RES 85588 - Laserfiche WebLink

GP-84-1 PROPOSED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FINDINGS Potential Adverse Significant Effects LAND USE Significant Effect: Extension of Stoneridge Drive will result in loss of prime agricultural soils to urban uses. Finding: Loss of prime agricultural soils to urban uses is unmitigatible. Fact: Roads and agricultural uses cannot coexist. Finding: Interim agricultural use may continue until the area is ripe for development. Fact: Affected area is currently used for agriculture. City's policies avoid leapfrog development which could prematurely render agricultural use infeasible. Significant Effect: Extension of Stoneridge Drive will result in loss of sand and gravel harvesting resources. Finding: The loss is minimal in light of the total remaining acreage devoted to this use and due to establishment of additional quarry operations at other sites. Fact: There are approximately 3,100 acres devoted to sand and gravel harvesting in the planning area and other quarry sites have been approved to serve the needs of the regional market. Finding: Alternative alignments to avoid the sand and gravel area are infeasible due to difficulties in aligning with Livermore's West Las Positas Boulevard, a project goal, and cost of bridge structures. Fact: A slanting, six lane bridge structure over the Arroyo Mocho is more expensive than alternative alignments' arroyo crossings. Fact: Livermore's West Las Positas alignment will likely be located in the Rhodes-Jamieson - R. C. Johnson boundary area, aligning with a Stoneridge alignment south of the Arroyo Mocho. Finding: The potential effect is minimized by aligning the Stoneridge extension along the Arroyo Mocho's southern boundary. Fact: The above alignment minimizes land lost to street or other uses and uses easements area containing utilities which cannot be mined in any event.