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City of Pleasanton–Spotorno Ranch Reduced Development Project <br />Initial Study/Consistency Checklist Environmental Checklist <br /> <br /> <br />FirstCarbon Solutions 69 <br />https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480021/Consistency Checklist/21480021 Spotorno Ranch Consistency Checklist ScreenCheck.docx <br />Environmental Issues <br />Prior 1998 <br />HVSP FEIR <br />Determination <br />CEQA Section 15183(b) Criteria <br />Effect <br />Peculiar to <br />Project or <br />Site? <br />New <br />Significant <br />Effect? <br />New <br />Significant <br />Off-site, <br />Cumulative <br />Impact? <br />New <br />Information, <br />More Severe <br />Adverse <br />Impact? <br />4.2 Agriculture and Forest 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 <br />Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide <br />Importance (Farmland), as shown on the <br />maps prepared pursuant to the Farmland <br />Mapping and Monitoring Program of the <br />California Resources Agency, to non- <br />agricultural use? <br />Less than <br />significant <br />impact <br />No No No No <br />b) Conflict with existing zoning for <br />agricultural use, or a Williamson Act <br />contract? <br />Less than <br />significant <br />impact <br />No No No No <br />c) Conflict with existing zoning for, or cause <br />rezoning of, forest land (as defined in <br />Public Resources Code Section 12220(g)), <br />timberland (as defined by Public <br />Resources Code Section 4526), or <br />timberland zoned Timberland Production <br />(as defined by Government Code Section <br />51104(g))? <br />Less than <br />significant <br />impact <br />No No No No <br />d) Result in the loss of forest land or <br />conversion of forest land to non-forest <br />use? <br />Less than <br />significant <br />impact <br />No No No No <br />e) Involve other changes in the existing <br />environment which, due to their location <br />or nature, could result in conversion of <br />Farmland, to non-agricultural use or <br />conversion of forest land to non-forest <br />use? <br />Less than <br />significant <br />impact <br />No No No No <br />