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Beisswenger's At long last, the City closed on the purchase and sale with Beisswenger's on May 2na Construction is scheduled to begin on the new store around June 1st. The grand opening is tentatively scheduled for January 21st, 2006. The new store will have double the retail space. Delaune wondered who would take over after Beisswenger retires. Black stated that Jim Neumann is Mark Beisswenger's partner and he would take over the store. Midwest Asphalt The trial date has been postponed until September, in order to provide time to onsider the Supreme Court's ruling on a relevant Connecticut eminent domain case, exp . in June. A formal mediation process is scheduled for May 17th; we hope that we can reach a- -ment through mediation and avoid the trial. While in mediation the City will be wo mg • the land owner and the business owner. A new appraisal indicates that the property v. e has i .ed in the last couple of years, but not to the dollar amount that the owner h ro. -d. Barr Engineering has completed a draft response action plan to reme 'a conta ination on the Midwest site. It currently indicates that there are two sites that at contaminate The housing developers are reviewing the plan. It currently appears that the cost to the area will be roughly $6 million. The City will be applying for cleanu nts. he City will again approach the County regarding a land swap, with the assumption t a ' area will be cleaned up. Other Properties The City successfully acquired the Kilkenny rop on A 15th. We will be leasing back the southern building to Sign-Zone (formerly i iol Signergy)until January 2006. At a meeting last month with Ferrelgas repr atives, staff agreed to search for properties in the City that could accommodate tllcompany. investigating several apparent options, staff concluded that are no curre availa pr erties in the City that are suitable. The company will use other resourc ok fo site nearby. Brighton Village The City ouncil approv- ,e ph for B hton Village at its April 26th meeting, with only small cha om the plan .'n to the Commission last month. Kraus-Anderson has not announced e si f an t- , yet(except for Snyder's), but hopes to generate interest at the annual Shoppi g s Con ntion later this month. i Kraus-Andersbv has decided to demolish the building this summer and do all the rebuilding in one phase. Theyope to open early next year. Gateway Area Plans for both the Applewood Pointe housing cooperative and the office building by Red Stone Home Builders have been approved. Developers are awaiting financing approval, and expect to begin construction this summer.