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The Greene Tract Owners agree that among the issues to be <br /> addressed in the bargaining process are (1) the specific future uses, <br /> or ranges of use, to be made of the remainder of the Greene Tract <br /> (including issues of devoting different portions to different uses, <br /> devoting portions to public uses and the possibility of making <br /> portions available for sale or private use) , and (2) whether to impose <br /> specific use restrictions, either through deed restrictions or through <br /> governmental regulation. The Greene Tract Owners agree that during the <br /> "bargaining period" each should provide opportunity for public comment <br /> on possible or proposed uses or dispositions. <br /> During the "bargaining period," no Greene Tract Owner shall (1) <br /> file any legal action or proceeding to force any sale or division of <br /> the Greene Tract, or (2) enter into any agreement to sell, mortgage or <br /> otherwise transfer all or any part of its ownership interest in the <br /> Greene Tract, in either case without the consent of the other Greene <br /> Tract Owners. To the extent permitted by law, Chapel Hill agrees not <br /> to initiate any proceeding to rezone any portion of the Greene Tract <br /> during the "bargaining period," without the consent of the other <br /> Greene Tract Owners. Execution and delivery of this Agreement by the <br /> Greene Tract Owners constitutes consent of the Greene Tract Owners for <br /> Chapel Hill to rezone the Exhibit E property as described in this Part <br /> 5. Chapel Hill states its current intent to accommodate any agreed- <br /> upon future uses or range of uses of the remainder of the Greene Tract <br /> in its Development Code/ordinances and states its recommendation to <br /> future Chapel Hill Governing Boards to the same effect. <br /> After the "bargaining period" is completed, namely, the day after <br /> the last day of the bargaining period, no Greene Tract Owner shall (1) <br /> file any legal action or proceeding to force any sale or division of <br /> the Greene Tract, or (2) enter into any agreement to sell, mortgage or <br /> otherwise transfer all or any part of its ownership interest in the <br /> Greene Tract, in either case without giving the other Greene Tract <br /> Owners at least 60 days, prior notice of such filing or entering into <br /> an agreement. In addition, after the "bargaining period" is completed, <br /> any Greene Tract Owner may give 60 days, prior notice of an election <br /> to be no longer bound by the above restrictions pertaining to the uses <br /> of and whether to impose use restrictions on the remainder of the <br /> Greene Tract, and such election shall be effective at the end of the <br /> notice period. <br /> The Parties agree that any non System use of any portion of the <br /> remainder of the Greene Tract or any disposition of any portion of the <br /> remainder of the Greene Tract shall result in payment to the County of <br /> the Reimbursement Amount 'for deposit in the System enterprise fund. <br /> 6. The County will finance community benefits from System funds to <br /> the extent legally permissible. <br /> The Parties will cooperate to provide public benefits to the <br /> community of residents and property owners in the neighborhood of the <br /> existing landfill. <br /> 9 <br />