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FINDINGS FOR FARMLAND PROTECTION <br /> PA-2600014 <br /> JORDAN JONES I CALSOLAR <br /> 1. The proposed Utility-Scale Solar Energy System exceeding 15 percent of the parcel or five acres will <br /> not adversely affect agricultural production on the parcel where the facility is to be located pursuant to <br /> Development Title Section 9-409.430(b)(5). <br /> This finding can be made because the proposed solar facility would occupy approximately 14.47 <br /> acres of the existing 39.65-acre parcel,while approximately 25.18 acres of the parcel would remain <br /> available for continued agricultural use during operation of the project.Although the project <br /> exceeds the standard limitation for Utility-Scale Solar Energy Systems on Williamson Act <br /> contracted land,the proposed use is reversible in nature and does not result in permanent <br /> conversion of agricultural land as the project has been designed to minimize permanent impacts <br /> to agricultural soils through the use of driven pile foundations and limited grading activities. <br /> Conditions of Approval require future decommissioning of the facility and restoration of the <br /> project area to a condition suitable for agricultural use upon termination of the use.Therefore,the <br /> proposed larger site area will not adversely affect agricultural production on the parcel. <br />