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- ._.ILL~ MEMORANDUM DATE: July 27, 2009 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Ron Moorse, City Administrator SUBJECT: TCAAP Update Armv/GSA meetiol! On July 15, the Council met with representatives of the Army and GSA to discuss the City's priorities and concerns related to the cleanup and reuse of the TCAAP property and how the City and the Army/GSA can work together to get the City what it wants in relation to the cleanup and reuse of the property, to discuss the details of the GSA's public sale process and timeline, and to discuss the process for moving forward. While the City is moving forward with a process to obtain funding and special legislation to enable the bulk of the TCAAP property to be cleaned up and reused for parks and open space, the GSA is moving forward with its public sale process. While the public sale process is to include the transfer of the wildlife corridor area to Ramsey County, the GSA indicated it does not want to require more land to be dedicated to parkland, because it would deter bidders on the property. The GSA wants the parkland dedication to be worked out between the City and the buyer after the land is purchased. The GSA is planning to begin the initial steps in the public sale process quickly, with a bidders' conference planned for the fall of2009, and the sale planned for late spring of2010. The City is preparing to be involved in the sale process, particularly to ensure the sale process includes a mechanism to ensure the buyer completes the clean-up of the property, and to provide information to the potential bidders regarding the City's expectations for the reuse of the property. Going forward, the City will schedule bi-weekly conference calls with GSA as an opportunity for the City to have input into the sale process, and to monitor the progress of the sale process.