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qlxse�fh� <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Date: 10/28/2013 <br />Item No.: 7.f <br />Department Approval City Manager Approval <br />r- <br />Item Description: Consider Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the City to Apply for <br />Metropolitan Council Tax Base Revitalization Account (TBRA) Grant for 2785 <br />Fairview Ave. <br />1 BACKGROUND <br />2 The Metropolitan Council is soliciting brownfield clean up grant proposals through their TBRA <br />3 program. The deadline for funding requests is November 1, 2013. As part of the application process, <br />4 each agency requires applicants to pass a resolution approving the cleanup grant application. <br />5 Sherman and Associates are proposing to redevelop the Hagen property at 2785 Fairview Ave. as <br />6 market rate apartments. They would like to receive assistance in the amount $43,350 from the TBRA <br />7 program to assist in the conducting of Phase I and II environmental investigation, a Hazardous Material <br />s Survey and the preparation of a Response Action Plan (RAP) for 2785 Fairview Ave. This request is <br />9 75% of the total cost for the above described work. The remaining costs will be paid by Sherman and <br />lo Associates. <br />1 °1 POLICY OBJECTIVE <br />12 Approving the submission of grant applications on behalf of Sherman and Associates allows the City to <br />13 leverage state and regional dollars for environmental clean up, which will assist the City in meeting one <br />14 of the objectives of Imagine Roseville 2025: "Partner with redevelopers to remediate brownfields and <br />15 redevelop industrial sites" (Goal 2, Strategy C, 44) and further the Twin Lakes redevelopment goals. <br />16 FINANCIAL IMPACTS <br />1 There will not be any financial impact to the City by submitting these grant applications. Sherman and <br />18 Associates would be responsible to contribute required matching funds to the project. <br />19 STAFF RECOMMENDATION <br />20 Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the resolution authorizing the submission of the <br />21 Metropolitan Council Tax Base Revitalization Grant. <br />L/- REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION <br />23 By resolution, authorize the City to apply for environmental clean -up funds through the Metropolitan <br />24 Council's Tax Base Revitalization Account for 2785 Fairview Ave. <br />25 <br />Page 1 <br />