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Port of Port Townsend December 2003
Comprehensive Scheme Update 2003
and EIS V - 36
Alternative 2: Open Space and/or Park Option (No Action and Preferred
Alternative)
Impacts associated with continued use of the site as open space or a park, relate
primarily to the intensity of use adjacent to the wetland. Active recreation and/or
general human and pet use within the wetland buffer would result in further loss
of upland habitat. Park use outside the buffer would minimize impacts to existing
habitat. It is not known at this time whether development outside the buffer
would include facilities for active recreation. If active recreation is proposed,
further characterization of the upland soils should be performed per the 2001
Department of Health recommendations.
Maintaining the site as a park would result in continued passive recreation
opportunities for area residents and retention of a visual “green space” at this
gateway to the City.
If the park site is retained by the Port beyond expiration of the City’s lease, the
property would provide recreational benefits to area residents, but would not
generate income for the Port District or local employment opportunities. Port
maintenance responsibilities would increase.
Potential Mitigation Measures
Enhancement of the degraded wetland buffer would enhance upland habitat.
Unavoidable Adverse Impacts
No unavoidable adverse impacts are anticipated. 䑅
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preferred alternative for Kah Tai -
No Development. Scanned 16 October 2011]
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