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C. The proposed density increase will not convert viable agricultural land to nonagricultural uses. The proposed density increase would not convert viable agricultural land to non- agricultural uses. The area surrounding the project site is becoming urbanized, with development to the north and south and the existing Citrus Valley High School to the east. Aerial photograph indicates that the agricultural uses, which once utilized this area of the City, have been removed over time as citrus groves have become less economically viable. The IS/MND, discusses Agriculture and Forestry Resources, and how the loss of farmland at the site was evaluated in the 2035 General Plan Environmental Impact Report (EIR) in the larger context of the General Plan. This specific site is one of many locations identified in the General Plan EIR as having prime farmland that has a land use designation that would convert the property to non-agricultural use. The City adopted findings and a Statement of Overriding Considerations for the General Plan EIR. In addition, the conversion of this agricultural site was anticipated by the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) prepared for the EVCSP, which evaluated the impacts to Agriculture and adopted a Statement of Overriding Consideration, as well. Therefore, the increase in density from 3.0 units per acre to 8.1 units per acre will not convert viable agricultural lands to non-agricultural uses. D. The proposed density will not have a growth -inducing effect on other property. The property is surrounded by urban development with a freeway and commercial development to the west, high school to the east, residential to the north and southeast, as well as commercially designated property to the south and west. The development of this property as well as those of the adjacent properties with residential land use designations was anticipated when Citrus High School was proposed in 2004 and in the City's most recent General Plan update. While the adjacent parcels may develop in the future, the proposed project's density is consistent with its proposed land use designation of Medium Density Residential and the development of this property on its own would not be considered to contribute to growth -inducing effects on adjacent properties. As such, the density increase is not expected to have any growth -inducing effect on other property, as there are no residentially designated properties adjacent to the project site that have not already been developed. E. The resulting use will be compatible with uses on adjacent land. The project has been designed to be compatible with the current residential development in the Bergamot Specific Plan area to the north, adjacent vacant parcels as well as the Citrus Valley High school located to the . south. The development of Citrus Valley High School within a commercially zoned area changed the context of the area, and residential uses adjacent to the high school would be a compatible use. The project incorporates pedestrian facilities to accommodate safe routes to the nearby high school, sidewalks and an extension of the Santa Ana River Trail on the west side of the property. 3 I:\Resohrtions\Res 8500-8599\8531 Approval of the Conversion of Agricultural Land Pursuant to Redlands General Plan - Measure U.docx-ms