Resolution No. 2688 - East Valley General Plan (i)

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• ii b. Planning Area #2: This area, comprised of the City of Colton and the Grand Terrace area, contains 9,903 acres or 7% of the Study Area. The area in terms of land use is going through a period of transition with large portions still vacant or in agricultural uses. c. Planning Area #3: Planning Area #3 contains 33,068 or 22% of the Study Area. The District includes the City of San Bernardino and the Devore area. The character of the Planning Area today is predominantly urban, excepting the northerly part of San Bernardino, and Devore. This District is the most highly urbanized within the East Valley. d. Planning Area #4: Planning Area #4 contains 14,626 acres or 9% of the Study Area. Composed of the Highland-Del Rosa area, the District today is undergoing a change from agricultural to urban uses. In thepast few years, many acres of agricultural lands, notably citrus groves, have disappeared in the face of the en- croaching urban development from the west. e. Planning Area #5: Planning Area #5, the largest planning district, composed of the City of Redlands, Mentone and Loma Linda areas, contains 37,198 acres or 24% of the Study Area. This area contains the largest concentration of contiguous agricultural uses in the East Valley. Agricultural uses, primarily citrus groves, extend in a wide belt ringing the City of Redlands. Almost 50% of all agricultural land use in the East Valley is concentrated in this Planning District. f. Planning Area #6: This area includes the Yucaipa Valley. Of the 31,480 acres, which is 21% of the total area, only 18% is developed.. Much of this area will remain undeveloped in the foreseeable future because of the terrain characteristics and the present pattern of parceling - narrow frontage; extreme depth. These two factors create difficulties in the further development of the area. 3. POPULATION Southern California has been one of the Nation's leading areas of growth in recent decades and this trend is expected to continue. San Bernardino County, as a part of Southern California, has been in.- creasing at a greater rate than Southern California itself. Population of the East Valley Study Area was 1.59,600 in 1950, repre- senting 57% of the total population of San Bernardino County. By 1965, the Study Area had 47% of the County's total of 307,000 persons. The average annual growth rate between 1950 and 1965 fluctuated be- tween 6.0 and 5.2%. It is expected that population growth in the next 20 years will be at 4/somewhat lower rate, in the vicinity of 3% yearly. - 2 -