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SR 84:144 Page 3 3. The legal challenge to the City's amendment to the General Plan to allow industrial and commercial development, and 4. The concerns of many residents .regarding City policies to provide housing~ public services and environmental protection in light of recently approved industrial development. B. The Planning Process The updating of a General Plan for a rapidly growing City like Pleasanton is a major undertaking which directly affects and is of interest to many people in the community. Based on previous General Plan reviews in Pleasanton, a 14 month process is proposed which requires input from City Council and Commissions, City staff, property owners, residents and businesses alike. A four phase approach has been developed to guide the co~nnunity from general concepts about community development to specific policies and programs which will provide the basis for planning in Pleasanton for the next 20 years. As important as the final General Plan document, is a planning process which involves all segments of the conununity and builds a concensus, ].ike that achieved by the industrial General. Plan Review, through rigoro~s data analysis, evaluation of alter- natives, discussion of issues and formulation of policy. A series of Councjl, staff and public meetings have been included in the process supported by a full-time consultant. to generate data, answer questions, conduct meetings and. oversee the entire process. The report issued by and the process followed by the Indus~.rial General P.]. an Review Committee provides valuable guidance which can be applied heze. The recommendations contained in their report Logether with policies and information contained in the existing General Pl~n are a useful point of departure for the General Plan update. Also, the Co~mn~ttee's recon-mendation to have sta~ compile all relevar~t data prior to involving the citizenry has been incorporated into th~ schedule of tasks and public meetings over the !4 month period. The Con-~nittee's request for a residential review has been sappjemented to include citizen review of all issues related to the General Plan ]ncluding land use, transp<~rtation, hoasing, environr~ent~i quality and [~he interrelationships among them. Following this process wil] pL-ovide City decjsion.-makers, staff a~d the ge~eral public with an ~nderstanding of how individual_ elements of the General Plan inter~:'e].a~re ar~'.~ the importance of consister~cy throughot~t the ~].a.n~