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_ r <br /> _. 4 <br /> • Estimated total cost to move, upfit, rehab (and add back on some bedrooms at a <br /> new site, because some portion cannot be moved) the 609 Yorktown property to <br /> the Pine Knolls area is roughly,$88,000 <br /> • Donate houses to a firm willing to move them at no cost to County— a local for-profit <br /> firm that specializes in house moving and rehabilitation is willing to do this, so the <br /> only cost would be what it takes to remove residuals and restore the Yorktown _ <br /> properties to natural (about $10,000 for both together) <br /> Additional Matters to be considered/researched <br /> • Disposition of the lots in Heritage Hills upon project completion <br /> • Leave natural and unmanaged? <br /> • Convert to some kind of park? <br /> • Contract with neighborhood association to maintain and use? <br /> • Pursue enrollment in National Wildlife Federation wildlife habitat <br /> program? <br /> • Possible sale of lots to adjacent owners, with restrictive covenant that <br /> would prohibit future construction on the lots <br /> • State statutes on disposition of county property and FEMA/state grant <br /> program requirements must be examined/verified to determine which <br /> disposition options are possible and/or what limitations there might be on any <br /> of them <br /> • How much funding is the County willing to contribute, beyond any available <br /> federal/state emergency management grant funds, to pursue moving one or <br /> both houses and reusing them for affordable housing, park visitor center, or <br /> some other purposes? <br />