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First zoned for light industrial uses in 1976, this M-1 area is presently <br /> in agricultural use. <br /> The project site is not within the City of Stockton's Sphere of <br /> Influence (Baracco 1987) . However, in view of Stockton's existing devel- <br /> opment trends, the City does foresee a major annexation for light <br /> industrial zoning south of the intersection of Mariposa Road and State <br /> Route 99, and likely annexations by the year 2010 to the east and south <br /> of its city limits (Hemminger 1987) . Another indication of the vicin- <br /> ity's development trends is the proposed 496-acre expansion of the Arch <br /> Road Industrial Park, recently considered for annexation by the City of <br /> Stockton. This proposal is currently on hold pending completion of the <br /> City of Stockton General Plan Update, but if it is possible that the <br /> project site will be adjacent to City industrial development by the turn <br /> of the century. <br /> The "air rights" of the project site would be slightly confined by <br /> the Stockton Metropolitan Airport, about five miles to the southwest. <br /> Its area of influence extends to the northeast boundary of the project <br /> site. The restriction was established to protect approach and departure <br /> flight patterns from encroachment by incompatible uses, and to avoid <br /> lights and reflective surfaces. <br /> Impacts and Mitigation Measures <br /> Impact I - Removal of Prime Farmland <br /> Construction of the biomass conversion facility would result in the <br /> irrevocable conversion of approximately 20 acres of prime agricultural <br /> land, representing a 0.06 percent reduction in the total acreage of these <br /> i <br /> soils from the County. The loss of any prime farmland is ordinarily <br /> regarded as a "significant impact," particularly when it is due to the <br /> cancellation of a Williamson Act Contract, according to the California <br /> Environmental Quality Act definitions. On the other hand, the parcel 's <br /> Agricultural Preserve contract would not be cancelled, since resource <br /> recovery processes are considered compatible uses under the terms of the <br /> contract (according to California Government Code 51220.5) . <br /> 3-7 <br /> 104-3.R3 4/10/89 <br />