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Mounds View EDA November 13, 2006 <br />Regular Meeting Page 2 <br /> <br /> 46 <br />Director Ericson indicated that an appraisal was requested by the owners for IRS purposes, the 47 <br />City had one done, and the EDA authorized preliminary environmental analysis, as there were 48 <br />other uses in this area prior to it being vacant. He then said that an auto repair shop on Silver 49 <br />Lake Road, a home, and a couple of dump sites were identified and the findings indicated that 50 <br />because of some hazardous contamination a further recommended analysis should be done to 51 <br />include soil borings and water analysis on the site. 52 <br /> 53 <br />Director Ericson indicated that Staff does not think that there is any contamination on this parcel 54 <br />but prior to accepting it the City should take a look at this and rule out that possibility listed in 55 <br />the study done in the 1990s. 56 <br /> 57 <br />Director Ericson indicated that Bonestroo has submitted a proposal for handling the further 58 <br />environmental analysis and Staff recommends approval of Resolution 06-EDA-225 Authorizing 59 <br />the Additional Environmental Review not to exceed $3,700. 60 <br /> 61 <br />Commissioner Flaherty indicated that the Phase I and Phase II reports done in 1997 and in 2001 62 <br />came back virtually negative on the site and he is wondering what has been on the site that would 63 <br />change the report. 64 <br /> 65 <br />Director Ericson indicated that there is nothing that he is aware of. 66 <br /> 67 <br />Commissioner Flaherty said he does not feel that another assessment is necessary if the intention 68 <br />is to keep this green space for the future. 69 <br /> 70 <br />Commissioner Flaherty asked what are the taxes received from this parcel right now. 71 <br /> 72 <br />Director Ericson indicated that this is a marginal property that may not be buildable as viewed by 73 <br />the County so what is generated in taxes is minimal. He then said that the analysis did identify 74 <br />some trace chemicals but where the contamination was found was not on this site. He further 75 <br />indicated that, because it was found there, the rationale for moving forward with additional work 76 <br />is to rule out that it has not migrated to this site since there was a dump site on this property. 77 <br /> 78 <br />Director Ericson indicated that to the untrained eye of Staff there is nothing that seems to be an 79 <br />issue but Staff feels this would be an “insurance policy” for the City. 80 <br /> 81 <br />Commissioner Flaherty indicated that he would like to save the City $3,700 and, if there is 82 <br />nothing substantial coming in from this parcel in taxes, he would like to designate it as open 83 <br />space. 84 <br /> 85 <br />Commissioner Thomas said that she is not willing to take over any property that the City does 86 <br />not have a known clean documentation for liability purposes for the future. She then said that 87