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MouNTA1N HousE PRoPosED MAcHADo TENTATivE MAP 4. ENv1RDNMENrAL CHECKLIST <br /> 4.2 AoRIcuLTuRALREsouRcEs <br /> Less Than <br /> y Potential SPIIIEIR Significant <br /> Significant Requires Impact Due New New <br /> Impact Additional to Mitigation Additional Additional <br /> 'r Less Than Adequately Review:No Measures in Impact Not Mitigation <br /> Significant Addressed in Significant Project Addressed in Measures <br /> Issue or No Impact SPmEIR Impact Description SPIIIEIR Required <br /> 2. AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES. <br /> In determining whether impacts to <br /> agricultural resources are significant <br /> environmental effects,lead agencies may <br /> refer to the California Agricultural Land <br /> Evaluation and Site Assessment Model <br /> (1997)prepared by the California Dept <br /> s of Conservation as an optional model to <br /> use in assessing impacts on agriculture <br /> and farmland. Would the project: <br /> a) Convert Prime Farmland,Unique ■ <br /> Farmland,or Farmland of Statewide L1 11 11 11 <br /> Importance(Farmland),as shown on <br /> the maps prepared pursuant to the <br /> Farmland Mapping and Monitoring <br /> Program of the California Resources <br /> Agency,to a non-agricultural use? <br /> b) Conflict with existing zoning for ■ <br /> agricultural use,or a Williamson <br /> Act contract? <br /> c) Involve other changes in the existing ■ <br /> 11 E Llv <br /> environment which,due to their <br /> location or nature,could result in <br /> conversion of Farmland to non- <br /> NOW agricultural use? <br /> SETTING <br /> The east side of the project site has been used for a dairy and cattle grazing since 1950. Dairy <br /> operations ceased in June 2005. The buildings, other structures,and waste ponds that were <br /> `. part of the dairy remain on the site. The remaining two-thirds of the parcel was irrigated hay <br /> crop and pastureland that now lies fallow. <br /> The California Department of Conservation,Office of Land Conservation,and San Joaquin <br /> `r County have designated the soils on the western portion of the site as Prime Farmland, and <br /> i1w the soils on the eastern portion of the site(where the dairy was located)as Farmland of Local <br /> Importance. In the past,the pasture land was irrigated with water from the Byron Bethany <br /> 1111110, Irrigation District's(BBID)Canals 120 and 155,earthen irrigation canals that still exist,but <br /> `r are no longer in use. Since dairy operations have ceased, BBID is no longer delivering <br /> irrigation water to the project site. The land is not in a Williamson Act contract(EDAW, <br /> 411110 2005b,Figure 4.2-2). <br /> 41100 V <br /> SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS IDENTIFIED IN 2005 SPIIIEIR <br /> The SPIIIEIR identified three potentially significant impacts. One involves conversion of <br /> agriculturally zoned land on the Pombo property(located northeast of the Machado property) <br /> 1W <br /> NNW <br /> 4-7 <br /> v <br />