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Administrative Draft Environmental Impact Report Gill Medical Center Project Threshold: Convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide Importance (Farmland), as shown on the maps prepared pursuant to the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program of the California Resources Agency, to non-agricultural use. LESA Model 33.11 acres of the Project site is listed as Farmland of Statewide Importance (Farmland) and is currently a vineyard (see Figure 4.4-1. LESA Surrounding Agricultural Lands).The fallow field area in the eastern corner of the Project site (see Figure 3-3) is approximately 8.28 acres and is described as Farmland of Local Importance.The corral &cattle chute area is approximately .57 acres. The access road that connects to Eight Mile Road is approximately.62 acres. Both the corral & cattle chute area and access road are designated as Urban and Built-Up land.While Farmland of Local Importance is considered "Important Farmland" under the FMMP, it is not required for Farmland analysis under this CEQA threshold. Therefore, Farmland of Local Importance to be converted to non-agricultural uses is not considered under the LESA model presented herein. Figure 4.4-1 shows producing agricultural lands that surround the Project site, the LESA Envelope, and the LESA Zone of Influence.The LESA Envelope is the smallest rectangle on the Project site that can completely contain Farmland as defined under Impact 4.4-1 (see Attachment A of Appendix C for additional information).The LESA Zone of Influence is a .25-mile buffer around the LESA Envelope that helps determine the Surrounding Agricultural Lands Score and Protected Lands Resource Score. Figure 4.4-2. LESA Surrounding Protected Resource Lands shows Williamson Act contracted lands within the LESA Zone of Influence.Appendix C contains the full LESA Model Calculation Table, LESA Instructions (Attachment A), and Soil Report (Attachment B).A summary is given below and the Final LESA Scoresheet is shown in Table 4.4-3: The entire 33.11 acres of Farmland, as described in Impact 4.4-1, contains soils characterized as Jacktone clay soil, 0 to 2 percent slopes. This soil type contains a 3s Land Capability Classification (LCC) Rating when irrigated, which it is, and has a corresponding LCC Score of 60 (see Appendices C, Attachment B—Soil Report). The Storie Index was determined to be 11, given the Grade 5—Very Poor Rating of the soil type (see Appendices C, Attachment B—Soil Report). A 3s LCC Rating for a 33.11-acre plot corresponds to a Project Size Score of 30 (see Table 3 in Attachment A of Appendices Q. The Project site sole water source is groundwater. A Water Availability Score of 100 was determined, given irrigated production for the site is feasible and there are no physical or economic restrictions in non-drought or drought years (see Table 5 of Attachment A). Agricultural and Forestry Resources 4.4-7 October 2021