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Analysis—Use Permit Agricultural Mitigation Although the issue of impacts to agriculture was not addressed as part of the EIR, the County nevertheless requires mitigation for the loss of agricultural resources based on the prior General Plan amendment for the project site, as described earlier.A portion of this project area(5.06 acres)was changed from an agricultural designation to a non- agricultural designation (A/G to C/FS)and an agricultural zone to a non-agricultural zone(AG-40 to C-FS)on March 1, 2011.All General Plan Amendments that change the designation of any land from an agricultural to a non- agricultural use or Zone Reclassifications that change the permitted uses from agriculture to a non-agricultural use approved after January 9, 2007 are subject to agricultural mitigation (Development Title Section 9-1080.3[a]). 5.1 acres of the project site are subject to this mitigation.Agricultural mitigation shall be satisfied by granting a farmland conservation easement or other farmland conservation mechanism to or for the benefit of a qualifying entity. The number of acres of agricultural mitigation land must be at least equal to the number of acres that are changed to a non-agricultural use. Submission of the required legal instrument or payment of the in-lieu fee must occur at the time of Grading Permit or Building Permit issuance(Development Title Section 9-1080.3[f]). Council of Governments San Joaquin County is a signatory to the San Joaquin County Multi-Species Habitat Conservation and Open Space Plan (SJMSCP). Participation in the plan satisfies requirements of both the state and federal endangered species acts, and ensures that the impacts are mitigated below a level of significance in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act. Although participation in the SJMSCP is voluntary, if the applicant chooses not to participate, the applicant will be required to provide alternative mitigation in an amount and kind equal to that provided in the SJMSCP. This 12-acre project is subject to the SJMSCP. San Joaquin County PA-1000131\Highway 12 Investors Community Development Page 7