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. ~ .. CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM . . DATE: April 4, 1995 TO: Brian Fritsinger, City Administrator . FROM:WTerrance Post, City Accountant I SUBJECT: 4/3/95 Arsenal Cleanup and Conversion Project Meeting . Last evening I attended a meeting of the Arsenal Cleanup and Conversion Project at North Heights Lutheran Church in Arden Hills. The agenda for the two hour meeting included an I introduction by Janet Groat, Minnesota Jobs with Peace; an update of the status of the vacant 14 TCAAP houses; a technical discussion of cleanup issues; a plea for volunteers to facilitate 20 neighborhood "TCAAP Use Planning" meetings; and organizational governance issues. The next I meeting is scheduled for May I, 1995 at North Heights Lutheran. .- Following are some note observations from the meeting I attended. L Minnesota Jobs with Peace is a collaborative organization with the Operating Engineers . labor group. 2. The Army would like to designate this group as the Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) I for the site but the group currently has no officers and does not exist in the eyes of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). I 3. Gordon Fair of the American Indian Housing Corporation from Minneapolis gave an update on the 14 TCAAP houses. His organization exists to provide housing for chronically homeless Indians with children. They are in the "preliminary planning stages" . of determining the feasibility of providing services at TCAAP. They view this 25 acre parcel as an "ideal setting" to provide supportive services in the creation of a "chemically-free little community". The existing 14 houses plus an additional 14 houses I would allow much space between houses and not be "cheek to cheek" as in Minneapolis. . Mr. Fair outlined their strategy of having DOD transfer the 25 acres to the BIA who in turn would deed ownership to the Red Lake band who would put the land in "Tribal Trust" and then allow American Indian Housing to rehab and/or begin new construction. . Their concerns are with any toxins that may be on the site. On 4/7/95 they along with .. Minneapolis based Project for Pride in Living (PPL), are going to go through each house to inventory deficiencies/concerns. .