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Ponderosa Homes at 6900 Valley Trails Drive <br /> Initial Study and Negative Declaration <br /> 5.2. AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY RESOURCES <br /> Less Than <br /> Significant <br /> Potentially Impact With Less Than <br /> Significant Mitigation Significant No <br /> Issues Impact Incorporated Impact Impact <br /> Would the project: <br /> a) Convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or X <br /> Farmland of Statewide Importance (Farmland), as <br /> shown on the maps prepared pursuant to the <br /> Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program of the <br /> California Resources Agency, to non-agricultural <br /> use? <br /> b) Conflict with existing zoning for agricultural use, or X <br /> a Williamson Act contract? <br /> c) Conflict with existing zoning for, or cause rezoning X <br /> of, forest land (as defined in Public Resources <br /> Code section 12220(g), timberland (as defined in <br /> Public Resources Code section 4526), or <br /> timberland zoned Timberland Production (as <br /> defined by Government Code section 51104(g))? <br /> d) Result in the loss of forest land or conversion of X <br /> forest land to non-forest use? <br /> e) Involve other changes in the existing environment, X <br /> which, due to their location or nature, could result <br /> in conversion of Farmland, to non-agricultural use <br /> or conversion of forest land to non-forest use? <br /> ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING <br /> The project site is located in an urbanized area. The site is currently occupied by a <br /> church, related site improvements and undeveloped area, and is not currently <br /> being used for farmland, agricultural production, or forestry. The California State <br /> Department of Conservation designates the subject property as "Urban and Built- <br /> Up Land."1 <br /> DISCUSSION <br /> a)-e) No agricultural or forestry land is located on the site. The project would not <br /> result in the conversion of any farmland and the subject property is not zoned <br /> for agricultural use and does not have a Williamson contract in place. No loss <br /> 1 California Department of Conservation, "Alameda County Important Farmland 2014." Map <br /> published December 2016. <br /> 13 <br />