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AGRICULTURAL LAND, OPEN SPACE, AND HABITAT <br /> While the City has adopted various policies to avoid and minimize the impact of development on agricultural <br /> lands,the general plan EIR indicates development as planned could result in a decrease in the viability of <br /> continuing agricultural production in City's service area.No feasible mitigation measures were proposed and the <br /> EIR acknowledged this potential impact as significant and unavoidable. <br /> The EIR also acknowledged that planned development would result in the conversion of open space to urban land <br /> uses and increased demand for parks. Feasible mitigation was identified in the EIR to reduce impacts on parklands <br /> to a less-than-significant level. <br /> With respect to habitat impacts,planned development could eliminate or render unsuitable habitat for special <br /> status wildlife species. The conversion of undeveloped land to developed uses would contribute to the regional <br /> loss of various habitats that may support species which may become rare. <br /> AIR QUALITY <br /> The general plan EIR indicates that planned development would result in increases of both stationary and area <br /> source emission rates and mobile source emission rates relative to the California Air Resources Board year 2010 <br /> emission projections for nonattainment pollutants. The City has adopted several policies to mitigate air quality <br /> impacts;however, air quality impacts associated with planned growth in the City's service area remain significant <br /> and unavoidable. <br /> EDAW Manteca WQCF and Collection System Master Plans EIR <br /> Other CEQA Required Sections 6-6 City of Manteca <br />