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City of Pleasanton—Villages at the Quarry Project <br />Consistency Checklist 15183 Consistency Checklist <br /> <br /> <br />48 <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 most of the housing sites are <br />urban infill sites that are surrounded by development; several of them are <br />currently developed. <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 that impacts related <br />to the conversion of Farmland to nonagricultural use or forest land to non- <br />forest use would be less than significant. <br />Proposed Project Analysis and Conclusion <br />The project sites (Sites 21a and 21b) are not listed in the Housing Element <br />Update FEIR as sites for which development could result in impacts to <br />agricultural or forestry resources. The project site does not contain Farmland <br />or Forest Land and has a General Plan land use designation of MDR-HDR with <br />a HESO and a zoning designation of MDR-HDR. <br />The project site is not designated as Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or <br />Farmland of Statewide Importance, and is not encumbered by a Williamson <br />Act Contract or zoned for Timberland Production. As such, there would be no <br />loss or conversion of farmland or forest land, and the proposed project would <br />not conflict with any zoning for farmland or forest land. Therefore, there are <br />no environmental effects that are peculiar to the proposed project. The <br />proposed project would not result in a new or more severe adverse impact <br />that was not previously identified in the Housing Element Update FEIR. <br />Conclusion <br />With regard 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.