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3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST <br />1388 Bancroft Avenue Project City of San Leandro <br />Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration November 2018 <br />3.0-6 <br /> <br />Potentially <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />Less Than <br />Significant <br />Impact with <br />Mitigation <br />Incorporated <br />Less Than <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />No <br />Impact <br />2. AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY RESOURCES. Would the project: <br />a) Convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or <br />Farmland of Statewide Importance (Farmland), as <br />shown on the maps prepared pursuant to the <br />Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program of the <br />California Resources Agency, to nonagricultural <br />use? <br /> <br />b) Conflict with existing zoning for agricultural use, <br />or a Williamson Act contract? <br />c) Conflict with existing zoning for, or cause <br />rezoning of, forestland (as defined in Public <br />Resources Code Section 12220(g)), timberland (as <br />defined by Public Resources Code Section 4526), <br />or timberland zoned Timberland Production (as <br />defined by Government Code Section 51104(g))? <br /> <br />d) Result in the loss of forestland or conversion of <br />forestland to non-forest use? <br />e) Involve other changes in the existing environment <br />which, due to their location or nature, could result <br />in conversion of Farmland to nonagricultural use <br />or conversion of forestland to non-forest use? <br /> <br /> <br />ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING <br />The project site is in Alameda County in the San Francisco Bay Area. The site is in an urbanized <br />area and was developed in 1955 with medical offices; no portions of the project site are currently <br />used for any agricultural purposes. In addition, the project site is classified by the Farmland <br />Mapping and Monitoring Program as Urban and Built-Up Land (DOC 2017). It is currently designated as Downtown Mixed Use in the San Leandro General Plan and zoned Professional <br />Office District. There are no nearby agricultural activities, and no adjacent parcels are zoned for <br />agricultural uses. No nearby parcels are subject to a Williamson Act contract. The project site and <br />the surrounding area are not zoned for or considered forestland. <br />CHECKLIST DISCUSSION <br />a, b) No Impact. As described above, the project site is classified by the Farmland Mapping and <br />Monitoring Program as Urban and Built-Up Land (DOC 2017). Therefore, project construction would not result in the conversion of any Important Farmland. Furthermore, <br />the project site is surrounded by urban uses and is not subject to a Williamson Act contract. <br />There would be no impact to agricultural resources. <br />c–e) No Impact. As described above, the project site is not on land designated as forestland, is not zoned for forestry uses, and is not actively utilized as a forestry operation. Therefore, <br />there would be no impact to forestland.