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Draft 2.0 Land Use Element <br />As of X99-X2005, Pleasanton contained about AAA 4,100 businesses2 (excluding home occupations) <br />which together employed about 21~ 58,110 full= and part=time workers.} Approximately 21 percent <br />of these workers lived in Pleasanton, another 29 percent lived elsewhere in the Tri-Valley, and the <br />remaining 50 percent commuted from the greater outlying area. The location of people's place of <br />work compared with their place of residence plays a crucial role in traffic patterns, commuting time, <br />energy consumption, noise, and air pollution. <br />Community Facilities <br />' Numerous and varied community <br />facilities and programs characterize Pleasanton. Almost every neighborhood features a school and a <br />park within walking distance of its residents. In addition, Pleasanton offers several large ublic <br />facilities which serve the entire community such as the County Fairgrounds, Pleasanton Sports Park, <br />Century House, Senior Center, xr~d-the Civic Center, and Amador Theater (located at Amador Valley <br />High Schooll. Many neighborhood and community-wide facilities serve multiple functions in meeting <br />recreational, social, and cultural needs. The City also partners with the Pleasanton Unified School <br />District to jointly develop and improve facilities on school property such as gymnasiums and tennis <br />courts, for the benefit of the whole community. Meeting rooms are available at City Hall, the library. <br />the Senior Center, schools, and hotels; recreational activities take place in school playgrounds and <br />gymnasiums; educational and social programs are offered at religious facilitiesel~rrel3es and City <br />buildings. Year around. Tthe Pleasanton Department of Parks and Community Services sponsors <br />recreational, educational, human_service, and cultural programs in these-its facilities for-~ <br />e~ thousands of residents to eniov.~nd. <br />. , <br />See the Public Facilities and Community Programs Element for additional information, including <br />Table 6-3 and Figure 6-3, regaarding existing l~liecommunity facilities and plat3sprograms-€er--tl3e <br />€t~tre. <br />z City of Pleasanton, Business License Division month~~anuar~2007. <br />s 1lssociation of Bay ~1tea Governments (~1B~1G~ ABAG Prn~ectionr 2007. <br />LU element 082107 redline 2-5 <br />