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MOUNDS VIEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
RESOLUTION NO. 98-EDA-98
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PREPARATION OF PHASE I or PHASE I
AND II ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT(S) OF THE "RENT-ALL" PROPERTY
WHEREAS, on August 24, 1998 the City Council adopted Resolution No. 5260; and
WHEREAS, said Resolution authorized staff and consultants to proceed with various actions
including (but not limited to) the negotiation of an option/purchase agreement for the RentAlI
property; and
WHEREAS, information about the actual or potential presence of contaminants or other
environmental problems on the RentAlI property would be very useful in connection with the
negotiation of an option/purchase agreement for the property in question; and
WHEREAS, the aforesaid Resolution No. 5260 also authorized City staff and consultants to
proceed with the development of an application to DTED for a redevelopment grant that could
potentially be applied to the City's financial obligations in the event that a Development
Agreement related to the proposed Mermaid hotel and banquet center is ultimately executed by
the City/EDA and the Developer(s); and
WHEREAS, the recipients of the DTED Redevelopment Grants will be determined by a point
system, under which [up to] 20 of the possible 100 [maximum] points will be related to
environmental issues: up to 15 points for "redevelopment in connection with contamination
remediation needs" and up to 5 points for "multi-jurisdictional projects that take into
account...environmental impact;" and
WHEREAS, DTED representatives have indicated that the submission of an objective,
independent environmental site assessment [ESA] would be expected, if not required, in
connection with any redevelopment grant application that seeks to have points awarded for
environmental issues; and
WHEREAS, in anticipation of the potential need for an ESA of the RentAlI site, City staff recently
contacted three reputable environmental consultants to request written cost projections regarding
various types and levels of environmental assessments; and
WHEREAS, the projected costs for a Phase I ESA of the RentAlI site ranged from $1750.00 to
$2795.00, with Peer Environmental & Engineering Resources, Inc. ["peer'1 submitting the lowest
estimate; and
WHEREAS, the projected costs for a Phase I and Phase II ESA of the RentAlI site ranged from
$3900.00 to $5300.00, with Peer Environmental & Engineering Resources, Inc. ["Peer"]
submitting the lowest estimate; and
WHEREAS, the application deadline for the DTED Redevelopment Grant is October 1 J 1998, and
the time needed to complete a Phase I ESA or PHASE I and II ESAs would be approximately two
weeks;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Economic Development Authority of the City of
Mounds View hereby:
Authorizes City staff to retain Peer Environmental & Engineering Resources, Inc. to prepare a
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment [ESA] of the RentAl! property, with the understanding
that City staff will have the discretion to authorize Peer to immediately proceed with a Phase II
ESA if such action is necessitated or warranted by the results of the Phase I ESA, and with the
further understanding that written reports regarding any such ESA(s) will be provided to the City
in time for the City to incorporate them into the City's application for a DTED Redevelopment
Grant by the applicable deadline of October 1, 1998.
Dated this 14th day of September, 1998.
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