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Benke suggested out that all public notices and plans need to clearly state that the area north of 14th Street NW is not currently part of the Northwest Quadrant. Black indicated that the City will be developing design standards that will guarantee that the plans that the Council has approved will be implemented by developers. The next step is to obtain a concept plan and set the guidelines so that we will be able to market the land. Post Office Representatives from the U. S. Postal Service came in from Denver for a presentation to the Council on March 22nd. Garry Mattox, real estate specialist, said publicly - will be a new post office in New Brighton." After the meeting, staff and the lea t agent w- ever to Main Street Village with the post office representatives to see the site o - .ropose. tail component. There is a requirement that any consideration of new retail si es .dv- -d. T' .ds will appear for the next several weeks, and the City will submi414 pro.. . Then er is a site selection process; we are confident that our proposal will be vored : ,use . ' e relocation assistance that we are providing. Following due diligence; execution of contra ' • USP , ompanies, and Bell Pole; and possible remediation, there may or may no s e eno *me to start onstruction this year. If not, work will start in spring 2006. Beisswenger's The Council will be asked to a. .rove a en. s - Contract for Private Redevelopment at its meeting on Tuesday. The c ' g ' .lanned for ater this month, with construction of the new store to begin shortl , e . The new building wil ha , .p imate ',100 square feet on the first floor and a half basement. All s - , 'll i 4.le to be k• .t in the building. The new store will have double the retail space a ,• .are. s the . building. Kilken The Ci0 Sts negotiates •urchase price for the property. The tenants will have another month or so to mov xcept ign-Zone, which will move next January. The City worked with Sign-Zone%n t d a location for them to move to,but there were no locations in New Brighton that would ommodate them. The owner has found another location on his own. Midwest Asph' The trial date has been postponed until September, in order to provide time to consider the Supreme Court's ruling on a relevant Connecticut eminent domain case, expected in June. A formal mediation process is scheduled for May 17th; we hope that we can reach agreement through mediation and avoid the trial. Barr Engineering has completed a draft response action plan to remediate contamination on the Midwest site. The housing developers are reviewing the plan. It currently appears that the cost to clean up the area will be roughly $6 million dollars. When the contamination is completely cleaned up the City will then approach the County in regards to doing a land swap.