Volume 2: Draft Gorst Planned Action Environmental Impact Statement

GORST PLANNED ACTION EIS | AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT, SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS, AND MITIGATION MEASURESCity and the County.CPP Concept SummaryIf an adopted or proposed 20-year projected population distribution may requireexpansion of its UGA, the respective jurisdiction shall conduct planning and analysis,including a land capacity analysis, assessment of present zoning; consideration ofreasonable measures; and ability to provide services.A jurisdiction, as part of its Comprehensive Plan amendment or sub-area plan process thatproposes an expansion of the UGA, shall prepare or update a comparison of potentialareas for expansion.Conduct early and continuous public involvement when establishing, expanding, oradjusting UGAs.Centers for Growth. Identifies a hierarchy of areas of the county within which population andemployment should be concentrated consistent with VISION 2040.Rural Land Uses and Development Patterns. Seeks to preserve and enhance the ruralcharacter of areas outside of the UGAs, by protecting the natural environment, open spaceand recreation, scenic and historic areas, and supporting small scale farming, low densityresidential living and cluster development at an appropriate scale, and with appropriate rurallevels of service.Countywide Strategies for Open Space Preservation, Resource Protection and Critical Areas,Air Quality, and Water Quality/Quantity. Defines these areas and establishes the importanceof maintaining, protecting and enhancing these areas.Contiguous, Compatible, and Orderly Development. Provides policies for cooperative interjurisdictionalplanning, and coordination of land use, transportation, environmental andinfrastructure planning. Promotes fiscal equity such as revenue sharing due to changes inmunicipal boundaries. Provides policies on community design and development that promotethe unique character of a community, encourage healthy lifestyles, and support sustainableeconomic and environmental development techniques.Siting Public Capital Facilities. Establishes a process for the siting of regional facilities, whichwould mitigate the potential adverse impacts from the location and development of thesefacilities.Transportation. Seeks to promote a transportation system, which would serve the designatedcenters, preserve the natural environment and provide for a balanced system for the efficientand safe movement of people, goods and services among the centers of Kitsap County and thelarger Puget Sound Region. Promotes measures to reduce SOVs, and complete streets for allmodes.Discussionplanning effort. Chapter 2 of this Draft EIS describes the public participation efforts todateThe City of Bremerton has annexed SKIA and no change to center status isanticipated there, as is also the case with Downtown Bremerton.Under all alternatives, densities in the rural area will remain at one unit per five or10a acres, a rural density that avoids sprawl. The Watershed Characterization &Framework Plan proposed under Alternatives 2 and 3 will help the County and citiesmake informed choices about the best locations for development and avoidinappropriate conversion of land.All Alternatives presume CUL will be maintained for forest and habitat management.Alternatives 2 and 3 would establish a Watershed Characterization & Framework Planthat identifies not only CUL protection but also other areas important for protectionor restoration for fish and wildlife habitat. Alternatives 2 and 3 highlight Countyownedproperty that is to be set aside for open space and recreation.The County and City are jointly planning in the watershed and in the Gorst UGA, andintend to both adopt the associated plans.Essential public facilities are not proposed in Gorst. However, there are proposals tomitigate the effect of past facilities (e.g. landfill on Gorst Creek in watershed).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 2does not worsen congestion beyond that already anticipated in Alternative 1 NoAction. Alternatives 2 and 3 also promote added transit and non-motorized systemsin Gorst (e.g. transit service at a park and ride).Draft | June 2013 3-260