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City of Pleasanton—Additional Housing Sites Rezonings Project <br />CEQA Guidelines Section 15164 Addendum Addendum <br /> <br /> <br /> 37 <br />Summary of Prior FEIR <br />Important Farmland, Williamson Act Contracts, and Other Changes <br />The Prior FEIR found that the City contained approximately 175.14 acres of <br />Prime Farmland, 46.70 acres of Farmland of Statewide Importance, and 126.6 <br />acres of Unique Farmland at the time the Prior FEIR was drafted. The Prior FEIR <br />concluded that compliance with the applicable General Plan policies, as <br />well as the City’s Right to Farm Ordinance, would ensure that impacts related <br />to the conversion of farmland to nonagricultural uses would be less than <br />significant. Similarly, the Prior FEIR concluded that because the City limits do <br />not contain any lands subject to a Williamson Act contract, General Plan <br />buildout would not conflict with any such contracts, and a less than <br />significant impact would occur. <br />Forest Land <br />Although the Prior FEIR did not specifically address impacts related to the loss <br />of forest land or timberland, it is noted that the City does not contain a <br />zoning district for forest land or timberland. <br />Proposed Project Analysis and Conclusion <br />The proposed sites are in the same urban setting as those evaluated in the <br />Prior FEIR and are designated as PUD. None of the proposed sites include <br />Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide Importance, are <br />zoned for agricultural use or hold an active contract under the Williamson <br />Act, or contain any forest land or timberland. Therefore, there would be no <br />impact, and the proposed project would not result in a new or more severe <br />adverse impact that was not previously identified and disclosed in the Prior <br />FEIR. No further analysis is required. <br />Conclusion <br />With regards to Agriculture and Forestry Resources, the Addendum <br />demonstrates that: <br />1. No new or more severe impacts related to the proposed project or its <br />site have been identified. <br />2. There are no new circumstances involving new or more severe impacts <br />which were not discussed by the Prior FEIR. <br />3. No new information requiring new analysis or verification has been <br />identified which results in an impact which is more severe than <br />anticipated by the Prior FEIR.