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28 <br /> 1-21-93 Final Version <br /> citizens, and advisory board representatives currently serving <br /> on the Rural Character Study Committee. The Guidebook will <br /> examples of how innovative site designs protect areas of <br /> special natural or cultural significance. Use of the Guidebook <br /> is mandatory for open-space options, and voluntary for <br /> traditional options, with incentives provided to those who <br /> utilize the environmentally-sensitive techniques suggested. <br /> 5 . Study the feasibility of designating portions of the Eno and <br /> Haw Rivers as North Carolina Scenic Rivers to promote <br /> recognition of these critical river resources . The N.C. Scenic <br /> Rivers program may provide a means of recognizing these <br /> critical resources without limiting the potential of <br /> developable riverside property. <br /> 6 . Promote implementation of the New Hope Creek Corridor Study <br /> and use the study approach to protect other strategic stream <br /> corridors as well as wildlife habitats and natural areas <br /> contained therein. These stream corridor studies would not <br /> result in greenways . <br /> 7 . Following implementation of voluntary OSD options, prepare an <br /> annual report for the Board of Commissioners and Planning <br /> Board evaluating the impact of various development options on <br /> natural areas and wildlife corridors, and assessing the <br /> possible need for additional development strategies which <br /> would protect these values. <br /> 8 . Support potential future connection of Orange County's <br /> wildlife corridors with a proposed Triangle-wide system. <br /> Such inter-connection is important for wildlife movement along <br /> inter-basin corridors. <br /> 9 . Support efforts by the Agricultural District Advisory Board <br /> to implement a Purchase of Development Rights program to <br /> preserve natural areas, wildlife corridors, and historic <br /> sites, including the development and use of a Land Evaluation <br /> and Site Assessment (LESA) system with which to rank/compare <br /> sites for development rights acquisition. <br /> 10 . Pursue local Voluntary Transfer of Development Rights (VTDR) <br /> legislation and establish an Orange County TDR Support Group <br /> to work parallel with regional efforts to protect natural <br /> areas , wildlife habitats and corridors , and <br /> historic/archaeological sites . <br /> GOAL 3 : PRESERVE AND PROTECT VISUAL RESOURCES IN RURAL ORANGE. <br /> The County's visual resources, farm fields and forests, are often <br /> the forgotten component of rural character. When considered as a <br /> . . 8 <br />