7C, Scope of Services as Proposed in the letter from Mike Comodeca

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Message Page 2 of 5 II assessments? Are these private data that is not available to the City? I don't think the City wants the 53 acres of corporate campus property to be transferred directly or indirectly to the City. We generally want to stay out of the chain of title. In talking to Mike Fix, and in reading the IFB's the GSA has used in the past, it appears that the GSA wants to shift all of its responsibility for any and all environmental liability --other than the on -going groundwater remediation--to the buyer of the land. We want to ensure that, in the event of a default by the buyer, either there is some type of security that is sufficient to fully fund the clean-up, or that the Army will continue to be responsible for the clean-up. It would be helpful if you could provide estimates of hours of your time required for each of the main activities in the scope of services. Thanks, -----Original Message ----- From: Comodeca, Michael [miJ._to..:.m.c_o.m.odec . 'j : . r an.e.c m] Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 3:23 PM To: Ron Moorse Cc: James Lehnhoff Subject: RE: Re -engagement letter NOTICE: This electronic mail transmission constitutes confidential information. The transmission contains information that may be protected under the attorney -client privilege, work product doctrine, joint defense privilege, and/or other recognized privileges or protections under the law. The email is not intended for transmission to, or receipt by, any unauthorized persons. If you have received this electronic mail transmission in error, please delete it from your system without copying it, and notify the sender by Reply e-mail or by calling (913)345-8 100, so that our address record can be corrected. Ron, Here is the scope of work you requested covering the three areas you mentioned - (1) transfer to County; (2) public sale; and (3) natural resource damages. As you can see from the discussion below, regardless of how the transfer occurs, circumstances will arise that will expose the City to various degrees of environmental liability. Although the City is no longer the transferee, it still has an interest in how the property is transferred, to whom, and what protections are put in place to ensure that the cleanup is conducted (even if the proposed development is not successful). 1. If the transfer is to the County via special legislation (the City wants 53 acres for a corporate 10/ 19/2009