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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 11, 2017 Page 5 1 Councilmember Stille referred to the second from the last paragraph, and asked if someone 2 would advise Council of when the monies are eligible to be dispersed. Mr. Casey stated this is 3 the first step of a couple step process and if the grant was awarded a contract would be written. 4 5 Mayor Faust stated Council is assuming this allows someone to go for this pooling of funding. 6 No one from the firm will manage the funds. 7 8 Mr. Ken Haverman, Landmark Environmental, represents The Village LLC who would be 9 looking to acquire the property and clean it up. He explained this resolution is a process of the 10 agencies giving the grants which only gives grants to public entities. The City would administer 11 the funds, if received, and the cleanup plan was approved November 28, 2016. 12 13 Ms. Sullivan, resident, stated she is concerned about the pollution at this site. There are no 14 boundaries for ground water. She wants to know about the samples that were taken and if the 15 results were reported to the State and asked if there is any PCE involvement. She felt the 16 Council needs to be concerned about the PERK, she is worried about it coming in through the 17 utilities, and asked where the contamination is coming from. 18 19 Mr. Haverman stated part of the response action plan is to address known soil contamination 20 relating to an underground storage tank located at that property. There were two dry cleaners on 21 adjacent properties. He stated all data has been reported to the PCA and it is in their jurisdiction 22 to determine the source of the contamination so the concern will be addressed. 23 24 Mr. Scott Eckman, 3509 Skycroft Drive, asked if this resolution has anything within it that 25 favors one or another potential buyer of the Lowry Grove property. Mayor Faust stated The 26 Village LLC has purchased the property and it won't go to another buyer based on a lawsuit. 27 28 Councilmember Stille stated Council wants to clean up this site and this would be no cost to the 29 City. 30 31 Motion by Councilmember Jenson, seconded by Councilmember Brever, to adopt Resolution 17- 32 037; a Resolution Approving Grant Applications for Environmental Cleanup for the Property 33 Located at 2501 Lowry Avenue NE (Lowry Grove). 34 35 Councilmember Gray stated he wanted to make it clear there is not a plan submitted to Council 36 and this is very early in the process so there will be plenty of time for public comment. There are 37 a number of people concerned about the density and affordability, and these concerns are 38 justified. He stated he lives in Silver Lake Village, a great place to live, as it shows the values of 39 the Council as to what a development should be. 40 41 Councilmember Stille stated the process has unfolded. An EAW was done based on a napkin 42 sketch and the developer has responded to some of the concerns. He stated the community 43 members attending the meeting tonight with the developer know more up -to -date information 44 than Council and the Council does not know what the mix will be. 45