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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL--August 9, 2010 2 2. Public Inquiries (continued) Ms. Barb Goodwin, Columbia Heights, introduced herself to the Council and stated she was running for State Senator and the primary is on Tuesday. She encouraged people to vote. Mr. Foroozan, 1403 Colleen Av., Arden Hills, stated there was an article about Shoreview offering low interest Home Energy Improvement loans through the city. He stated there were several other Metro area cities that were providing similar loans to their residents. He requested the City of Arden Hills look into these types of loans with the possibility of being able to offer them to the residents of Arden Hills. Mayor Harpstead directed Staff to look into this and bring information back to the Council at a future work session. Mayor Harpstead closed the Public Inquiries/Informational at 7:09 p.m. A. TCAAP Reuse and Public Sale Update City Planner Meagan Beekman stated the GSA is continuing the process of completing their Environmental Assessment (EA), which is a community-oriented document that discusses the history of TCAAP, the previous planning process, the public sale, and general remediation processes. This document is anticipated to be completed in September. Mr. Legare has advised the City that the Invitation for Bid (IFB) is almost complete and is currently being reviewed by the Army. Once the Army approves the document, it will be released to the public. Mr. Legare also indicated that the Terms of Sale within the IFB were being reviewed by the MPCA. The final IFB will include the full auction timeline, a minimum bid, and the Army's remediation requirements. Based on the current timeline for the release of the IFB, the auction is not anticipated to occur until the end of September at the earliest. Greg Mack is continuing to work with the GSA to obtain an access agreement to the TCAAP site for further environmental investigation. The County has recently received a license agreement from the GSA that will allow them to access the proposed transfer properties and undertake their due diligence to identify the scope of required remediation. The license agreement will now have to go to the County Board for approval. Once the license agreement is approved the County will contract with an environmental consultant and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's Voluntary Investigation and Cleanup (VIC) program. According to Mr. Legare the land transfer would not take place until after any required remediation is complete. The remediation and land transfer does not yet have a specific timeline, but it will not occur before the current auction process is complete. Mayor Harpstead clarified that once the IFB was finalized the auction would be 60 days later. City Planner Beekman stated the auction would be at least 60 days after the IFB was finalized and posted. This would put the auction at the end of September at the earliest. Councilmember Holden stated the City had sent a letter to the GSA outlining several concerns and issues. She asked if the City had gotten any response to this letter. City Planner Beekman stated the GSA had provided a verbal response that the letter had been received but the City had not received anything in writing.