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Analysis Land Use Approximately eleven (11) acres of the 17-acre project site is planted in almond orchards. The remainder of the property consists of a 2,100-square-foot single-family residence, a barn, and uncultivated agricultural land. The property to the east is planted in almond Orchards. The property to the north and west each contain a single-family residence. The property to the south was previously used for a house moving business and is in the process of being vacated. The Environmental Health Department has indicated that there is an existing dairy and two chicken ranches within close proximity to the proposed church facility. Loss of Agricultural Land The church, multi-purpose room, parking lots, and storm detention pond will be located on the western 5.5 acres adjacent to Airport Way. The 5.5-acre area consists of 4 acres of fallow agricultural land and 1.5 acres of almond trees, which will be removed prior to development. The loss of 5.5 acres of agricultural land is considered a significant impact that can be mitigated to less than significant by implementing one or more of the following mitigation measures: 1. By providing water supply for agriculture. 2. By assisting agriculturists in developing restoration and conservation projects. 3. By purchasing and combining smaller parcels to make agriculture more viable. 4. By conducting or funding flood plain restoration projects that benefit agriculture. 5. By developing or funding buffer zones between urban development and agricultural land. � 6. By improving levees to protect agricultural land from flooding. 7. By conducting or funding erosion control projects that benefit agriculture. 8. By clustering development of the 'Project"to support efficient use of agricultural lands. 9. By conducting or providing funding for techniques that increase production by identifying new processes, new techniques, or new crop potential on heretofore limited agricultural production lands(i.e., converting grazing land to vineyards). 10. By conducting or funding programs that identify best agriculture management practices to increase efficiencies, such as land adjacent to wetlands, and potentially bring more agricultural land into production. 11. By conducting or funding Urban Limit Line studies that provide for improvement of geometric shape and compactness of urban development that reduce pressure to prematurely convert agricultural lands. The applicants are proposing to mitigate for the loss of agricultural land by clustering development to an uncultivated portion of the parcel to support efficient use of the remaining agricultural land (#8.). The applicants offer the following explanation for their decision to mitigate by clustering development: San Joaquin County UP-01-91Bodnar Community Development Page 3