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contaminated with hazardous substances and preparing them for appropriate, productive use. 2.4 In addition, The City of Roseville applied for and received $150,000 in Supplemental Assistance for Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilots from the US EP A in January, 2001, to conduct a regional groundwater study within Twin Lakes. The goals of the study were as follows: a) to accelerate redevelopment within the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area; b) to protect deep groundwater resources and receptors, and establish risk-based redevelopment goals for the entire Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area rather than for individual parcels; c) to develop a standard regulatory approach to streamline investigations and remediation on individual parcels in the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area; and d) to provide more certainty to property owners and developers regarding the cost and timing of investigations needed on individual parcels. 2.5 The attached agreement completes goal outlined in 2.4(c) above, which provides an understanding between the City of Rose vi lie and the MPCA on how to standardize regulatory control for ground water contamination based upon the finding of the Area Wide Ground Water Investigation Report. 2.6 S ecifically, the ose of the Agreement is to establish a framework for conducting an area-wide ground water investigation wi . n the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area in order to satisfy MPCA requirements for ground water investigation needed to obtain environmental assurances and to secure preliminary; property specific determination regarding the adequacy of investigation. This will in turn, reduce the time and costs and uncertainty of environmental regulations associated with the private redevelopment of the area. 3.0 STAFF COMMENT 3.1 A regional groundwater study ofthe Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area is critical to the long- term successful redevelopment ofthe underutilized and potentially contaminated properties in Twin Lakes. Given the City's preference to allow market-driven development to occur in Twin Lakes, the groundwater study is one way the City can leverage federal funds to provide useful information to property owners and developers regarding the state of the soil and groundwater in Twin Lakes. The absence of such information and uncertainty about the quality of the sites could hinder the redevelopment of the area by market forces. The execution of the agreement between the City of Roseville and the MPCA further provide regulatory assurance to property owners and developers and reduces time and cost of redevelopment. 4.0 STAFF RECOMMENDATION 4.1 Staff and its consultants have worked for almost a year to negotiate an agreement that is acceptable to the MPCA under is environmental statutory limitations. MPCA is limited by the controls outlined in the Minnesota Environmental Response and Liability Act (MERLA) RCA Ground Water Agreement (7/21/03) - Page 2 of3