Volume 2: Draft Gorst Planned Action Environmental Impact Statement

GORST PLANNED ACTION EIS | SUMMARYSolid WasteFuture population growth and development would continue to increase the amount of solid waste generated inthe county under any alternative, especially the action alternatives. With Solid Waste Management Plans, regularlyupdated as appropriate, no significant unavoidable adverse impacts are anticipated.Water, Wastewater, and StormwaterUnder all alternatives, the Gorst Creek Watershed and the Gorst UGA would experience additional population andemployment growth. Development in the Gorst Creek UGA is anticipated under the alternatives andcomprehensive planning, as well as review of project specific development utility permits, would result in nosignificant unavoidable adverse impacts on water, wastewater, and stormwater.Future project construction associated with any of the project alternatives could cause temporary serviceinterruptions to existing utilities. Under the Alternative 1, the long-term higher frequency of maintenance on agingutility infrastructure and untreated stormwater discharging directly to fish-bearing streams, estuarine wetlands,and tidally influence waters is considered a moderate impact. Both Alternative 2 and 3 would have beneficialeffects on stormwater management from adoption of the Watershed Characterization & Framework Plan.TelecommunicationsPopulation and employment growth under all studied alternatives will increase demands for telecommunicationsthat in turn will increase the need for additional facilities. Planning efforts to manage growth should reduce thedemand and/or accommodate growth in a coordinated fashion than would otherwise occur.Relationship to Plans and PoliciesWith implementation of mitigation measures, no significant unavoidable adverse impacts are anticipated withregards to future plan consistency under any of the alternatives.Draft | June 2013 1-44