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P13-2458, Downtown Revitalization District In-Lieu Parking Fee Environmental Checklist regional, or state habitat conservation plan? _ Discussion a.-f. No physical changes, such as construction or tree removal, are proposed as part of this PMC amendment. The Pleasanton General Plan EIR required no mitigation/improvement measures for biological impacts and deemed all biological impacts without mitigation as being less than significant. The Pleasanton Housing Element and Climate Action Plan (CAP) EIRs do include several mitigations for construction and demolition related to biological impacts on potential development sites. These mitigations will be implemented as required for projects which involve construction or demolition. No construction or demolition is proposed as part of this amendment. The PMC amendment is not anticipated to create any new or additional impacts which have not already been studied in the Pleasanton General Plan, Housing Element, CAP and Downtown Specific Plan EIRs. Therefore, these would be less than significant impact. 5.3 AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES Environmental Setting The Downtown Specific Plan Area is located in an urbanized area and 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 uses) and the land area is designated as 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; or, • Adversely affect agricultural production. Agricultural 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 23