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FINDINGS FOR GENERAL PLAN MAP AMENDMENT 1. The proposed amendment will contribute to the public health, safety, and general welfare or will be of benefit to the public. The proposed General Plan Map Amendment will be a benefit to the public because approval of the General Plan Amendment will allow the underlying project for an agricultural processing facility to move forward. If approved,the proposed agricultural processing facility would benefit the public by supporting local agricultural activities in the area. 2. The proposed amendment is consistent with the General Plan goals unless the goals themselves are proposed to be amended. The proposed General Plan Map Amendment from I/T (Truck Terminals) to A/G (General Agriculture) is consistent with the General Plan, which states that the A/G designation is generally applied to areas outside of areas planned for urban development.The A/G designation also permits uses that support agriculture, such as the proposed agricultural processing facility. Land Use Goal 7.2 requires that new agricultural support development be compatible with surrounding agricultural operations. The proposed site is adjacent to an existing agricultural processing facility and is located outside of areas planned for urban development. Additionally, the underlying project will meet all General Plan infrastructure requirements for the A/G General Plan designation, which permits a well for water, a septic system for wastewater, and on-site drainage for stormwater. If the General Plan Map Amendment is approved, it will result in consistency between the General Plan designation and the zoning designation because the AG-40 (General Agriculture, 40-acre minimum) implements the A/G (General Agriculture). AG-40 is not an implementing zone for the current I/T General Plan designation. 3. The proposed amendment retains the internal consistency of the General Plan and is consistent with other adopted plans, unless a concurrent amendment to those plans is also proposed and will result in consistency. This finding can be made because the proposed General Plan Map Amendment to change the General Plan designation from I/T (Truck Terminal) to A/G is consistent with the General Plan policies for the A/G General Plan designation and Goal 7.2, as noted above. The proposed General Plan Map Amendment is consistent with the locational criteria for the A/G (General Agriculture) General Plan designation because the parcel is located outside the path of urban development and the proposed underlying use is a support service for agricultural uses. Besides the General Plan, there are no other applicable plans in the area. 4. The proposed amendment has been reviewed in compliance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act. This finding can be made because an Initial Study prepared for the project found that no significant impacts are anticipated as a result of the proposed General Plan Map Amendment or the underlying project for an agricultural processing facility with the incorporation of mitigation measures listed in the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and the proposed Conditions of Approval. Environmental analysis included review of air quality, traffic, noise, hazardous materials, and land use, as noted below. Regarding air quality, an Air Impact Assessment (AIA) performed for the site resulted in mitigation measures related to project emissions, which have been incorporated into the underlying project's proposed Conditions of Approval. With the inclusion of these mitigation measures, project impacts to air quality are anticipated to be less than significant. In regards to traffic, it was determined that the proposed agricultural processing facility would not to result in an excess of Vehicle Miles Travelled based on the Technical Advisory on Evaluating Transportation Impacts in CEQA published by the Office of Planning and Research in December 2018,which categorizes this as a small project.The underlying project will include Planning Commission Staff Report, PA-2200090, PA-2100295 (GP, SA) 3 Findings for General Plan Map Amendment and Findings for Administrative Use Permit