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<br /> <br /> affect these categories of farmland. No further study is necessary and no <br /> mitigation measures are required. <br /> B. Conflict with existing zoning for agricultural use or a Williamson Contract? <br /> No Impact. The Williamson Act Contract applies to parcels consisting of at least <br />' 20 acres of Prime Farmland or at least 40 acres of land not designated as Prime <br /> Farmland. The project site, which is classified as General Commercial (GC) in the <br /> City's General Plan and in the North Harbor Specific Plan (NHSP), is <br />' approximately 2.28 acres in size with the western portion currently planted with <br /> row crops and the eastern portion utilized as a used car sales lot. Additionally, <br /> given that Santa Ana neither contains any parcels of Prime Farmland, nor contains <br /> any parcel consisting of more than 40 acres of farmland, the Williamson Act <br /> Contract is not applicable to the project site or to any other parcel within the City <br /> of Santa Ana. No further study is required and no mitigation measures are <br />necessary. <br /> C. Involve other changes in the existing environment which, due to their location or <br /> nature, could result in conversion of Farmland, to non-agricultural use? <br /> No Impact. Given that the current agricultural portion of the project site is <br /> slightly over an acre in size and currently designated as General Commercial in <br />' the General Plan and the NHSP, the conversion of the site to a commercial use <br /> will not have a significant impact (less than 0.0002°Io) on the total agricultural <br /> lands within the State. No further study is required and no mitigation measures are <br />necessary <br /> . <br />Air Quality <br />Where available, the significance criteria established by the applicable air quality <br />management or air pollution control district may be relied upon to .make the <br />following determinations. Would the project: <br />A. Conflict with or obstruct implementation of the applicable air quality plan? <br />Less than Significant Impact. An Air Quality Analysis Technical Memorandum <br />(URS Corporation, 2008) was prepared for the proposed project to assess <br />potential project-related air quality impacts. The Air Quality Management Plan <br />(AQMP) for the South Coast Air Basin (SCAB) sets forth a comprehensive <br />program that will lead the SCAB into compliance with all federal and state air <br />1 quality standards. The AQMP controls measures and related emission reduction <br />estimates are based upon emissions projections for a future development scenario <br />derived from land use, population, and employment characteristics defined in <br />consultation with local governments. Accordingly, conformance with the AQMP <br />for development projects is determined by demonstrating compliance with local <br />land use plans andlor population projections. <br />' The project site is within the boundaries of the North Harbor Specific Plan <br />(NHSP). The project site is designated and zoned for commercial land uses in <br />both NHSP and the City's General Plan. Since the project involves the <br />37 <br />Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration July 2008 <br />' Harbor Medical and Retail Center 7 5/'"'~-7 0 <br />