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