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Water Supply AvailabiliSy - The Ridgelands area represents a large increase in the area served by Ples~_uton. Water supplies available to Pleasanton, with existing sources and present usage patterns, may not be sufficient to fully serve all planned growth in Pleasanton and other jurisdictions served by the common supplier. As a supplement to the existing General Plan policies, the following policy will apply to the Ridgelands area. Policy P.R.17: Development within the Ridgelands shall be contingent on an adequate, reliable source of water. Water use shall be conserved to the maximum extent feasible, consistent with the intended uses. Alternative water sources shall be sought and used, if feasible, for high water uses, Such as golf courses, and for acceptable non-potable water uses, such as landscaping. _Open Space Buffer Between Communifiea - A major policy goal of the Pleasanton Ridgelands Plan is to maintain the open space gateway through the 1-580 corridor. This furthers existing policy to separate communities by significant open space buffers. However, a small portion of Development Zone abuts Palo Verde Road which, if developed, would not utilize an open space buffer between communities. This area was included in the Development Zone due to its potential for lower cost, higher density housing which outweighs the minimal effect on the separation of Pleasanton from the rural development in the Palo Verde Road/Palomares Road area. Design options are available to accomplish the separation of communities in conjunction with development of this area. Policy P.R.18: Methods other than open space (e.g., greenbelt, landscaped buffer, major roadway, etc.) shall be used as a separation between the Pleasanton Ridgelands development and unincorporated, but urbanized, areas along Palo Verde Road. Roadways - The Pleasanton Ridgelands neighborhood should be linked to Pleasanton in a direct manner to achieve a continuing community of interest and thc practical provision of all but the most localized services. However, the imposing topography and heavily vegetated Pleasanton Ridge make provision of direct access difficult. Roads are often the most obtrusive aspects of ~de development, but they need not be ff they are carefully designed to avoid large cuts and/or fills and to avoid alignments which will be difficult to screen with landscaping. The Pleasanton Ridgelands Plan requires a new, major road linking the upper Sinbad Canyon area to Foothill Road somewhere southerly of Stoneridge Drive and another major road approximately along the present alignment of Cowing Road and intersecting Palo Verde Road southerly of Dublin Canyon Road. These roads will need special attention to achieve a satisfactory blending with their environments. Page 9