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Earthmetrics Report - page 2 Ai:)oendix A contains the Index for Assessor's Book of Maps 237 and specific Assessor's Maps (pages) for the areas of direct concern: The Traina Bros parcel is identified as APN 237-54-11, containing only 24.06 net acres, after allowance for the two existing one -acre residential lots (parcels 9 and 10). In the aggregate, the three parcels are 26.06 acres in size, the approximate size given for the the amendment area in the County's Request for Proposal. Tre study area is roughly equivalent to the land areas contained on pages 52 through 55 of Assessor's Map Book. 237. Examination of maps reveal the existence of 45 small residential and corn:mercial lots, ranging from 0.2 to 294 acres in size, in addition to rights of way for the Union Pacific Railroad Company and for a B.ar.;a Carbona Irrigation District Tne "r-mainder of this report describes agriculture in San Joaquin County, agric_,iture in the Vaipico area, the Traina Bros. parcel and the study area, and evaluates the consequence of the ultimate conversion of both the small (subject property) and larger (study area) tracts to future use as vara' re.1oennal norresites. Agriculture in San Joaquin County Agriculture is a significant economic sector of the San Joaquin County economy In 1985, the value of agricultural production in San Joaquin County was nearly $700 million, accounting for nearly 5 percent of the States agricultural output and making it the 9th leading agricultural county in California [California Department of Food and Agriculture, 1986;. ICs agricultural sector is diversified among commodities that flourish, with careful husbandry, on the county's rich endowment of prime, productive delta and alluvial soils. Commodity -wise, San Joaquin County is among the State's leading counties in the production of asparagus, onions, fresh and processing tomatoes, almonds, apples, apricots, table and wine grapes, walnuts, dry beans, corn, oats, safflower, sugar beets, eggs, and hogs and pigs. For the major orchard crops planted in the Valpico area - apricots and walnuts - San Joaquin County ranks as the 2nd largest 13.3-4