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City of Pleasanton—Merritt Property Project <br />Consistency Checklist 15183 Consistency Checklist <br /> <br /> <br />42 <br />Summary of Housing Element Update FEIR <br />Conversion of Important Farmland to Nonagricultural Use <br />The Housing Element Update FEIR indicated that Site 22 (Merritt), which is the <br />only potential site for rezoning with any mapped Important Farmland (Unique <br />Farmland and Grazing Land), is not currently utilized for agriculture nor has it <br />been recently irrigated or used for crops. Site 22 (Merritt) has a dormant <br />walnut orchard that was abandoned in the 1990s. Furthermore, as indicated <br />by Site 22’s residential land use designation, the City has planned the site for <br />low density residential uses since the 1986 General Plan. The Housing Element <br />Update redesignated the site PUD-LDR with HESO, which is consistent with the <br />low density residential designation, and the site was rezoned Pre-zoned PUD- <br />LDR/HOZ. As a result of the lack of crops or irrigation and decades of <br />planned residential use, the Housing Element Update FEIR concluded that <br />any potential loss of Unique Farmland would likely occur with or without <br />implementation of the Housing Element Update. Therefore, the Housing <br />Element Update FEIR concluded that impacts would be less than significant. <br />Conflict with Existing Zoning for Agricultural Use or Williamson Act Contracts <br />The Housing Element Update FEIR indicated that Site 22 (Merritt) is not <br />encumbered by a Williamson Act Contract, which precludes an impact <br />related to conflict with an existing Williamson Act Contract. Therefore, there is <br />no impact. <br />Conflict with Existing Forest Land Zoning <br />The Housing Element Update FEIR indicated that none of the housing sites, <br />including the current Site 22 (Merritt), contain any forest land or timberland, <br />as defined by Public Resource Code Section 4526, nor do they contain any <br />timberland zoned Timberland Production, as defined by Government Code <br />Section 51104(g), and concluded that this precludes the possibility of the <br />Housing Element Update to conflict with forest zoning of forest land or <br />timberland. No impact would occur. <br />Conversion of Forest Land to Non-Forest Use <br />The Housing Element Update FEIR indicated that the current Site 22 (Merritt) is <br />adjacent to urbanized land uses and does not contain any forest land. The <br />Housing Element Update FEIR concluded that this condition precludes the <br />possibility of the development consistent with the Housing Element Update <br />converting forest land to non-forest use and concluded no impacts would <br />occur.