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Mounds View EDA November 13, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 3 since there was a dump site close by she would not be willing to take ownership without the 88 environmental review. 89 90 Commissioner Flaherty indicated that the previous report shows that this was basically a clean 91 site and nothing has happened there since that would cause contamination. 92 93 Commissioner Thomas said that the previous review was preliminary and she feels that the City 94 would not be doing its due diligence if the review is not done prior to the City accepting the 95 property. 96 97 President Marty said that he is concerned because a citizen raised the concern to him about the 98 property being a dump site. He further said that he thinks the environmental assessment is 99 necessary to ensure that the City receives a clean site and does not incur the liability for a 100 contaminated site. 101 102 President Marty indicated he thinks that $3,700 is a small amount to pay to ensure that the 103 property is a clean site. He then said that the EDA talked about this property and he wonders 104 why copies were sent to Bonestroo when the City knew this was a possible problem area because 105 the City can order this done without paying Bonestroo to review it and order it done. He further 106 asked why it is necessary to have this engineering firm look at the documentation. 107 108 Director Ericson indicated that the City Staff does not have the training or experience to analyze 109 and determine what contamination may or may not be on the property in order to make a 110 recommendation to the Council. He then said that the review was a minimal cost to pay for the 111 expertise that they provided for the City. 112 113 City Administrator Ulrich indicated that he feels that it is important to enter the chain of title of 114 the property with a guarantee that there is no contamination on the site. 115 116 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Thomas. To Waive the Reading and Approve Resolution 06-EDA-117 225, Authorizing Supplemental Field Review and Analysis to Assess Environmental Conditions 118 at 2696 County Road 10 Preparatory to Acceptance of Land Donation. 119 120 Vice President Stigney said that his issue is that this property should not be accepted at all 121 because it costs money to determine if there is contamination and he does not think that the City 122 should take the property off the tax roles and the City does not need this property for the trail to 123 go through. He further said that he thinks this is a waste of taxpayer dollars. 124 125 Commissioner Flaherty said that the recommendation is that there is a low risk of contamination 126 at the property but he thinks that the City will end up doing this again in the future if the City 127 takes the property. 128 129