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4.1.3 MITIGATION MEASURES <br /> No mitigation measures are necessary for the following less-than-significant impacts: <br /> 4.1-1: Potential for Division of an Established Community. <br /> 4.1-2: Potential Conflicts with Existing Land Uses in or Adjacent to the Project Area. <br /> The following mitigation measure is recommended for the significant impact of Impact 4.1-3. <br /> Mitigation Measure 4.1-3: Conversion of Important Farmland to Nonagricultural Use. <br /> The City will pay the required City agricultural mitigation fee to help offset the conversion of Important <br /> Farmland. Consistent with Chapter 13.42 of the Manteca Municipal Code, a$2,000 agricultural mitigation fee <br /> will be assessed for every acre of Important Farmland that would be developed as part of the proposed project. A <br /> total of$82,000 ($2,000 multiplied by 41 acres)will be made available to acquire farmland conservation <br /> easements and/or farmland deed restrictions. Consistent with goals of the City's Right to Farm ordinance,this <br /> mitigation measure would reduce the occurrence of conflicts between nonagricultural and agricultural land uses <br /> from development pressure by preserving agricultural lands located within the project vicinity. <br /> Implementation of this mitigation measure would substantially reduce significant impacts associated with the <br /> conversion of approximately 41 acres of Important Farmland on the WQCF site and along pipeline alignments <br /> because funding conservation easements would provide assistance to public and private sectors in protecting other <br /> farmland from the pressures of development. The agricultural mitigation fee would be used to specifically <br /> purchase farmland easements and/or farmland deed restrictions to partially offset project impacts; however, <br /> approximately 41 acres of Important Farmland would still be unavoidably lost. In addition,no new farmland <br /> would be made available, and the productivity of existing farmland would not be improved as a result of this <br /> mitigation measure. Thus, full compensation for losses of Important Farmland would not be achieved.No other <br /> feasible mitigation is available. Impact 4.1-3 (Conversion of Important Farmland to Nonagricultural Use)would <br /> remain significant and unavoidable after mitigation. <br /> 4.1.4 LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE AFTER MITIGATION <br /> While the above mitigation measure would substantially reduce the project's agricultural resource impact,this <br /> measure would not eliminate the project's impact on Important Farmland(Impact 4.1-3)to a less-than-significant <br /> level. Therefore,this impact would remain significant and unavoidable. <br /> EDAW Manteca WQCF and Collection System Master Plans EIR <br /> Land Use and Agricultural Resources 4.1-10 City of Manteca <br />