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SAN LEANDRO SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT EIR ADDENDUM PROJECT <br />CITY OF SAN LEANDRO <br /> <br />May 2022 Page 15 <br />4.2 AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY RESOURCES <br />4.2.1 IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MODIFIED PROJECT <br />In determining whether impacts to agricultural resources are significant environmental effects, lead <br />agencies may refer to the California Agricultural Land Evaluation and Site Assessment Model (1997) <br />prepared by the California Dept. of Conservation as an optional model to use in assessing impacts on <br />agriculture and farmland. In determining whether impacts to forest resources, including timberland, are <br />significant environmental effects, lead agencies may refer to information compiled by the California <br />Department of Forestry and Fire Protection regarding the state’s inventory of forest land, including the <br />Forest and Range Assessment project and the Forest Legacy Assessment project; and forest carbon <br />measurement methodology provided in Forest Protocols adopted by the California Air Resources Board. <br />Would the project: <br />Environmental Issues <br />Substantial <br />Change in <br />Project <br />Requiring <br />Major <br />EIR/MND <br />Revisions <br />Substantial <br />Change in <br />Circumstanc <br />es Requiring <br />Major <br />EIR/MND <br />Revisions <br />New <br />Information <br />Showing <br />New or <br />Increased <br />Significant <br />Effects <br />Less Than <br />Significant <br />Impacts/No <br />Changes or <br />New <br />Information <br />Requiring <br />Preparation <br />of a <br />Subsequent <br />EIR/MND No Impact <br />a) Convert Prime Farmland, Unique <br />Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide <br />Importance (Farmland), as shown on the <br />maps prepared pursuant to the Farmland <br />Mapping and Monitoring Program of the <br />California Resources Agency, to non- <br />agricultural use? <br /> x <br />b) Conflict with existing zoning for <br />agricultural use, or a Williamson Act <br />contract? <br /> x <br />c) Conflict with existing zoning for, or <br />cause rezoning of, forest land (as defined in <br />Public Resources Code section 12220(g)), <br />timberland (as defined by Public Resources <br />Code section 4526), or timberland zoned <br />Timberland Production (as defined by <br />Government Code section 51104(g))? <br /> x <br />d) Result in the loss of forest land or <br />conversion of forest land to non-forest use? x <br />e) Involve other changes in the <br />existing environment which, due to their <br />location or nature, could result in conversion <br />of Farmland, to non-agricultural use or <br />conversion of forest land to non-forest use? <br /> x <br />