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MEMORANDUM DATE: November 30, 2009 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Ron Moorse, City Administrator SUBJECT: TCAAP Update TCAAP Public Sale Bidders' Conference The TCAAP bidders' conference was held on November 18. The conference included representatives from the City of Arden Hills, the General Service Administration (GSA), the Army, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Ramsey County, Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT), Rep. McCollum's office, and the City of Shoreview. A full attendance list will be posted on the GSA's website. Mayor Harpstead presented a summary of the City's TCAAP Reuse Statement. Mike Fix, representing the Army, discussed environmental remediation information and requirements, and the areas that would be subject to a license to enable remediation prior to being sold. In addition to the areas known to require remediation to meet industrial use standards, the areas subject to the license requirement include several building slabs that have not yet been investigated to determine the existence of soils contamination and a large area in the southeast corner of the property. These areas will be licensed for environmental investigation and remediation only, with the exception of the area in the southeast corner of the The property. southeast corner would be allowed to be developed, but the buyer would not obtain title to the property until remediation of all of the licensed areas was complete. All of the licensed area would need to be remediated before any of it is transferred to the buyer. The total license area is approximately 87.7 acres. There was considerable discussion about the license agreement, and how it would facilitate the remediation of the site. The GSA believes that requiring all of the licensed sites to be remediated before any of the licensed sites can be sold to a developer will provide the necessary incentive to a buyer to get all of the sites remediated in a timely manner. The licensed area in the southeast corner could be developed prior to the remediation of all the licensed sites, but it could not be transferred to the developer until all licensed sites are remediated, which is also meant to be incentive for remediating the contaminated sites. They have not yet established the licensing criteria or timelines for environmental remediation that would be required in the license.