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<br />5 <br />It should be noted that any development activity on the property would be subject to title issues <br />and restrictive covenants that may exist or be placed on the property. <br />Overall Conceptual Plan, <br />In looking at these individual options on the site, ERCD and Planning staff noticed that while <br />there is overlap in the areas above (recreation and developable areas, for example), there may <br />be ways to use the property that are not mutually-exclusive, If access issues can be resolved, it <br />might be possible to do all of the following on the Greene tract (with the cooperation of all <br />ownership entities): <br />/ preserve 40 acres of the prime hardwood forest (sectors 1 and 4), <br />/ protect the potential historic sites, <br />/ locate a 25 acre active recreation facility (the western portion of sector 2), <br />/ reserve around 35 acres with rail line access for a transfer station (sector 2 north and east of <br />the potential historic site), and <br />/ locate a 25-acre affordable housing site and another 25 acres for government buildings or <br />other developed uses (sectors 3 and 5). <br />The conceptual plan that staffs worked up far accommodation of all uses is shown on the <br />attached map. <br />