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<br />· Recent groundwater studies have identified the presence of TCE in only <br />two glacial well locations within the entire 170 acre Redevelopment Area. <br /> <br />· The City's environmental consultant, DPRA prepared, in August, 2004, a <br />supplemental environmental report analyzing the discovery ofTCE, and <br />concluding that the TCE posed a minimal environmental risk; The MPCA <br />VIC program reviewed and approved the DPRA report and this finding in <br />its October 5, 2004 letter. <br /> <br />· The Petitioners, through verbal comments made at the November 22, 2004 <br />council meeting, have argued that the City should undertake Phase One and <br />Phase Two Environmental studies within the Redevelopment Area. Such <br />studies have already been done, and the AUAR contains a history of the <br />significant environmental site assessment within the area that has already <br />occurred. <br /> <br />· The Petitioners, through verbal comments made at the November 22, 2004 <br />council meeting, have argued that the City should participate in the MPCA <br />VIC program - the City has been utilizing the VIC program in Twin Lakes <br />since 1994. <br /> <br />· In both the AUAR worst case scenario and Rottlund proposal contexts, the <br />MPCA would require further site specific Phase II Investigations when <br />individual properties are physically developed. The design plans ofthe <br />developer will be assessed and evaluated to assure compliance with <br />pertinent federal, state and local hazardous waste regulations. Thus these <br />environmental issues are subject to ongoing regulatory control that are <br />designed to mitigate adverse environmental effects. <br /> <br />· Pertinent regulations require a higher degree of site remediation for housing <br />than for commercial or office properties. Consequently, the Rottlund <br />proposal's greater emphasis on housing, with less office development, will <br />result in a greater level of environmental remediation than the AUAR <br />worst-case scenario. <br /> <br />· With respect to 7050 Rules, Petitioner has cited proposed but still pending <br />changes to these Rules. Since the Rule changes have not been adopted, the <br />Council cannot apply or consider the proposals - they mayor may not <br />ultimately be adopted. <br /> <br />18 <br />