PD-17-00001 Marian Meadows Full Record with Index (2)

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Marian Meadows Rezone and Subdivision Final Environmental Impact Statement 3-118 Families with heads of households actively engaged in the workforce are likely to have children and are likely to meet their recreational demands both on their own property and in public facilities. Informal at- home activities vary with facilities available but typically include activities such as playing in the yard, shooting baskets in the driveway, gardening, and informal neighborhood gatherings. Mini parks are often used by families with younger children for a more varied play experience using more intricate play structures and also providing an opportunity for meeting and socializing with other children. Older children tend to be involved to varying degrees in sports and other activities, creating a demand for sports fields for baseball, softball, soccer, and a variety of other organized, semi-organized, and unorganized sports activities. Sports fields are typically elements of neighborhood and community parks in the NRPA guidelines. Active adults are often involved in a variety of activities including sports, which often include tournament play and more developed facilities with lighting and spectator facilities. Facilities such as golf courses are often private but are public facilities in some communities (Zabriski 2001). A 2002 survey of recent home buyers sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders and the National Association of Realtors identified parks and playgrounds as important to very important with 26 percent and 21 percent of respondents, respectively (NTTP 2002). Trail facilities for a variety of activities are consistently among the most desired recreational facilities identified by surveys of residents in communities (Flink 2001). A 2002 survey of homebuyers identified trails as the second most important community amenity, second only to highway access and was identified by 36 percent of respondents (44 percent identified highways). Trails provide for a variety of activities including walking, jogging, or biking as well as winter activities such as skiing. Specialized trails provide opportunities for motorized sports including off-road vehicles and snowmobiling. It is likely that the full range of potential residents would use trails, with off-road trails likely to be important to seasonal residents as well as full-time residents. The proposal includes no formal designation of trails to meet the county standards of between a third and a little more than half a mile of trails as indicated in Table 3-17. The proposal includes no formal connections to public land in the Easton State Airport or the National Forest to the northeast and north of the site. Informal use of the existing ORV and snowmobile trail along the BPA transmission line easement is likely to continue and would increase substantially from the additional residents of Marian Meadows property. Off-road vehicles and snowmobiles can use roadways; however, the use of unlicensed vehicles presents legal issues and presents the potential for conflict with motor vehicles at a substantial risk of life to off-road and snowmobile users. Impacts on adjacent private land and National Forest Service lands to the north and south including the Roslyn watershed, depends upon whether provisions are made on-site and also depends on the extent to which provisions are made for ORV and snowmobile use in the Forest Service Motorized Travel Management program. If the BPA transmission line corridor or other facilities in the area were to be designated for ORV use, additional areas for this use would be available to residents of the development. If there are no additional trails designated in the area, it is likely that use would continue anyway. Such