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4.1 LAND USE AND AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES This section evaluates the environmental impacts of the proposed project on existing land uses and agricultural resources. A description of the existing site characteristics and setting is followed by an analysis focused on the relationship between the project and existing plans and policies,and the relationship with existing on-site and adjacent land uses. Mitigation is recommended to reduce project impacts where feasible. 4.1.1 ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING The approximately 22-acre City of Manteca Wastewater Quality Control Facility(WQCF) and the majority of the proposed wastewater collection system and recycled-water distribution system pipelines would be located within the City's primary urban service boundary(Exhibit 3-3). The portion of the proposed outfall pipeline paralleling the Union Pacific Railroad west of McKinley Avenue would be located outside the primary urban service boundary. Sections of the proposed wastewater collection system sewers would be located outside the primary urban service boundary, including sections of the proposed north Manteca trunk sewer north of Lathrop Road and east of Main Street, and sections of the proposed south Manteca trunk sewer south of Woodward Avenue and along Austin Road. The City of Manteca General Plan 2023 (City general plan) and the City of Manteca Zoning Ordinance (1992)guide land uses within city limits. Land use activities on the WQCF site are guided by the City of Manteca Wastewater Quality Control Facility Master Plan Update(City of Manteca 2007). EXISTING LAND USES WQCF Property The WQCF site is located near the western boundary of the city, approximately 500 feet south of Yosemite Avenue between Airport Way and McKinley Avenue. The WQCF site is located within a larger 210-acre City- owned property that is bounded by Yosemite Avenue to the north, State Route(SR) 120 to the south,Airport Way to the east, and McKinley Avenue and the Union Pacific Railroad to the west(Exhibit 3-2). Existing land uses on the 210-acre property include various wastewater treatment plant facilities on the 22-acre WQCF site (see Section 3.6, "Existing Treatment Programs,Processes, and Facilities,"and Exhibit 3-4 for a detailed description of existing WQCF facilities). Agricultural fields dominate the remainder of the WQCF property where treated effluent from the WQCF is land-applied for irrigation. The WQCF site is surrounded on all sides by agricultural fields. Both the City general plan and City zoning designation for the WQCF property is Public/Quasi-Public(PQP). According to the general plan,this designation provides for government-owned facilities (such as wastewater quality control and related facilities),public and private schools, institutions, civic uses and public utilities, and quasi-public uses such as hospitals and churches(City of Manteca 2003a). In addition, a large portion of the developed portion of the 210-acre WQCF property is designated by the California Department of Conservation Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program(FMMP) as Urban and Built-Up Land,while the remaining lands are designated Farmland of Statewide Importance(Exhibit 4.1-1). Because the 210-acre City-owned property is not under Williamson Act contract,the proposed project would not conflict with a Williamson Act contract (see"Regulatory Setting"below for a discussion of agricultural regulatory standards). WQCF Adjacent Areas Lands surrounding the 210-acre WQCF property are used for agricultural production,residential housing, active recreation, and commercial development. Commercial development is located directly north of the WQCF along Yosemite Avenue, and the"Stadium Center"shopping center is approximately 2,000 feet to the south between Daniels Street and SR 120. A"Big League Dreams"recreational facility is located approximately 600 feet to the Manteca WQCF and Collection System Master Plans EIR EDAW City of Manteca 4.1-1 Land Use and Agricultural Resources