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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 10, 2018 Page 4 City Manager Casey introduced a request for the City Council to adopt the resolution supporting 1 the Contamination Cleanup Grant Application and Part 1 of the Revolving Loan Application that 2 was provided for their review. The estimate for the cleanup is $322,400. $219,000 would be 3 requested to come from DEED, $64,400 from Hennepin County. The remaining funds of 4 $38,400 would come from The Village LLC. It is in the public interest to remediate the 5 contamination from the site. This application needs to come from the City. There will be no cost 6 for the City to do the bookkeeping. 7 8 Councilmember Stille asked if anything is known about the potential development of the Bremer 9 site and Mr. Casey stated there have been further discussions but no update. 10 11 Councilmember Stille stated he is concerned if this is flexible in the event the Bremer Site needs 12 to be cleaned up. The Village LLC is only reimbursed for eligible expenses spent. He has read 13 there may be contamination on the property across the street. He was surprised to see TIF for 14 $12M because Council has not talked about any TIF on the site not knowing what any qualified 15 costs are. He stated he does not want this approval to include any TIF financing on this project. 16 17 Mr. Casey indicated the application states pending TIF approval and the $12M was generated by 18 the developer. Ehlers and Associates will look at the numbers and recommend an eligible cost 19 amount. The City has not completed their review or made any commitment to the use of TIF 20 financing referenced in the application. He stated this statement could be added to the resolution. 21 22 Councilmember Jenson read the types of chemicals that are currently in the property and stated 23 clearly, there is a need to get rid of this contamination. 24 25 Councilmember Stille stated the contamination not only came from the two dry cleaners, but 26 there is diesel contamination on two hot spots on the Lowry Grove site. Oil was spread on the 27 roads to keep the dust down over the years. Mr. Casey stated the PCA will be monitoring the 28 clean-up project. 29 30 Councilmember Randle asked if The Village LLC was aware of the contamination before they 31 purchased the property. Mayor Faust believes the PCA has known about this since the 2000’s. 32 33 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Gray, approve Resolution 18-34 035; a Resolution supporting the contamination grant application submitted to the Department of 35 Employment and Economic Development (DEED) by The Village LLC for Environmental 36 Remediation at 2501 Lowry Avenue. Staff is directed to add to the Be It Further Resolved 37 paragraph “The City Council of the City of St. Anthony Village has approved the contamination 38 clean up grant application submitted to DEED by The Village LLC, for 2501 Lowry Avenue but 39 the City has not completed their review or made any commitment to the use of TIF financing 40 referenced in the application.” to the resolution. 41 42 Motion carried 5-0. 43 44 Mayor Faust noted traffic was always an issue and suggested the City Manager be directed to do 45 a traffic study now so there is a baseline before any work starts and provide suggestions. This 46 6