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APPROVED Northwest Quadrant Report Midwest Asphalt Black reported that the settlement with Midwest Asphalt was approved at the September 27, 2005 meeting. The first down payment will be made this week. The City is still working on the details on the outline of the parcel that will be transferred. The first phase of redevelopment will begin after the transfer of that property in April 2006; the remainder of the site will be transferred in December 2006. The City is still working out the key engineering elements and he hopes to bring more information to next month's meeting. Environmental Assessments Black indicated that as part of the $600,000 in EPA grants ($200,000 for cleanup and $400,000 for citywide assessment), the EPA expects public participation to help determine which sites should be assessed. The City will be putting recommendation sheets out at the Arden Hills Library and it will be read into public record at a Council meeting in the next couple of weeks. Black went over drafts of Grid Prioritization for Community Wide Assessment, the Prioritization for Community Wide Assessment, and the Community Wide Assessment for Petroleum and Hazardous Substances. He stated that the industrial use areas, past and present, are some of the areas that will be targeted for cleanup. Kaufhold passed around photos and an e-mail of a dumping site that contained rusted out barrels that he came across. Black noted that the City had contacted MPCA when this first came to our attention, and the City would take a closer look at this site. Kaufhold wondered why none of the Superfund sites were rated a one. Black stated that the City can not use EPA money on Superfund sites. Several commission members were concerned with the title "City Council Action"that is on the Prioritization Table for Community Wide Assessment. They felt that it could easily be misconstrued and recommended that either the name be changed, have an explanation attached, or incorporate it with the "Staff Recommended Redevelopment Potential" column. Black indicated that he would modify the grid and send it out to commission members by e-mail. Library Harreld reported that the Library Task Force has completed three community meetings. The task force has three meetings coming up in October, and on November 9 the Ramsey County Commissioner will discuss the budget. The final recommendation by the task force will be in December. Delaune asked if the task force was still using a survey that had been conducted several years ago or if they planned on re-surveying the area, and if they were using a map that the task force and had used several years ago. Harreld replied that the survey that they are using is roughly two years old and they had no plans to conduct another one; she had not seen the map that he mentioned. She also reported that the task force is now looking for specific schedules for the redevelopment of TCAAP, Apache and the Northwest Quadrant.