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LSA ASSOCIATES, INC. INITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION JULY 2010 FIRST STREET BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT CITY OF SANTA ANA II. Agricultural Resources A. Would the project convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland or Farmland of Statewide Importance (Farmland) to non-agricultural use? (The Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program in the California Resources Agency, Department of Conservation, maintains detailed maps of these and other categories of farmland.) No impact. The project site does not involve agricultural soils or operations. The surrounding area is urbanized, and there are no agricultural uses in the project vicinity as shown in Figure 2 (refer to Section 2.0). The California Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program maps indicate that No Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide Importance exists either within or adjacent to the project site. The National Resource Conservation Service database classified the entire area including the of First Street/Santa Ana Bridge site as "Urban and built-up."' Therefore, no impact to farmland or agricultural resources will occur, and no mitigation is required. B. Would the project conflict with existing zoning for agricultural use or a Williamson Contract? No impact. As previously stated, the site is completely built out. As there are no agricultural uses on site and no Williamson Act contracts do not apply to the site. Refer to II.a.for further discussion on agricultural lands. No impacts are expected. C. Would the project involve other changes in the existing environment which, due to their location or nature, could individually or cumulatively result in loss of Farmland, to non-agricultural use? No impact. There are no farmlands located on the project site. The project area is urban and already built out. The proposed project will not change the urban character of existing land uses on site. Therefore, no conversion of farmlands to nonagricultural uses would occur on site. For additional discussion refer to II a. No impacts are expected. III. Air Quality Would the project: A. Conflict with or obstruct implementation of applicable Air Quality Attainment Plan or Congestion Management Plan? Less than significant with mitigation. According to the Air Quality Technical Report (LSA Associates, Inc., July 2010), historical air quality data show that existing carbon monoxide (CO) levels for the project area and the general vicinity do not exceed either the State or federal California Division of Land Resource Protection, ftp://ftp.consrv.ca. ov/pub/dlrp/FMMP/pdf/fmmp2004 8l l pdf, 9 August 2007 07/25/10 «PADMJ070l\MND\4.0 Environmental Analysis.doc» 4-3 20A-54