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g. By conducting or providing funding for techniques that increase production by identifying new processes, new techniques, or new crop potential on heretofore-limited agricultural production.lands, i.e., converting grazing land to vineyards. 10. By conducting or funding programs that identify best agriculture management practices to increase efficiencies, such as land adjacent to wetlands, and potentially bring more agricultural land into production. 11. By conducting or funding Urban Limit Line studies that provided for improvement of geometric shape and compactness of urban development that reduces pressure to prematurely convert agricultural lands. Another method to mitigate for the loss of agricultural land is to obtain agricultural conservation easements that assure the availability of agricultural land for the long term. One technique to obtain conservation easements to mitigate for the loss of agricultural land is to establish a mitigation fee. Absent such a fee, the project proponent has the alternative to purchase the easement directly from a property owner. Another alternative is to work with the American Farmland Trust to establish a mitigation fee. In this case, laced in an interest-bearing account for a three-year period of time to the fee will be 9 P Joaquin County to develop a mitigation program for the loss of agricultural allow San Joaq ty P 9 land or to select an appropriate mitigation site within San Joaquin County. If San Joaquin County establishes a farmland trust during the three years, the American Farmland Trust will distribute the funds to San Joaquin County. If San Joaquin County has.not approved a program for the loss of agricultural land, then the American Farmland Trust will utilize the funds to obtain an easement. You may want to contact the American Farmland Trust if you are interested in further discussing such an alternative. If the applicant has already chosen a method of mitigation for the loss of agricultural land, Please notify the project planner of the decision. This project is tentatively scheduled to be heard by the Planning Commission on April 18, 2002. The Community Development Department has reviewed the Major Subdivision application and responses from other agencies and will be recommending that the Planning Commission approve the project subject to the following recommended Conditions of Approval Major Subdivision Application No. SU-00-1 was approved by the Planning Commission on . The effective date of approval is . This tentative map approval will expire on , which is three (3) years from the effective date of approval, unless (1) all Conditions of Approval have been complied with and (2) a Final Map has been filed with and accepted by the County Surveyor. Unless otherwise specified, all Conditions of Approval and ordinance requirements shall be complied with prior to approval of the Final Map. Those Conditions followed by a Section Number have been identified as ordinance requirements pertinent to this application. Ordinance requirements cannot be modified and other ordinance requirements may apply. 1. COMMUNITY DEVELOPME=NT DEPARTMENT (Staff Contact: Jennifer Jolley, 468- 3161) a. TENTATIVE MAP: The Final Map shall substantially conform with the approved i vested tentative map dated February 20, 2002.