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4.1 LAND USE AND PLANNING POLICY State Lands Commission The State Lands Commission (SLC) has jurisdiction over nearly four million acres of sovereign lands underlying the state's navigable waterways. These lands are held in trust by the state for the benefit of all California citizens. This legal responsibility includes the use of these lands for habitat preservation, open space, water-dependent recreation, water-borne commerce, protection of fisheries, and public access to the waterways. The public also has the right to navigate and exercise the incidents of navigation over any area covered by water that is capable of being physically navigated. The SLC has notified the County that the Mokelumne River is under the State's jurisdiction. According to the State Subdivision Map Act, no local agency can approve either a tentative or a final subdivision map for a proposed subdivision that is to be fronted upon a public waterway, river or stream which does not provide or have available reasonable public access. Public access is to be by fee or easement from a public highway to that portion of the bank of the river or stream bordering or lying within the proposed subdivision (Section 66478.4). State lands may also inelude jahant Sleugh and T-r-aey Lakes (Saader-s, 199 1). The SLG is in the pr-eeess of 4westigating to what exteftf jaham Slough aftd Tmey Lakes may eeme tinder-Ote State's . The SLC has indicated to the County (Patterson,April 6, 1992) that portions of the project area are subject to sovereign and public trust claims. Particularly,the SLC claims that portions of Jahant Slough and Tracy Lakes are sovereign lands of the state to be held in public trust. As such, these lands must be used for public trust purposes of statewide benefit, which includes, but not limited to, public access to waterways, open space and the protection and preservation of wildlife, including aquatic and other sensitive resources. Any proposed developments located within these waterways, such as the proposed bridge crossing the Mokelumne River, are subject to the SLC's permitting process. ,Any excavation of Tracy Lakes would also involve the SLC as part of the permitting process. Agricultural Characteristics The site has historically been used for cattle grazing. Sudan grass is dry farmed in the lake beds, and a 65-acre grape vineyard located in the southeast corner of the site is leased to the Brovelli family. The remainder of the site is currently used for cattle grazing. Land surrounding the site is currently in agricultural production. Irrigated pasture land lies to the north and east of the site, and vineyards lie to the northeast, east and south. The 1990 Soil Survey by the Soil conservation Service(USDA)identified five different soil types on site, three of which are considered prime agricultural soils. These include: Columbia Fine Sandy Loam (prime),Bruella Sandy Loam (prime),Kimball Loam (prime),San Joaquin Sandy Loam and Xerofluvent (Figure 4.3-1 in Section 4.3, Geology/Soils). Prime soils are generally located adjacent to the Mokelumne River channel and comprise a relatively small portion of the property. The on-site areas 4.1-8