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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 11, 2015 Page 9 c. Community Development Department Request to Perform an Abatement for Unresolved Violations of City Code at 2241 Oxford Street As previously noted, this item was removed from tonight's agenda. d. Community Development Department Request to Perform an Abatement for Unresolved Violations of City Code at 959 Brenner Avenue As previously noted, this item was removed from tonight's agenda. e. Request by the Community Development Department to Approve the Rose- ville Environmental Review Worksheet (RERW) related to the HR, LLC 9TPI Hospitality) Project at 2750 Cleveland Avenue City Planner Thomas Paschke summarized this request as detailed in the RCA and attachments. As she'd previously raised to staff, Councilmember McGehee questioned wet- lands located west of Langton Lake Park and their drainage, as well as Little Jo- hanna and its identification as an impaired water, and asked that staff keep those issues in mind going forward. Councilmember McGehee further questioned the apparent omission in the RERW form, as she'd brought to Community Development Director Bilotta's attention, related to any testing done for TCE in the aquifers, one of the most worrisome of pollutants in that area Mr. Paschke clarified that in the review of this particular site (the former Old Dominion property), no TCE was noted, nor was it found during development of the Metropolitan Council's Park & Ride facility, as it had been found at the Wal- Mart Development (roadway) and former PIK sites. Mr. Paschke assured Coun- cilmember McGehee that this and any future developers would need to continue to work with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) directly on any contaminated soil monitoring, remediation and/or removal. Since the City had changed the format of the voluntary RERW form, Coun- cilmember McGehee sought clarification from the City Attorney as to whether any apparent absence of adherence to MPCA requirements caused the City addi- tional liability. Councilmember McGehee suggested erring on the side of caution to ensure required testing was ongoing. At the request of mayor Roe, City Attorney Gaughan advised that, since the City was not the owner of the property, and the city's requirement for environmental review was voluntary, and not mandated by State EAW rules, he was not aware of any additional liability the City would be taking on in this attempt to simply hold developers to a higher standard than required by State law. Mayor Roe concurred, clarifying that this RERW was not a mandatory EAW.