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In 1994, the Alameda County Boazd of Supervisors adopted its East County Area Plan. That plan is a portion of the Alameda County General Plan, and, along with other plan elements and documents, establishes land use policies for the eastern portion of the County, including the property. The protracted plarning process with the City of Pleasanton, together with Alameda County's adoption of the East County Area Pars prompted [he City and County of San Francisco to enter into a planning process with [he County of Alameda. San Francisco filed an application for development of the property, including adoption of a specific plan, with the County in September of 1994. The Drafr Specific Plan and the Draft EIR on the Specific Plan were published in March 1995. During that same period, the City of Pleasanton irtitiated apre-zoning of the site and prepared a llraft EIR for pre-zoning and annexation of the SFWD site, the Pleasanton Middle School and [he ACTG. The Draft EIR was published in March of 1995. The Cooperative Plan Agreement In September 1995, the County of Alameda, the City of Pleasanton, and the City and County of San Francisco agreed to "temporarily defer their independent itritiatives for the property in order to review the County Draft Specific Plan and attempt to draft refinements to this plan that a6 of the parties can agree to." A "Committee of llecision-Makers" was formed, comprised of two members each of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, [he Pleasanton City Council, and the San Francisco Public Otility Commission, to guide this process. An intensive four month effort followed, resulting in a land development program intended [o reflect a reasonable balance of complex regional and local public interests, as well as the economic objectives and limitations of the respective public agencies. This land development program is referred to as the Cooperative Plan. The thtee parties then affirmed their intent to use best efforts to achieve the following: - ~ --- - -,- '.-,...-::......ii~c!! would agree to allow the property to be annexed [o and developed within the City of Pleasanton, provided [hat Pleasanton approves a land use program consistent with the Cooperative Plan and permits an economically viable project, -~~~-••- - -' -..-:..~..~:_;i~ci~wouldcommittoreviseitsapplicationpending before Alameda County to reflect the modifications achieved through [he cooperative planning process, Alameda County would agree to process and take action on the project based on the mutually acceptable plan, and I-8