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226 <br /> Once the EIS has been accepted as adequate,the project a in question <br /> passed from proceed nty <br /> with the development approval process after es adequacy; after 60 days have <br /> . ' acceptance,in cases where the County '' <br /> passed from the transmission of the completed document to the State Clearinghouse, <br /> Where the Clearinghouse makes the determination of adequacy. <br /> PROPOSED TOE COMAS: <br /> 1) Applicability, As described above,the Town is concerned about the ordinance's <br /> proposed applicability. If the County does not want the ordinance to be applicable <br /> p ro p planning and zoning jurisdictions, it should clearly state that in the <br /> within municipal p g municipal� <br /> ordinance. If the County does want the ordinance to be applicable within, <br /> planning and zoning jurisdictions,the Town feels strongly t County shu d <br /> not be drafting and approving such an ordinance unilaterally,and in osuch unilateral action is a violation of the spirit if not the letter of the Joint Planning <br /> Agreement between the County and the Towns. <br /> 2) Effect. As it is currently written,the effect of requiring an Environmental <br /> Impact Statement will be to collect information about the expected <br /> There oc no pub <br /> impacts of proposed projects that might otherwise not be <br /> nearing required on an Environmental ilmFStatement th rnmisioners may elect to <br /> determination. of its adequacy,horev although <br /> hold one. Most importantly,once an EIS has been determined to be adequate,there <br /> impact mitigating measures laid out <br /> is no provision for requiring that the proposed � n processes. In <br /> in the EIS be incorporated into the subsequent <br /> S design and rg�out alternatives,and <br /> other words,a project can go through mitigate the inherent in each alternative, <br /> stating the measures necessary to mitia <br /> and,once the EIS is found to be adequate,can continue with design and permit <br /> review processes, all the way to construction, without including those mitigating <br /> measures. The County should consider incorporating in the ordinance some <br /> mechanism a echanism for tying the results of EIS prep aration and review into the permit <br /> processes for the developments which require them. • <br /> 2. Proposed Chan es to the Gaunt ?on'n�t di�ance :_ -- , <br /> A. Changes to the County's Public Interest DistrictFID <br /> E dlanati0n of Fr eposed Chian 'e: The County is proposing to amend its current <br /> w c Interest District(PIDM to reflect the recommendations of Duke University's <br /> Public Inter,.st Distri..,. <br /> Land Resources Committee Report. The Report classifies Duke Forest lands into four <br /> i a categories -- Permanent Research Forest,Research Project Land, <br /> different c;�`�g "�� Permanent <br /> Use Land,and Residual Endowment Land (see the attached map). Right <br /> inow, all those lands are zoned County PID,and as the County PID is written <br /> 4 <br /> • <br />