Camas Earth Day Society DEIS Comments Act (SEPA) review purposes, is contained within Alternative 3. The land is located at a convergence of a significant swath of East Clark County’s rural landscape. As required by SEPA, the analysis would reasonably be expected to include and evaluate similar requested actions once the 2,700 units allowed were built. This would include UGB additions. This adjoining land, for SEPA consideration, would be considered available for development. These impacts fall within the definition of “indirect impacts” required in the analysis. The SEPA Handbook identifies this requirement and for definition provides ”Examples include increasing tra ffi c on local roads, setting a precedent for future growth, and reducing the capacity of a sewage treatment plant or water supply system .” 1 This has already been the case in Camas as it transitions from the well-defined footprint of a classic mill town to a fast growing suburb in the Portland Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Alternative 3 submittal will be acknowledged for these comments as the “Nevin” properties. BASIC SEPA REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT MET. In evaluating the DEIS treatment of the Nevin properties the following issues are considered. • Transparency • Growth-inducing impacts • Coarse Granularity Hides Tra ffi c. Transparency. While included in the County’s process, the Nevin properties were only recently included in Our Camas 2045 ’s Preferred Land Use Map. Consider the ability for public discovery through the Camas process. The screenshot on Page 3 was taken 17 days after the publication date of the DEIS. This graphic represents the start of DEIS public review. This Camas posting, then the up-to-date public graphic, shows the Nevin properties, outlined in orange, outside the City of Camas and outside the UGA. This means Camas’ Alternative 3 proposal for the County’s independent process was not subject to su ffi cient public notice and review. Adequacy of public notice/review requires consideration for determining whether this meets requirements of the Growth Management Act (GMA) and SEPA. This is the matter-of-fact manner the Nevin properties surfaced in the city’s public process. It appeared mid-November on the web-posted map. A Camas resident who • Wildland Fire Risk • The Ponzi Scheme • Consideration of Alternatives • “Revitalization” and “Current and Long-Term Operations” • Public Participation • Transfer of Development Rights
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