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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, April 27, 2009 Page 8 tion costs of existing facilities; and additional Indianhead right-of--way costs); in- creases to landscape costs; street lights; storm costs included for partial Phase II; and environmental clean up costs. Mr. Schwartz noted that the larger upfront costs were being borne by the City at this time, as additional development was not yet occurring in the area, and much of the design issues were being done upfront as well. Mr. Schwartz noted that recent bids had been coming in lower than engi- neer's estimates, and staff was hoping that this would be the case with this project bid as well. Ms. Bloom reviewed the anticipated schedule for finalizing the plan for City Council approval to go to bid in May; bid opening and City Council award antici- pated in June; and construction start scheduled to begin in July to meet the De- cember 31, 2009 deadline, Additional discussion included whether other. soil contamination (i.e., TCE and/or other solvents) had been found, with staff advising that no additional contamina- tion had been evidenced to-date and based on the limitations of soil borings on those properties in the public domain; and staff s update and annual adjustment of infrastructure costs to be allocated to future developments to eventually recoup some of the initial costs. Mr. Schwartz noted that staff continued to pursue additional funding sources for clean up of contaminated soils and grant criteria that would allow the City to make application for those funds. Councilmember Ihlan requested further discussion and attempts to identify prop- erty owners responsible for originally contaminating the soils in order to seek re- imbursement for clean up costs. Councilmember Pust commended staff for pursuing public money sources from federal and state funds for clean up monies. Mayor Klausing noted historical difficulties in identifying property titles going back 30-40 years, with different users and different contaminates and actual legal entities having liability being balanced by legal and investigative costs for the City. Further discussion included some of those costs subject to ongoing negotiations; appraisal calculations taken into consideration for those properties, as confirmed by City Attorney Squires. City Attorney Squires offered to provide further research on the City's ability to recover costs under state and federal laws, and identifying responsible parties from whom to seek compensation.