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amsey County TCAAP Redevelopment Project Monthly Report September 2013 Project website: www.tcaap.net Master Plan Update The first open house for the TCAAP Master Planning process was held on September 17, 2013. The purpose of this open house was to provide information about the master planning process, share background information on the redevelopment site including site constraints, and solicit input on site opportunities and issues. Over 80 people were in attendance. Attendees were asked to comment on residential and commercial building types, open space types, and neighborhood patterns. Attendees also had an opportunity to participate in a land use exercise in which they could distribute their preferred mix of residential, retail, office, and park uses across the site. Photos were taken of each completed exercise and projected onto a screen in the room. The consultants are completing the “discovery phase” of the master planning process and will soon begin drafting the Master Plan. At the next TCAAP open house in January/February 2014, attendees will be asked to provide feedback on the draft Master Plan. The Master Plan is scheduled to be completed by June 2014. Demolition Update With the exception of one building (Building 502), all of the buildings on site have been “wrecked to grade”, meaning that the above-ground structures are gone, leaving the slab or foundation. Building 502 is currently undergoing asbestos remediation, as the entire building was sheathed in asbestos siding, and the interior has significant asbestos pipe wrap and other asbestos-laden materials. Remediation work will continue through the winter, and the building will be demolished in spring 2014. Bolander and Sons will now begin working on removing the approximate 300,000 tons of building slabs on site, which will be retained on site for future use. Recycling Update In addition to the 300,000 tons of concrete, there will be another 100,000 tons of bituminous material removed on site. What will happen to all of that material? Some of it will become new roadways on the site, and in other parts of the Twin Cities! Stored in four large piles, the concrete and bituminous material removed from building slabs, roadways and concrete block from buildings, will be turned into aggregate for the construction of roadways, paths and building foundations on the redevelopment site. In fact, Bolander staff estimates that 90% of building and roadway materials, including 6,185 tons of steel, 350 tons of railroad track, and 4 flatbed trucks of wood, in addition to the 400,000 tons of concrete and bituminous, will be recycled or reused.