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3. Environmental Checklist <br /> <br />San Leandro Treatment Wetland <br />IS/MND <br />3-5 February 2024 <br /> <br />3.3. Agriculture and Forestry Resources <br />ISSUES: AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY RESOURCES <br />POTENTIALLY <br />SIGNIFICANT <br />IMPACT <br />LESS THAN <br />SIGNIFICANT <br />WITH <br />MITIGATION <br />INCORPORATED <br />LESS THAN <br />SIGNIFICANT <br />IMPACT <br />NO IMPACT <br />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 non-agricultural <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, forest land (as defined in Public <br />Resources Code Section 12220(g)), timberland (as <br />defined by Public Resources Code Section 4526), or <br />timberland zoned Timberland Production (as defined <br />by Government Code Section 51104(g))? <br />☐ ☐ ☐ ☒ <br />d) Result in the loss of forest land or conversion of <br />forest land to non-forest use? ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒ <br />e) Involve other changes in the existing <br />environment which, due to their location or nature, <br />could result in conversion of Farmland, to non- <br />agricultural use or conversion of forest land to non- <br />forest use? <br />☐ ☐ ☐ ☒ <br />Discussion <br />a-e) Conflicts with agricultural or forestry resources. The Project site is classified as Public/Institutional in <br />the San Leandro General Plan and is zoned as Industrial General.10,11 Since the land within the <br />Project site is neither used for agricultural nor forest land production, and there is no zoning <br />designated for agricultural/forest use or a Williamson Act contract in place, implementing the Project <br />will not affect agricultural and forest resources. <br />Impact Designation: No Impact <br />Cumulative Impacts on Agriculture and Forestry Resources <br />The potential for cumulative impacts on agriculture and forestry resources encompasses the sub-region <br />encompassing the WPCP and its adjacent regions. Given that the Project itself is not anticipated to have any <br /> <br />10 City of San Leandro. Official General Plan Land Use Map of the City of San Leandro, adopted by the City Council on December 7, 2020, <br />under Resolution 2020-149. Available at www.sanleandro.org <br />11 City of San Leandro. Zoning for the City of San Leandro, Effective 1/18/2023, Adopted by the City Council on 12/19/2022 under <br />Ordinance 2022-022. Available at www.sanleandro.org/345/Zoning-Code-Zoning-Map