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Knik Arm Crossing DraftFinal EIS Affected Environment 3.1.2.1.7 City of Wasilla Comprehensive Plan This plan (City of Wasilla 1986) is a compilation of information, projections, and policies, which is intended to be a general guide for future growth and development of the city of Wasilla. Continued growth of the area has made Wasilla the ninth-largest city in Alaska. The City Council and Planning and Utilities Commission use this plan as a resource for decision making. The plan includes chapters on physical characteristics, population and the economy, land use, public facilities and services, transportation, and implementation. Special emphasis was devoted to transportation planning for Wasilla’s new airport to and conceptual planning to prepare for the reuse of the town’s old airport. 3.1.2.2 Plans in Anchorage Anchorage 2020 is extensively discussed throughout Section 3.1 as the current plan that influences land use in the Anchorage portion of the Study Area. The Municipality of Anchorage’s LRTP and the plan’s relationship to the proposed KAC project are discussed in Section 3.1.1.1. Besides these two plans, the following plan also influences land use in the Study Area: 3.1.2.2.1 Port of Anchorage Intermodal Marine Facility (2002) This plan is an update to the Port of Anchorage Master Plan (POA 1999a) and calls for expansion of the port areas in phases to accommodate port users through 2020. The plans call for improving existing facilities, improving existing access, and expanding terminals dependent on actual versus forecast population increases. Two addenda to the master plan were prepared to consider ways to upgrade the port’s dock. They include the Intermodal Marine Facility and the Expansion Study under Phase I of the plan. 3.1.2.2.2 Freight Mobility Study This study (MOA 2001b) provides insight into the physical and regulatory needs of the freight industry to promote reliable and cost effective means to circulate freight within the city and to other destinations served by the hub. The study presents the concept of developing a primary east-west corridor from the POA to a point on the Glenn Highway near Eagle River. The route would reduce some of the freight traffic going through the city. A general objective of the study is to support the coordination between transport modes to reduce conflicts and capital improvement costs. This study relates to freight movement within AMATS. 3.1.2.2.3 Ship Creek Multi-Modal Transportation Plan This transportation plan for the Ship Creek area includes extension of the Ingra-Gambell Couplet, improved truck routing, and improved circulation. The plan (MOA 2000) includes protection of the livability of the Government Hill neighborhood. Further, the plan includes enhanced automobile circulation to benefit development and redevelopment of the area, maintenance of the integrity and operational effectiveness of the rail yard, and improvement of the pedestrian/recreational environment along Ship Creek. Page 3-24 12/18/07
Knik Arm Crossing DraftFinal EIS Affected Environment 3.1.2.2.4 Ship Creek Development Draft Master Plan The Ship Creek area has been the focus of several community improvement projects, as well as improvements by ARRC, which has its main yard facility in Ship Creek. The purpose of this plan (ARRC 1999) was to identify opportunities south of Ship Creek that could integrate this area into Downtown Anchorage. The plan proposes development of community apartments and condominiums, integration of retail and office development, and construction of a convention center and an intermodal transfer center. It also offers suggestions for pavilions and for a walking connection to Downtown. 3.1.2.3 State and local management plans State and local land management plans that might affect the planning area include the following. Each addresses allowable uses and provides guidance for future development projects. • Big Lake Management Plan (MSB 1998) • Point MacKenzie Area Which Merits Special Attention Plan (MSB 1995a) • Susitna Basin Recreation Rivers Management Plan (ADNR 1991) • Matanuska-Susitna Borough 1990 Solid Waste Management Plan Update (MSB 1990) • Matanuska-Susitna Borough Coastal Management Plan (MSB 1987) • Susitna Flats State Game Refuge Management Plan (ADF&G 1987) • Matanuska-Susitna Borough Comprehensive Development Plan: Public Facilities (MSB 1984b) • Matanuska-Susitna Borough Comprehensive Development Plan: Transportation (MSB 1984a) • Fish Creek Management Plan (ADNR 1984) • Willow Sub-Basin Area Plan (ADNR 1982) 3.1.3 Farmland The Farmland Protection Policy Act (7 United States Code [U.S.C.] § 4201) and the Food Security Act (16 U.S.C § 3811) require federal agencies to consider the adverse effects of their projects on farmlands (including the extent to which prime, unique, and other farmland [of statewide or local importance] will be affected). As defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, there are no prime or unique farmlands in Alaska because soil temperatures do not meet the threshold established by Congress. No unique farmlands have been designated in Alaska, nor have any farmlands of statewide importance. The Palmer, Wasilla, and Upper Susitna Soil and Water Conservation Districts have adopted criteria for farmlands of local importance for lands within their district boundaries. The Point MacKenzie Agricultural Area, in the Mat-Su, meets these criteria. The proposed project road would lie along the east side of this protected area, on the alignment of the existing Point MacKenzie Road. 3.1.3.1 Existing agricultural land The Economic Development Plan, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska (2002) identifies agriculture as one of the strengths in the borough’s economy. The Matanuska-Susitna 12/18/07 Page 3-25
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