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147 MAL BUFFER STUDY POLICY ANALYSIS - PHASE 2 Issues vs Policies OPEN $PACE The following open space issues were identified in the DATA & ANALYSIS phase of the study: (1) The largest unbroken area of forest cover in the Rural Buffer is comprised of Duke Forest tracts. The study by the Urban Land Institute which is currently underway may possibly yield recommendations for uses other than the present educational. research and recreational uses. (2) Development activity in the Rural Buffer has two impacts on Duke Forest properties. Erosion and runoff from development activity upstream may lead to the degrada- tion of surface water habitats. Increased development, not just in the Rural Buffer, but throughout the Chapel Hill/Durham region also places increasing recreation pressures on the forest. Comparing/contrasting the issues with policies. goals, objectives. proposals. and standards identified in phase I of POLICY ANALYSIS yields: Issue 1 is addressed extensively and from practically all perspectives. Policy 1 makes a short. but direct, statement about no development occurring in Duke Forest before 2000. Policy 2 identifies Duke Forest as part of the open space system and makes the general statement that it should be protected from incompatible uses. Goal 2 makes a general statement about preserving Rural Buffer lands which includes Duke Forest. Proposal 1 addresses the uses of Duke Forest as well as the function it serves in separating rural and transition areas. Proposal 4 defines Duke Forest as part of the open space system. Finally. Standard 1 lists a detailed set of location standards by which Public Interest Areas (Duke Forest) are defined. Issue 2 is not addressed very well. In fact. Goal 1 conflicts with it by encouraging the "maximum availability and use of recreational land, facilities, and open space. . . " (of which Duke Forest is assumed to be a part) .