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WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, ~IHEREAS, the 1976 General Plan increased by 1,936 acres the land area designated soley for commercial, industrial or office uses (not even including additional lands set aside for sand and gravel harvesting). the 1976 General Plan provides, in pertinent part; "The General Plan still reflects two plus times the industrial land use inventory even optimistically hoped to be utilized during the 20 year development period. Ultimately, however, it is still hoped that Pleasanton can attract this amount of industry. It is realized that i~ this does occur, a certain proDortion of the workers employed by the industry will not be able to live within the planning area." (R.1312) 10. the 1976 Supplement to the General Plan was not intended to have, and did not include, as one of its policies any limitation upon industrial and commercial growth except the limit imposed by the acreage reserved for this use and the densities permitted by the zoning designations; 11. the 1976 Supplement was not intended to have, and did not include, as one of its policies any desired ratio between the number of jobs within the City and the number of workers, as related to commercial and industrial development; and the Growth Management Element of the Pleasanton General Plan was adopted by the City Council on March 6, 1978; and the concerns with regard to growth and the rate of residential development within the City of Pleasanton that were evidenced in the Supplement to the General Plan were also presented in the Growth Management Element; and the Growth Management Element was never intended to tie the desired growth of industrial and commercial development to the number of workers in Pleasanton; and the language in Policy 3 of the Growth Management Element encouraging the establishment of industries within the planning area compatible with the existing and future work force of Pleasanton was -4-