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Rice Creek Commons Solicitation – AMENDED February 29, 2016 Page 2 and the TCAAP Redevelopment Code. Developers should expect that amendments to the Master Plan or TCAAP Redevelopment Code will require a longer approval process than a typical planning and zoning variance. Q: Will all questions be made available? A: Yes. Q: Can questions be submitted via email. A: Yes. Questions may be received in writing, fax, or email. Email is preferred. Q: The solicitation makes no mention of DBE (Disadvantaged Business Enterprises). Will an expectation or goal of DBE participation be utilized for future stages of development? A: Future developers may make this a requirement but the solicitation does not make specific mention to DBE, SBE (Small Business Enterprises), or WMBE (Women or Minority Owned Business Enterprises Q: Will a response action plan (RAP) be required by the developer for the overall site, for each development parcel, or both? A: The MPCA will issue a commissioner’s Certificate of Completion for remediation of all soil contamination to allow residential land use throughout the site. For most construction a Response Action Plan will not be required. In cases where installation of footings or utilities involves work below the water table in areas with known shallow groundwater contamination (e.g., Site K and Building 102), a RAP to manage potentially impacted soil below the water table and groundwater may be necessary. To the extent that redevelopment is occurring in areas with shallow groundwater plumes, a RAP will likely be required to mitigate potential vapor intrusion. Q: Are there environmental investigation reports available which outline the status of the environmental cleanup onsite? A: All final investigation Work Plans, Response Action Plans, approvals, and liability assurances approved or issued through the date of this response are available on the RCC website. Upon approval by the MPCA and EPA of all of the Final Documentation Reports, those reports and the MPCA Commissioner’s Certificate of Completion will be posted on the RCC website. Q: What is the status of the no association determination? A: The County has obtained several No Association Determinations (NADs) from the MPCA for the site. All of these documents can be found on the RCC website under For Developers/Due diligence documents/Resources/Documents/Site-wide environmental remediation documents. In summary, the MPCA issued the initial NAD on April 9, 2013, before the county acquired the property. The initial NAD covered the proposed actions such as taking title to the property, building demolition and infrastructure removal, completing investigation and cleanup activities, and installation of new infrastructure. The MPCA issued an amended NAD on January 22, 2016, effective to the date of the original NAD, to add soil gas and other hazardous substance definitions to the identified release. The MPCA issued the County a separate NAD for the Rice Creek Remeander project on December 30, 2015. Q: Will vapor barriers and/or passive or active venting systems be required onsite and are there any grants available to pay for this infrastructure? A: The County submitted available soil gas data to the MPCA in November 2013. The soil gas data was deemed sufficient by the MPCA for the purpose of supporting issuance of the Commissioner’s