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ZONING EXISTING: The entire site is currently zoned R-1, Single Family District. IMPACTS: The proposal would require a rezoning of 76.3 acres from R-1 to R-2. MITIGATION: Rezoning the 76.3 acres from R-1 to R-2 would mitigate zoning conflicts. The development proposed for the R-2 area would be as compatible with adjacent uses as would be permitted by the current R-1 zoning. LAND USE EXISTING: The present use of the site is for agriculture, or more specifically, oat hay production. Adjacent uses north of the site are agricultural and light industrial . To the south and to the west is the Van Buskirk Municipal Golf Course. East and adjacent to the site the land is vacant, but appears to have been used for agriculture recently. Further toward the east are single family residences, a public Housing Authority duplex development, John Marshall Junior High School , and Taylor Elementary School . According to the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) , soils at the site are rated as prime agricultural land and are ". . .among the best soils in the county. On the other hand, the site is within an area already reserved for urban expansion and, therefore, is in compliance with the City's long range plans for orderly expansion (Michael Niblock, personal conversation) . IMPACTS: The SCS has identified that the project ".. .will eliminate 157 acres of prime farmland from the production of food and fiber." They also predict that the project ". . .will result in encroachment into rural acres and will probably result in curtailment of some agricultural practices in the surrounding rural area." (See Appendix C-40) . The San Joaquin County Agricultural Land Preservation Study [4, pp. 49 - 531, describes the loss of agricultural land this way: "San Joaquin County's urban centers are all located on . the best soils for agriculture. This was almost unavoidable, because such soils cover almost all of the County ." 19