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,-ARLZN�HILLS <br /> CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br /> COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 2012-023 <br /> A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE ACQUISITION AND REMEDIATION OF <br /> THE TWIN CITIES ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT SITE BY RAMSEY COUNT_, <br /> WHEREAS,the U.S. Army declared the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant(TCAAP) <br /> site excess to its needs in 2001, and the General Services Administration completed the federal <br /> screening and declared the property surplus to the government's needs in 2002; and <br /> WHEREAS, since 2002,the City has considered only one valid private development <br /> proposal; and <br /> WHEREAS,the private development proposal was ultimately withdrawn due to general <br /> economic infeasibility; and <br /> WHEREAS, in 2009, the Arden Hills City Council approved a resolution in favor of <br /> designating the entire TCAAP site for parks and open space use which was not supported by <br /> Ramsey County because it was economically unfeasible and the County favored private <br /> development that would increase the County's employment base; and <br /> WHEREAS, on November 15, 2011, the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners <br /> approved an offer to purchase 430 acres of the TCAAP site for$28.5 million; and <br /> WHEREAS, on June 19, 2012,the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners approved <br /> Resolution 2012-189 directing staff to continue negotiations with the General Services <br /> Administration to acquire TCAAP for the purchase price of$5,950,875 net of remediation <br /> credits, and to make application for State and Federal funds for acquisition and remediation; and <br /> WHEREAS, acquisition of the TCAAP site by Ramsey County provides an opportunity <br /> for the site to be remediated, returned to productive use, and opened to public access which is the <br /> desire of the City of Arden Hills. <br />