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{imav 180 Hill Township Advisory Councils, concerns were expressed with the extension of natural conser- vation areas. From the concerns at that meeting, as well as those expressed at public hearing and the Planning Board meeting of December 21 , the Recreation Director, Mary Anne Black, and the Planning Director were able to determine that the Plan should be left on a strictly recreational basis. The more active greenways are the ones which should be left in the Plan. Natural conservation areas for the preservation of wildlife and botanical resources should be addressed through other vehicles, the Open Space Plan and the Natural Areas Inventory to be completed by Dawson Sather later this year. The Recreation and Parks Director and the Planning Director recommend approval of the Master Recreation and Parks Plan, including the text amendments which limit greenway classifi- cation to "recreational trails". The Planning Board ' s recommendation, as well as that of the Recreation and Parks Advisory Council , will be forwarded to the County Manager. Best indicated he felt there would be much less opposition to the conservation trails due to the lack of accessibility. Ms. Black responded that the exception was that every greenway would publicly accessible. She noted that was not the intent, nor did she feel it had been presented at the hearing that every greenway would be publicly accessible. Therefore, every effort is being made to present the Master Recreation and Parks Plan as a plan for an active recreation and parks system with the emphasis on active recreation. Kramer stated that those citizens who had contacted him were concerned what the process would be if they did not wish to donate a portion of their property for greenways. Ms. Black responded that the answer has always been to "go around them". The Plan as viewed by Ms. Black is the ideal plan with the concentration in the areas of the greatest need for a twenty year period. Collins indicated that if the Plan is adopted and incorporated into the Land Use Plan, the dedication/payment-- in- lieu provision could be applied and this process would allow for the acquiring of greenways as development occurs. In other areas, those funds acquired through the payment- in- lieu provision and other revenues could be combined and used to attempt to purchase greenways. Kramer continued , asking if there would even- tually be condemnation of land and Ms. Black