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<br />Meadowlark Development - Austin Property - Environmental Checklist <br /> <br />· Convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Fannland of Statewide Importance to non- <br />agricultural uses; <br />· Conflict with or result in the cancellation of a Williamson Act contract; <br />. Adversely affect agricultural production. <br /> <br />Issues <br /> <br />Potentially <br />Significant <br />Impact <br /> <br />Less Than <br />Significant <br />With Mitigation <br />Incorporated <br /> <br />Less Than <br />Significant <br />Impact <br /> <br />No <br />Impact <br /> <br />Al!:ricultural 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 (J 997) <br />prepared by the California Dept. of Conservation as an optional model to use in assessing impacts on <br />agriculture and farmland Would the project: <br /> <br />a) Convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farm- 0 0 0 ~ <br /> land of Statewide Importance (Farmland), as shown on <br /> the maps prepared pursuant to the Farmland Mapping <br /> and Monitoring Program of the California Resources <br /> Agcncy, to non-agricultural use? <br />b) Conflict with existing zoning for agricultural use, or a 0 0 0 [K] <br /> Williamson Act contract? <br />c) Involve other changes in the eXlstmg environment, 0 0 [K] 0 <br /> which, due to their location or naturc, could result in <br /> conversion of Farmland, to non-agricultural use? <br />Discussion <br /> <br />a) The subject property is classified "Urban and Built-up Land" by the California Department of <br />Conservation, Agriculture Resource impacts are not applicable to this projcct related to the Cali- <br />fornia Department of Conservation land use designations3, Therefore, this will be a no-impact. <br /> <br />b-c) The proposed project is a 30-acre property with 8-acres proposed to be developed and the remain <br />22 acres set and dedicated to the City of Pleasanton as permanent open space, This remaining <br />22-acre area will continue to grazed; thcrefore, the majority of the site will bc, as utilized, un- <br />changed, Therefore, this will be a less-than-significant-impact, <br /> <br />3. AIR QUALITY <br /> <br />Environmental Setting <br /> <br />The Bay Area has remained one of the cleanest of the five major urban California air basins in recent <br />years, however, thcre are still several days annually when air pollution exceeds the federal and state air <br />quality standards, These standards, set at different conccntrations for each of the major air pollutants <br />have been developed to protect public health. <br /> <br />POP A-ll/PUD-58/PTR-7813 <br /> <br />Page 130136 <br /> <br />July 19,2006 <br />