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San Joaquin County Community Development Department July 31,2015 Page 2 of 3 Government Code section 51257(a)(2) mandates there be "no net decrease in the amount of the acreage restricted." It clarifies that"this finding will be satisfied if the aggregate acreage of the land restricted by the new contracts is at least as great'as the aggregate acreage restricted by the rescinded contracts." (Emphasis added.) With respect to the Applications at bar,PA- 1500106 (LA) will result in an additional 20.20 acres of restricted land. PA-1500108 (LA)will result in an additional 0.16 acres of restricted land. PA-1500109 (LA) will result in an additional 0.78 acres of restricted land. The finding that these Applications satisfy this requirement is inarguable. With these promised results,one would have thought an organization that lauds itself as being"dedicated to the preservation of agricultural resources and Williamson Act", would be supportive of these Applications,where the net result is an increase of more than 21 acres of contracted land. Inexplicably, this is apparently not the case. Government Code section 51257(a)(3)requires at least 90%of the land under the former contract or contracts remains under the new contract or contracts. Currently,the applicant has 512.10 acres of contract land. After the proposed lot line.adj ustments, 480.56 acres of the land under the"former contract or contracts"shall remain under the new contract or contracts. Application PA-1500106 involves 484:25 acres of contracted land and after the adjustment pursuant to the application,451.80 acres will remain under contract. This is 93.30% of the land under contract remaining under contract. Application PA-1500108 involves 209.42 acres of contracted land and after the adjustment pursuant to the application 194.92 acres will remain under contract. This is 93.08%of the land under contract remaining under contract. Applicatoin PA-1500109 involves 24.57 acres of contracted land and after the adjustment pursuant to the application 23.79 acres will remain under contract. This is 96.83% of the land under contract remaining under contract. Clearly each application exceeds the required 90%minimum and thus the finding may correctly be made. Government Code section 51257(a)(4)requires that the end result,after the lot line adjustment, be that the contract land"will be large enough to sustain their agricultural use." All land involved in the Applications is"Prime Agricultural Land", meaning at least 10 acre parcels. The end result of the Applications will be all contracted lands ranging in size from 24.57 acres to 186.41 acres. Thus, this requirement is also satisfied. Government Code section 51257(a)(7)mandates that the lot line adjustment"not result in a greater number of developable parcels than existed prior to the adjustment." All parcels reflected in the Applications are existing legal parcels. All of the parcels are also currently "developable". The Applications do not—cannot-- create new parcels. Indeed,while some of the current parcels are"Legal Non-Conforming",the Applications will result in the degree of non- conformity decreasing by increasing the area of the non-conforming parcels. This result is both consistent with the General Plan and in satisfaction of this requirement.