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City of Pleasanton—Vineyard Avenue Residential Project <br />15183 Consistency Checklist Consistency Checklist <br /> <br />31 <br /> <br />Environmental Issue <br />Area <br />Housing <br />Element <br />Update FEIR <br />Determination <br />Effect Peculiar <br />to Project or <br />Site? <br />New Significant <br />Effect? <br />New <br />Significant Off- <br />site, <br />Cumulative <br />Impact? <br />New <br />Information, <br />More Severe <br />Adverse <br />Impact? <br />e) Involve other <br />changes in the <br />existing <br />environment <br />which, due to their <br />location or nature, <br />could result in <br />conversion of <br />Farmland, to <br />nonagricultural use <br />or conversion of <br />forest land to non- <br />forest use? <br />Less than <br />significant <br />impact <br />No No No No <br /> <br />a, e) Conversion of Important Farmland to Nonagricultural Use and Other Changes to <br />Convert Farmland to Nonagricultural Use or Forest Land to Non-Forest Use <br />Would the project: a) Convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of <br />Statewide Importance (Farmland), as shown on the maps <br />prepared pursuant to the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring <br />Program of the California Resources Agency, to nonagricultural <br />use? or <br /> e) Involve other changes in the existing environment which, due <br />to their location or nature, could result in conversion of <br />Farmland, to nonagricultural use or conversion of forest land to <br />non-forest use? <br />Summary of Housing Element Update FEIR <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, is not <br />currently utilized for agriculture nor has it been recently irrigated or used for <br />crops. Furthermore, as indicated by Site 22’s residential land use designation, <br />the City has planned the site for low density residential uses since the 1986 <br />General Plan. The Housing Element Update would redesignate the site PUD- <br />LDR, which is consistent with the low density residential designation. <br />Therefore, any potential loss of Unique Farmland would likely occur with or <br />without implementation of the Housing Element Update. <br />Site 27 (PUSD-Vineyard) is within the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan. <br />Therefore, in compliance with Section V(E) of the Specific Plan, at the time of