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City of Pleasanton–Spotorno Ranch Reduced Development Project Environmental Checklist Initial Study/Consistency Checklist 70 FirstCarbon Solutions https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480021/Consistency Checklist/21480021 Spotorno Ranch Consistency Checklist ScreenCheck.docx a) Conversion of Important Farmland Would the project: Convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or 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? The 1998 HVSP FEIR determined that there is no designated Prime Farmland or Farmland of Statewide Importance within the planning area and development facilitated by the HVSP would not convert Farmland to a non-agricultural use.17 The 1998 HVSP FEIR concluded that impacts would be less than significant. The Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program (FMMP) lists the project site as Grazing Land.18 This condition precludes the potential for new impacts associated with the conversion of farmland to non-agricultural use as Grazing Land is not considered Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide Importance. Therefore, the proposed project would not result in any peculiar effects and would not result in new or more severe impacts related to conversion of farmland to a non-agricultural use beyond what was previously analyzed in the 1998 HVSP FEIR. b) Agricultural Zoning and Williamson Act Contracts Would the project: Conflict with existing zoning for agricultural use, or a Williamson Act contract? The 1998 HVSP FEIR determined that development proposed in the plan would maintain compatibility with existing agricultural uses. The 1998 HVSP FEIR found that the golf course use would reduce the potential for conflicts to agricultural zoning due to topographic and vegetative features that would separate residential development from agricultural uses. In addition, the 1998 HVSP FEIR determined that the low-density nature of proposed residential development would buffer residential activity from agricultural uses. As a result, the HVSP determined that implementation of the plan would not conflict with existing agricultural zoning. The 1998 HVSP FEIR identified one parcel that is under a Williamson Act contract, which is located south of Happy Valley Road, which would not be changed.19 The 1998 HVSP FEIR concluded that impacts to agriculture, which includes conflicts with existing zoning or Williamson Act contract, would be less than significant. The proposed project is zoned Planned Unit Development—Semi-Rural Density Residential (PUD- SRDR); and Planned Unit Development—Agriculture/Open Space (PUD-A/OS) pursuant to the HVSP. The PUD-SRDR designation is intended for rural residential development and the project would develop 22 single-family homes with 22 ADUs in the area designated for PUD-SRDR. Consistent with the HVSP, the area designated for Agriculture/Open Space would not be developed As shown in 17 City of Pleasanton. 1998. Happy Valley Specific Plan, page 23. 18 California Department of Conservation, Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program (FMMP). Alameda County Important Farmland 2016. Accessed June 8, 2020. Website: https://www.conservation.ca.gov/dlrp/fmmp. 19 City of Pleasanton. 1998. Happy Valley Specific Plan, page 23.