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4.1 LAND USE AND PLANNING POLICY The prime agricultural land on the site is not now in production, but underlies the oak and riparian woodland. This land would be retained as a nature preserve under the applicant's plan. Land that would be effectively removed from production would be non-prime farmland that is currently used for cattle grazing. This would be a less-than-significant impact. No mitigation measure is necessary. Mitigation t` 4.1-8 No mitigation measure is required or recommended. Impact 4.1-9 Cancellation of a portion of the site under Williamson Act contract could result in the premature loss of an agricultural resource. The decision to cancel Williamson Act contracts will be made by the Board of Supervisors after a public hearing as required by law. In order to approve the cancellation,the Board must find that cancellation is consistent with the purposes of the Williamson Act, or that cancellation is in the public interest. In each case, the Board must make certain subfindings,as specified in the Act. The Board will make its decision based upon all the evidence before it in the cancellation proceedings. The findings ultimately made by the Board must be supported by substantial evidence in the record of those proceedings. In order to cancel the contracts, the Board of Supervisors must make the following findings: (a) The cancellation is consistent with the purposes of the Williamson Act. In order to make this finding the Board shall make the following findings: (1) The cancellation is for land which a Notice of non-Renewal has been served pursuant to Section 51245 of the Government Code; The property owners have not filed for non-renewal of the contract. However, they have filed an application to cancel contracts fore a portion of the project site, containing 336.5 acres (Figure 4.1-4). (2) The cancellation is not likely to result in the removal of adjacent lands from agricultural use; In order to determine the likelihood that cancellation of the project's Williamson Act contracts would r encourage cancellation on adjoining properties, the EIR consultant conducted a survey of adjacent property owners. Questionnaires were sent to seven adjacent owners. Four responses were received. Two of the owners indicated they would not file for non-renewal. One was uncertain and would adopt a "wait and see" attitude. One indicated that he would be encouraged to file for non-renewal. 4.1-18