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NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY UND G.BROWN JR., GOVERNOR DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION DIVISION OF -LAND RESOURCE PROTECTION 1 7 7 801 KSTREET . MS 18-01 . SACRAMENTO,CALIFORNIA 95814 PHONE 916/324-0850 . FAX 916/327-3430 . TDD 916/324-2555 . WEB SITE conservftttI `ED May 21, 2015 MAY 2 6 2015 San Joaquin County Community Development VIA EMAIL: MEAGUIRRE@SJGOV.ORG Ms. Megan Aguirre, Associate Planner San JoagLlin County Cr2mmuni+Y Development Department 1810 E. Hazelton Ave Stockton, CA 95205 Dear Ms. Aguirre: PA-1500048; NEGATIVE DECLARATION - NINE PARCEL SUBDIVISION AND A DESIGNATED REMAINDER, RESTRICTED BY LAND CONSERVATION CONTRACT NO. 71-C1-0415 The Department of Conservation's (Department) Division of Land Resource Protection (Division) monitors farmland conversion on a statewide basis and administers the California Land Conservation (Williamson) Act and other agricultural land conservation programs. The Division has reviewed the above referenced project and offers the following comments and recommendations. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The project requests the subdivision of two parcels (totaling 203 acres) into nine new parcels and a designated remainder parcel. Each new parcel will contain 20+ acres of land. Currently both parcels proposed for the subdivision are enrolled in a Land Conservation Contract (No. 71- C1-0415). The County has stated that they believe 20 acres is large enough to sustain agricultural viability for each proposed parcel. The parcels are located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Lower Sacramento Road and Woodbridge Road, in the community of Acampo, in San Joaquin County. The property is classified Prime Farmland with some Farmland of Statewide Importance. SUBDIVISION OF PARCEL(S) IN LAND CONSERVATION ACT CONTRACT In order to approve subdivisions of Williamson Act contracted land, the local government administering the agricultural preserve must have a substantive basis for approving the application and map. It must do so on the basis of a specific affirmative determination that each of the resulting parcels is large enough to sustain the agricultural uses to which it is restricted and it must make a finding that the subdivision will not result in residential development of the resulting parcels, except where residential use will be incidental to the commercial agricultural use of the land.