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ORANGE COUNTY ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM To: John Link, County Manager From: David Stancil, Environment and Resource Conservation Director Craig Benedict, Planning Director Date: March 9, 2000 Re: Review of the Greene Tract for Potential Uses To follow-up on the Board of Commissioners discussion of the Greene tract biological and cultural resource surveys last week, we have prepared a quick analysis of the Greene tract for three different categories of uses to see which 60 acre portions of the property might be most appropriate. It is important to note fhat the Bio%gica/Resources Survey for fhe properfy remains income/ete, with no further information avai/ab/e at this Time. Staff s evaluation is based on the incomplete evaluation and the best available resource information in our database. General Implications of Survey Results to Date While one of the surveys remains incomplete at this time, it is apparent that there are two primary implications that can be drawn: 1. The cultural survey has identified two sites that may qualify for the National Register of Historic Places. Any land disturbing or human activities should attempt to avoid these sites and their immediate environs, for possible future archaeological work. (These sites are shown on the map in a circular area identified with an "H'~. 2. The biological resource survey appears to indicate that the mesic oak (i.e., dry or uplands oak) and mixed hardwood forest in the northern portion of the Greene tract is more likely to host the greater variety of species, and as such might be seen as the most significant biological resource on site. The potential wetlands and mixed hardwood forest in the southeastern portion of the site are also worthy of note. With these primary implications in the mind, the following sections summarize in a general way where the "best" or most appropriate 60-acres on this property might be for three categories of potential land uses. It should be noted that this is a cursory review, and that amore-definitive analysis would require a more detailed and in-depth assessment of the property. In some cases, the sectors of the site that are identified do not equal 60 acres. We have completed the assessment with an idea for a conceptual plan that might accommodate all of these uses on the Greene tract.