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PI1-0824(Downtown Hospitality Guidelines),P12-0798(Pleasanton Municipal Code Amendments) Initial Study and Negative Declaration 5.2. AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING The Downtown Specific Plan Area is located in an urbanized area. The Downtown Revitalization District is the primary commercial district Downtown. None of the land in the Downtown Specific Plan Area is zoned Agriculture. According to the Pleasanton General Plan, none of the land in the Downtown Specific Plan Area is Williamson Act Land (which restricts land to agriculture or open space land) and the land area is Developed/Urbanized/ "Urban and Built-Up" land by the California Department of Conservation'. STANDARDS OF SIGNIFICANCE For purposes of this environmental document, an impact is considered significant if the proposed project would: • Convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide Importance to non-agricultural uses; • Conflict with or result in the cancellation of a Williamson Act contract; • Adversely affect agricultural production. Less Than Significant Potentially Impact With Less Than Significant Mitigation Significant No Issues Impact Incorporated Impact Impact Ataricultural and Forest Resources In determining whether impacts to agricultural resources are significant environmental effects, lead agencies may refer to the California Agricultural Land Evaluation and Site Assessment Model (1997) prepared by the California Dept. of Conservation as an optional model to use in assessing impacts on agriculture and farmland. In determining whether impacts to forest resources, including timberland, are significant environmental effects, lead agencies may refer to information compiled by the Califomia Department of Forestry and Fire Protection regarding the state's inventory of forest land, including the Forest and Range Assessment Project and the Forest Legacy Assessment project; and forest carbon measurement methodology provided in Forest Protocols adopted by the California Air Resources Board. Would the project: a) Convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or n [[} El Farmland of Statewide Importance (Farmland), as shown on the maps prepared pursuant to the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program of the California Resources Agency, to non-agricultural use? b) Conflict with existing zoning for agricultural use, or a l l [[] ❑ Williamson Act contract? cl Conflict with existina zonina for, or cause rezonina of. n [] El November 2,2012 17