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City of Pleasanton—Merritt Property Project <br />15183 Consistency Checklist Consistency Checklist <br /> <br /> <br /> 43 <br />Other Changes to Convert Farmland to Nonagricultural Use or Forest Land to <br />Non-Forest Use <br />The Housing Element Update FEIR indicated that the land to the east of Site <br />22 (Merritt) is urbanized and/or designated for urbanized uses. With respect to <br />Site 22 (Merritt), the land to the west of that site is designated as rural <br />residential, and the development of housing on Site 22 (Merritt) would not <br />result in conversion of the surrounding land to nonagricultural uses. <br />There is no forest land within the City’s Sphere of Influence (SOI). This <br />condition precludes the possibility of the Housing Element Update converting <br />forest land to non-forest uses. <br />Therefore, the Housing Element Update FEIR concluded impacts related to <br />the conversion of Farmland to nonagricultural use or forest land to non-forest <br />use would be less than significant. <br />Proposed Project Analysis and Conclusion <br />As discussed in the Housing Element Update FEIR, most of the eastern portion <br />of the project site is classified as Unique Farmland, but it is not currently used <br />for agriculture nor has it been recently irrigated or used for crops, as the <br />dormant walnut orchard was abandoned in the 1990s. <br />Furthermore, the City has planned the site for low density residential uses <br />since the 1986 General Plan and the site was rezoned in December 2023 to <br />Pre-zoned PUD-LDR/HOZ. Therefore, impacts related to conversion of <br />Farmland to nonagricultural use or forest land to non-forest use would be less <br />than significant, and there are no environmental effects peculiar to the <br />proposed project. The proposed project would not result in a new or more <br />severe adverse impact that was not previously identified in the Housing <br />Element Update FEIR. <br />Conclusion <br />With regards to Agriculture and Forestry Resources, the Consistency Checklist <br />demonstrates that: <br />1. No peculiar impacts related to the proposed project or its site that were <br />not analyzed as significant effects in the Housing Element Update FEIR <br />have been identified. <br />2. There are no potentially significant off-site and/or cumulative impacts <br />which were not analyzed in the Housing Element Update FEIR.