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Some existing East Bay communities, such four and five lane freeway access to and as Livermore,have instituted strict growth from the Bay Area. controls on residential development. • The third advantage is economies of Over the next 20 to 25 years, an increasing scale in planning and development. Be- proportion of the housing demand generated cause this community will be master in these East Bay employment nodes will planned as a whole,the cost of common have to be satisifed east of the Altamont area open space or recreational amenities Pass in San Joaquin or Stanislaus Counties. can be spread over many more units than is Bay Area employment growth will result in typically possible in a subdivision develop- demand for 60,000 new homes east of the ment. The project should, therefore, be able Altamont Pass from 1985 to 2010. Faced to offer a better value in terms of an amenity with tremendous residential development package than its competition. The econo- pressure, inadequate infrastructure systems mies of scale are probably even more and concern with high service costs,the important in the sizing and development of cities in these two counties, such as Tracy, infrastructure systems. For example,the Manteca or Ripon, which are within com- sewer or water systems can be planned for muting distance of the Bay Area,have the size of the community; and their cost instituted their own growth control meas- can be spread over the entire community. ures. This is very often not possible for subdivi- sion developments which are incremental This set of circumstances translates into ex- additions to existing communities. tremely strong housing demand for the Mountain House Area. Located on the east The fourth advantage is simply the side of the Altamont Pass at the Alameda availability of large amounts of property. County and San Joaquin County border, the Property at this scale is simply not available project has a number of competitive advan- in locations more convenient to the East tages over other major housing develop- Bay employment nodes. Even if such ments in either Eastern Alameda or Western property were available, the land and San Joaquin Counties: development costs would be considerably higher. • Its first advantage is location. This community is closer to the East Bay em- ployment nodes than any other community in either San Joaquin or Stanislaus Counties. • The second advantage is freeway access. Located where Interstate 280 and Highway 205 merge, this community enjoys Regional Setting 2.5