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APPENDIX E <br />CITY AND COUNTY GENERAL AND ECONOMIC DATA <br /> <br /> The information which follows in Appendix E is presented as general <br />background data. The 8onds are payable solely from the proceeds of payments <br />upon unpaid assessments and other sources as described herein. The taxing <br />power of the City of Pleasanton, the State of California or any political <br />subdivision thereof is not pledged to the payment of the Bonds. See the <br />section herein entitled "The Bonds". <br /> <br /> The City of Pleasanton ("the City") is located in south central Alameda <br />County ("the County"), approximately 40 miles east of San Francisco and 25 <br />miles east of Oakland. The City covers approximately 13 square miles in an <br />area known as the Amador Valley. The intersection of Interstate Highway 580 <br />and 680 forms the northern boundary of the City. <br /> <br /> The City's elevation is approximately 335 feet above sea level. The mean <br />temperatures for January and July are 47.6 degrees Fahrenheit and 70.6 degrees <br /> P <br />Fahrenheit respectively. Rainfall averages 17.35 inches per year. reva~ling <br />winds are westerly with a mean speed of 4 miles per hour. <br /> <br /> Pleasanton is primarily a residential, commercial and research center with <br />some manufacturing. However, the City is interested in expanding its <br />industrial base, and considerable commercial/industrial development is planned <br />for the area for the next several years. <br /> <br /> Pleasanton was incorporated June 18, 1894 and is a general law city with a <br />council-manager form of government. A five-member City Council appoints a <br />City Manager who administers daily affairs under the policy guidance of the <br />Council. <br /> <br />Population <br /> <br /> Table E-l presents City and County population data since 1940. The period <br />of 1940 to 1980 was marked by substantial population increases in both the <br />City and County. Population growth has been less pronounced in the City since <br />1981. However, it is expected that the commercial and industrial development <br />which is planned for Pleasanton will cause an influx of new residents to <br />relocate to the area over the next fifteen years. <br /> <br /> In the 1980 Federal Census the median age of City residents was 30 years, <br />compared with a County median of 30.7 years. There were 3.1 persons per <br />household compared with a County figure of 2.53 persons per household. <br /> <br />E-1 <br /> <br /> <br />