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Analysis Background On November 22, 2005, the Board of Supervisors approved the Specific Plan III project, consisting of a General Plan Amendment, a Master Plan Amendment, the Specific Plan I I I document, a Development Title Amendment, Development Agreements,a Williamson Act Contract Cancellation, and three Major Subdivision Applications. Included in that approval was the approval of Tentative Map Tract 3479 (PA-0500144),a 119-acre parcel north of Grant Line Road and east of Prosperity Street that would be subdivided into a 347 single family Residential Medium Density(R-M)lots, two Residential Medium-High Density(R-MH)lots, industrial lots, and an open space corridor(i.e., linear park). The two R-MH parcels would, as part of a future Major Subdivision Application, be developed as a 130 unit multi-family project. The proposed Major Subdivision Application (PA-0600641)represents a reconfiguration of the central portion of Tract 3479 with respect to the R-M and R-MH areas, and also provides for the development of the R-MH areas. As noted in the preceding section under Project Description, the expected number of R-MH units and R-M units affected by this reconfiguration would remain unchanged. Finally, it should be noted that the area of Tract 3479 (including the area of the proposed residential development)was under a Williamson Act contract. In order to develop the subject property, cancellation of the contract was required. On November 22, 2005, the Board of Supervisors approved a Tentative Williamson Act Contract Cancellation, requiring that certain conditions and contingencies be met before approving a Final Williamson Act Contract Cancellation. On June 5, 2007, the Board of Supervisors approved the Final Williamson Act Contract Cancellation. Analysis The project was reviewed for consistency with the General Plan, Mountain House Master Plan, Specific Plan 111, the Mountain House Public Financing Plan, and other community plans. The project was found to be consistent with these plans. As part of this consistency review, the following matters were reviewed: 1) housing diversity and affordability; 2)lot and structure standards; 3)fire access road requirements; 4) police services; 5) the Development Agreement for the proposed residential development; 6)and Public Land Equity Program (PLEP)obligations. Each of these is discussed below. Housinq Diversity and Affordability. One of the primary objectives of the Master Plan is to ensure that homes are available and affordable to employees working in Mountain House (Master Plan Objective 3.9.3 (a)). This objective is supported by policies requiring a mix of residential housing types, the availability of affordable housing for households at every income level, and reliance on market forces to determine the number,rents, and sales prices of dwelling units within the community(Master Plan Section 3.4.1, Policy(e); Section 2.5, Goal (a)and Objective (d); and Section 3.9.3 Policies (a) and (d)). The project would help meet the above objective and policies. As noted in the section under' Project Description", the proposed residential development would consist of 229 homes that would be built in a variety of architectural styles and orientations. The homes would range in size 23