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two. EN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: December 14, 2009 Item LA TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Ron Moorse, City Administrator SUBJECT: TCAAP Public Sale Update Backiround Attached is a summary of the December 7, 2009 conference call with Kevin Legare. The two main topics of discussion were the license agreement and the Ramsey County proposal regarding the access corridor from County Road I through the primer tracer area. License Agreement Kevin Legare invited the City to provide written comments regarding the City's concerns related to the license agreement. Staff will prepare a draft letter to GSA regarding the City's concerns, and would like direction from Council regarding the issues to include in the letter. Based on the discussion during the conference call, the City's concerns include the need for additional detail regarding the license agreement and the lease agreement; incorporating documents such as the Federal Facilities Agreement, which set out required remediation standards, into the license and lease agreements; and the importance of requiring adequate financial assurance for the completion of the remediation. Ramsey County Access Corridor Proposal Kevin Legare has suggested that, if there is to be a public benefit conveyance in relation to the access corridor proposal, a conference call with all interested/affected parties should be held to - discuss how the conveyance could happen. The type of contamination on the primer tracer area is similar to the contamination that was on the Rice Creek Trail Corridor that was conveyed through the National Park Service to the County. However, the Army remediated the trail corridor property prior to transfer, and the Army does not have funding for the remediation of the primer tracer area. Kevin suggested the National Park Service should be contacted about their willingness to sponsor a public benefit conveyance of property that has not been remediated. An additional potential transfer option is a conservation conveyance that can occur directly from the Army to a local public entity. Kevin indicated the Army has used this on BRAC sites, but he is not sure whether the Army would use it on the TCAAP site. With either transfer option, the issue of remediation and related funding needs to be addressed.