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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 3, 2019 Page 6 fully some TV's for the bus schedules so residents can wait indoors rather than outside. Those are some of the ideas CommonBond is thinking about but mostly it is universal design and is also elevator served. Councilmember Etten stated it was mentioned at the public hearing about a land use restriction that was signed as a part of the funding process. He asked for Ms. Stockstrom to explain that. Ms. Stockstrom stated it is called The Declaration of Land Use Restriction. Basi- cally, it is something CommonBond signs as part of getting low income housing tax credits and says that CommonBond commits to maintaining the property as af- fordable for thirty years and CommonBond usually elects up to forty years. Councilmember Groff asked in regard to treating all runoff onsite, does Com- monBond consider permeable parking lots or anything of that sort to help abate runoff. Ms. Stockstrom stated not typically, CommonBond usually looks more at raingardens, plantings that absorb a lot of water. CommonBond thinks out of the box sometimes, she indicated permeable paving is not typical. Councilmember Willmus asked what the rough calculations right now as to what would be impervious coverage. Ms. Stockstrom stated she did not know that answer off the top of her head. Councilmember Willmus reported the corner of the property at Rice and Owasso was a service station and asked what type of due diligence has CommonBond done to this point to look at soil conditions, etc. Ms. Stockstrom responded, CommonBond plans on doing a phase one report. The process has not started yet, the environmental consultant did run a general background check and noted there was a service station there, so it is something CommonBond is aware of. Councilmember Willmus asked if CommonBond runs into issues that need to be remediated, is there recourse there for dollars that might be needed for that. Ms. Stockstrom said there are other grants available and believed Ramsey County has a cleanup grant available so CommonBond will go there first and after that the cost will become a part of the project budget. She stated CommonBond will work with their environmental consultant to determine what appropriate mitigators are depending on the findings.