Volume 2: Draft Gorst Planned Action Environmental Impact Statement

GORST PLANNED ACTION EIS | AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT, SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS, AND MITIGATION MEASURES• Housing: While all alternatives allow for housing, Alternatives 2 and 3 provide significant new opportunitiesfor housing on the mine site. Further, Alternative 3 would promote a horizontal or vertical mixed use pattern,and would provide a new live-work housing choice.• Economy: All alternatives support economic development in Gorst. Alternative 1 would promote highwayorientedcommercial and some industrial uses. Alternative 2 focuses on a well-designed commercial corridor.Alternatives 1 and 2 would convert some present residential areas to more commercial uses, and assume thehighest employment growth levels. Alternative 3 provides for mixed use economic opportunities with regionalcommercial uses as well as local serving commercial uses combined with mixed uses, such as in a horizontalformat. With allowances for mixed residential uses, the job growth under Alternative 3 would not be as highas Alternatives 1 and 2.• Transportation: Through proposed subarea plan policies, Alternatives 2 and 3 promote added transit and nonmotorizedsystems in Gorst (e.g. transit service at a park and ride). The mixed use pattern and lowercommercial growth in Alternative 3 provides less congestion and may in the future provide more support totransit use. Alternative 2 does not worsen congestion beyond that already anticipated in Alternative 1 NoAction.• Public Services: All alternatives increase the demand for public facilities and services, particularly Alternatives2 and 3 that add greater population. Alternative 1 would continue implementation of the Kitsap County CFP.Alternatives 2 and 3, due to greater growth, would require mitigation measures to ensure adequate facilitiesand services. Alternatives 2 and 3 also assume transition to City governance with City levels of service. SeeSection 3.12 Public Services.Transportation 2040A review of the alternatives programmatically in relation to the key principles of Transportation 2040 is providedbelow:• Congestion and Mobility. The mixed use pattern and lower commercial growth in Alternative 3 provides lesscongestion and may in the future provide more support to transit use. Alternative 2 does not worsencongestion beyond that already anticipated in Alternative 1 No Action. Alternatives 2 and 3 also promoteadded transit and non-motorized systems in Gorst (e.g. transit service at a park and ride).• Environment. All alternatives add VMT to the network; however, more compact growth and a greater share ofmixed use growth along with other GHG reduction measures addressed in Section 3.11 Transportation canhelp reduce VMT.• Funding. The No Action Alternative would retain the recent Kitsap County 2012 CFP that includes fundingprojections for transportation facilities under County responsibility. More specific capital improvements andfunding are identified for stormwater improvements, fish passage barrier removals, and transportationimprovements are proposed for Action Alternatives. The County and City of Bremerton will continue topartner with the PSRC on transportation planning and funding opportunities.Draft | June 2013 3-257