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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 applicant needs to propose mitigation measures to the Community Development Department before the Planning Commission can hear this item. HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN The Natural Diversity Database includes records for the Burrowing Owl (Athene Cunicularia) in the project vicinity. The applicant may choose one of two methods to reduce potential impacts to the Burrowing Owl (listed by the Department of Fish & Game as being a "Species of Special Concern"), to a less than significant level. The first method includes participation on the San Joaquin Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan (SJMHCP) by paying a pre-determined fee to the San Joaquin Council of Governments. The second method includes working with the Department of Fish and Game to provide mitigation measures equal to the SJMHCP. The applicant needs to choose a mitigation measure and provide the decision to the Community Development Department before the Planning Commission can hear this item. FARMING AGREEMENT The applicant is proposing to have 50 beds available for Phase I of the project. In order to comply with the Development Title requirements for a Group Care-Farm Related use type, a minimum of 80-acres must be farmed for Phase 1. The applicant needs to provide a proposed agreement between the two property owners involved in the project that indicates how the 100-acre parcel of farmland is associated with the adjacent 40- acre parcel, where construction is proposed. The agreement should identify the type of services that will be conducted on the 100-acre parcel, and the length of time that the agreement is valid. This agreement is required to satisfy the density requirements of the Group Care-Farm Related use type. This information needs to be provided to the Community Development Department before the Planning Commission can hear this item. PHASING The applicant will be required to obtain building permits for Phase I within eighteen (18) months from the date of approval. The applicant proposes to obtain building permits for Phase II within two (2) years from the date of approval. The applicant may request 4