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<br />Pleasanton Gateway Environmental Checklist <br /> <br />2. AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES <br /> <br />Environmental Setting <br /> <br />The project site is designated as "Urban and Built-up Land" by the California Department of Conserva- <br />tion2. "Urban and Built-up Land" is occupied by structures with a building density of at least one unit to <br />1.5 acres, or approximately six structures to a ten-acre parcel. Common examples provided by the CDC <br />are residential, industrial, commercial, institutional facilities, cemeteries, airports, golf courses, sanitary <br />landfills, sewage treatment, and water control structures. <br /> <br />Standards of Significance <br /> <br />For purposes of this environmental document, an impact is considered significant if the proposed project <br />would: <br /> <br />· Convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland 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 />(.ess Than <br />Significant <br />Impact <br /> <br />No <br />Impact <br /> <br />Al?:ricuItural Resources <br />In determining whether impacts to agricultural resources are significant environmental effects, lead <br />agencies may refer to the Califhrnia Agricultural Land Evaluation and Site Assessment Model (1997) <br />prepared by the CalifiJrnia Dept. of Conservation as an optional model to use in assessing impacts on <br />agriculture andfarmland. 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 /> Agency, to non-agricultural use? <br />a) 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, D D D [K] <br /> which, due to their location or nature, could result in <br /> conversion of Farmland, to non-agricultural use? <br /> <br />Discussion <br /> <br />a-b) The project site is designated as "Urban and Built-up Land" by the California Department of <br />Conservation, Agriculture Resource impacts are not applicable to this project related to the Cali- <br />fornia Department of Conservation land use designations. Therefore, this would be a no-impact. <br /> <br />Pleasanton Gateway Initial Study <br /> <br />Page 14 of37 <br /> <br />November 8, 2006 <br />