Volume 2: Draft Gorst Planned Action Environmental Impact Statement

GORST PLANNED ACTION EIS | AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT, SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS, AND MITIGATION MEASURESMitigation MeasuresIncorporated Plan FeaturesAdoption of the Watershed Characterization & Framework Plan and the Gorst Subarea Plan are part of both actionalternatives. Adoption of these two plans would include the following:• Alternatives 2 and 3 would include implementation of new capital facility and urban design improvements,such as streetscape improvements and trails.• Alternatives 2 and 3 would include adoption of new policies promoting amended stormwater and habitatregulations throughout the Gorst Creek watershed.• Alternatives 2 and 3 would include policies and urban design concepts that would improve the landscape,streetscape, and site design of developments.• As described above, the land use designations proposed for Alternative 3 would guide development toward apredominantly horizontal or vertical mixed-use pattern. Associated development regulations and designguidelines in the subarea plan would ensure that incompatibilities between more intense uses and less intenseuses are minimized.Applicable Regulations and CommitmentsIn addition to the new stormwater regulations that would be applied to the Gorst Creek watershed and the designguidelines and development regulations that would be applied to the Gorst UGA, the following regulations andcommitments would help mitigate impacts regarding land use compatibility throughout the watershed study area.• KCC 17.382 – Density, Dimensions, and Design• KCC 17.385 – Landscaping• KCC Title 19 – CAOOther Potential Mitigation Measures• Adoption of implementing zoning and urban design regulations to fulfill Draft Gorst Subarea Plan policieswould help mitigate changes to land use patterns and compatibility. It is anticipated that such regulationswould be prepared with a Preferred Alternative.Significant Unavoidable Adverse ImpactsUnder all alternatives, the Gorst Creek watershed in general, and the Gorst UGA in particular, would experienceadditional growth in population and employment. Vacant land in the Gorst UGA is anticipated to be developed,and some existing properties would redevelop over time. While the overall land use pattern in the area would beirreversibly changed, anticipated impacts can be mitigated with design and development standards as described inthe Mitigation Measures section above.Draft | June 2013 3-109