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Land Evaluation The LESA includes two Land Evaluation factors that are separately rated, the Land Capability Classification Rating, and the Storie Index Rating. The Land Capability Classification Rates the suitability of soils for most crops. Soils are rated from Class I to Class VIII, with soils having the fewest limitations receiving the highest rating of Class I. The Storie Index provides a numeric rating of the relative degree of suitability of a given soil type for intensive agriculture. According to the City's General Plan Land Use Element FEIR, the soils on the project site are San Emigdio Series. The San Emigdio Series soils are a Class I Soil that has high suitability for the intensive agriculture of most crops. Site Assessment The LESA includes four Site Assessment factors that are separately rated. These factors include project site size, water resource availability, surrounding agricultural lands and protected resource lands. Due to the project site's limited size and limited amounts of surrounding agricultural lands and lack of protected agricultural resource lands within the vicinity of the project site, the Site Assessment rating of the project site was low. However the project site did receive a high rating for water resource availability. Scoring A single Land Evaluation and Site Assessment score is generated after all of the factors have been scored. The final project scoring is based on a scale of 100 points, with a maximum of 50 points to be generated from the Land Evaluation and a maximum of 50 points generated from the Site Assessment factors. Table AG-1 identifies the Land Evaluation and Site Assessment thresholds to determine the significance of agricultural land resources. 5 31~20