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Volume 2: Draft Gorst Planned Action Environmental Impact Statement

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TABLE OF CONTENTSFact Sheet ..................................................................................................................................................................... iiiTable of Contents ........................................................................................................................................................ vii1.0 Summary....................................................................................................................................................... 1-11.1 Purpose of Proposed <strong>Action</strong> ..................................................................................................................... 1-11.2 State <strong>Environmental</strong> Policy Act Process ................................................................................................... 1-1<strong>Planned</strong> <strong>Action</strong> ................................................................................................................................................... 1-2Prior <strong>Environmental</strong> Review .............................................................................................................................. 1-31.3 Public Involvement ................................................................................................................................... 1-31.4 Proposed <strong>Action</strong>, Alternatives, and Objectives ........................................................................................ 1-4Objectives .......................................................................................................................................................... 1-4Proposed <strong>Action</strong> and Alternatives ..................................................................................................................... 1-51.5 Major Issues, Significant Areas of Controversy and Uncertainty, and Issues to be Resolved .................. 1-61.6 Summary of <strong>Impact</strong>s and Mitigation Measures ....................................................................................... 1-6<strong>Impact</strong>s Common to All Alternatives ................................................................................................................. 1-6Matrix of <strong>Impact</strong>s by Alternative ..................................................................................................................... 1-12Summary of Mitigation Measures ................................................................................................................... 1-221.7 Significant Unavoidable Adverse <strong>Impact</strong>s .............................................................................................. 1-402.0 Alternatives .................................................................................................................................................. 2-12.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 2-12.2 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 2-1Study Area ......................................................................................................................................................... 2-1Current Conditions ............................................................................................................................................ 2-7<strong>Gorst</strong> Watershed Characterization & Framework Plan ..................................................................................... 2-7<strong>Gorst</strong> Subarea Plan ............................................................................................................................................ 2-72.3 Public Review ........................................................................................................................................... 2-82.4 Proposal Objectives ................................................................................................................................ 2-102.5 Study Alternatives .................................................................................................................................. 2-11Alternative 1 – No <strong>Action</strong>, Current Plan: <strong>Gorst</strong> is a relatively small highway-oriented commercial and industrialcenter ............................................................................................................................................................... 2-11Alternative 2 – <strong>Gorst</strong> is a well-designed regional commercial center ............................................................. 2-11Alternative 3 - <strong>Gorst</strong> becomes a complete community ................................................................................... 2-11Watershed Land Use ........................................................................................................................................ 2-12<strong>Gorst</strong> UGA Land Use ........................................................................................................................................ 2-15Future Growth ................................................................................................................................................. 2-28<strong>Draft</strong> | June 2013VII

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