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NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY ;+RNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER,GOVBZNOR <br /> --� DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION <br /> DIVISION OF LAND RESOURCE PROTECTION <br /> 801 K STREET • MS 18-01 • SACRAMENTO,CALIFORNIA 95814 <br /> PHONE 916/324-0850 • FAX 916/327-3430 • TDD 916 1 324-2555 • WEBSITE conservation.ca.gov <br /> t <br /> July 23, 2009 FIECEIVED <br /> JUL 2 9 2008 <br /> VIA FACSIMILE (209).468-3963 Community Development Dept <br /> Mo Hatef <br /> San Joaquin County <br /> Community Development Department <br /> 1810 East Hazelton Avenue <br /> Stockton, CA 95205 <br /> . r <br /> i . <br /> Subject: PA-0600067; SCH# 2009062087 <br /> i <br /> Dear Ms. Hatef: <br /> The Department of Conservation's (Department) Division of Land Resource Protection (Division) has <br /> reviewed the Negative Declaration for the above referenced project. The Division monitors farmland. <br /> conversion on a statewide basis and administers the California Land Conservation (Williamson)Act and <br /> other agricultural land conservation programs. We,offer the following comments and recommendations <br /> with respect to the project's impacts on agricultural land and resources. <br /> Project Description <br /> The project is located on the northern side of State Highway Route 26 approximately 1,500 feet west <br /> of Shelley Road near the community of Linden (APN 067-230-01 and 067-240-03). <br /> The applicant is proposing a Minor Subdivision for 911:83 acres of land still enforceably restricted by <br /> a Williamson Act contract, although the subject property is currently in non-renewal status and the <br /> contract is scheduled to expire in 2015. The proposal includes the division of the land into eleven <br /> parcels. Ten of the parcels are to contain 80 acres or more, while the remaining parcel will contain <br /> 106 acres. <br /> Subdivision of Williamson Act Contracted Land <br /> The overarching purpose of the Williamson Act is to curb "the rapid and virtually irreversible loss of <br /> agricultural land to residential and other developed uses" (Sierra Club v. City of Hayward (1981) 28 <br /> Cal. 3d 840, 850) and.to protect farmland from conversion into "scattered, low density, single family <br /> subdivisions." .(Honey Springs Homeowners Assn. v. Board of Supervisors (1984) 157 Cal. App. 3d <br /> 1122, at. 1139). . <br /> The Department of Conservation's mission is to balance today's needs.with tomorrow's challenges and foster intelligent, sustainable, <br /> and efficient use of California's energy, land, and mineral resources. <br />