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Environmental Checklist and City of Pleasanton–10x Genomics Project <br />Environmental Evaluation Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration <br /> <br /> <br />24 FirstCarbon Solutions <br />Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480024/ISMND/wp/21480024 10x Genomics Project Full Screencheck ISMND.docx <br />Environmental Issues <br />Potentially <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />Less than <br />Significant <br />Impact with <br />Mitigation <br />Incorporated <br />Less than <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />No <br />Impact <br />2.2 Agriculture and Forestry Resources <br />In determining whether impacts to agricultural resources are significant environmental effects, lead <br />agencies may refer to the California Agricultural Land Evaluation and Site Assessment Model (1997) <br />prepared by the California Dept. of Conservation as an optional model to use in assessing impacts on <br />agriculture and farmland. In determining whether impacts to forest resources, including timberland, are <br />significant environmental effects, lead agencies may refer to information compiled by the California <br />Department of Forestry and Fire Protection regarding the State’s inventory of forest land, including the <br />Forest and Range Assessment Project and the Forest Legacy Assessment project; and forest carbon <br />measurement methodology provided in Forest Protocols adopted by the California Air Resources Board. <br />Would the project: <br />a) Convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or <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 use? <br /> <br />b) Conflict with existing zoning for agricultural use, or <br />a Williamson Act contract? <br /> <br />c) Conflict with existing zoning for, or cause rezoning <br />of, forest land (as defined in Public Resources Code <br />Section 12220(g)), timberland (as defined by Public <br />Resources Code Section 4526), or timberland <br />zoned Timberland Production (as defined by <br />Government Code Section 51104(g))? <br /> <br />d) Result in the loss of forest land or conversion of <br />forest land to non-forest use? <br /> <br />e) Involve other changes in the existing environment <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 /> <br /> <br />Environmental Evaluation <br />Setting <br />The project site has been previously developed and is in an urbanized area. The project site is not <br />used for agricultural or forest purposes, nor are there any agricultural or forest uses in the <br />surrounding area. There are no Williamson Act lands within or near the project site. <br />Would the project: <br />a) Convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide Importance (Farmland), as <br />shown on the maps prepared pursuant to the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program of the <br />California Resources Agency, to non-agricultural use?