normally associated with urban development. Without services, especially sewer and water facilities, development in neighboring areas likely would not be able to develop at the planned density. "Rural development" (large lot subdivisions served by private streets, septic tanks, wells, etc.), should it occur, would make the attain- ment of General Plan densities very difficult. Annexations would be difficult if not impossible, development at urban densities would be more expensive and difficult because of the scattered residences, improvement districts would be difficult to create, and in integrated development plan for such areas would be difficult to design. Such city services as streets and parks would be utilized by residents of nearby unincorporated areas, creating a drain on city resources. Should an area within Pleasanton's sphere develop at urbanized densities rather than as "rural development," it would have to provide city ser- vices or contract for them. New urban services would be duplicative of those existing in Pleasanton and would be inefficient, and possibly uneconomical, repetitions of city functions. Pleasanton has planned and installed its capital improvements to accommodate expansion into the neighboring areas shown on the Land Use Map as developing; street" water mains, sewer trunk lines, etc. - all have been sized for eventual extension into the neighboring areas. Municipal expansion within designated spheres is the policy of Alameda County, AEAG, and the State of California and provides the most logical, efficient means of developing unincorporated lands. Orderly development within the sphere under the direction of Pleasanton is essential to ensure the implementation of the General Plan. Policy].0: To plan city facilities and services to accom- modate ultimately the urbanization of those areas within Pleasanton's sphere of influence as shown on the Land Use Map. Policy 11: To promote cooperative planning between the city and county to ensure that all future development in un- incorporated areas is consistent with the Pleasanton General Plan and does not compromise the fulfillment of the ultimate development of the planning area and that urban intensity development be under the control of Pleasanton. -8-