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July 23,2013 Page 5 of 7 The Public Hearing was closed at 7:08 p.m. Motion by Councilmember Bauman,seconded by Councilmember Jacobsen to adopt a Resolution granting an On Sale Liquor License to Ms. Laurie Dahl and Mr. Justin Christensen of Mustang Sports Bar Minnesota, LLC doing business as Mustang Tavern, 500 5th Avenue NW,valid August 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013. 5 Ayes,0 Nays-Motion Carried Council Business Council Business 1. Consideration of 1. Consideration of Letter of Support for delisting of former Northwest Refinery Letter of Support for from State Superfund Program byMPCA. ReportNo. 13-183. tw to former 1� � Nd Noorthhwest Refinery from State Superfund Director of Community Development Femelius reported the MPCA published a notice on July 1,2 013 that it Program by MPCA. ReportNo.13-183. intends to delist the former Northwest Refinery site,which is located in the New Brighton Exchange,from the state Superfund list. This process began in 1986,when the MPCA first enlisted the site in the program. Since that time,the MPCA,City and the responsible parties,(Ashland Oil and MT Properties)have worked to remediate the site to certain cleanup standards. As part of this effort,the MPCA agreed to delist the site from the program,which will also help alleviate potential concerns of prospective developers about the stigma of building next to a Superfund site. Our environmental advisors have recommended that the City send a letter of support of the delisting process. Staff has drafted a letter and recommended Council approval. Councilmember Jacobsen questioned how long it would take to have the State take action on this item. Director of Community Development Femelius estimated action would take place shortly after the 314. Councilmember Burg stated this was exciting news for the City of New Brighton as this has been a long and arduous process. Motion by Councilmember Jacobsen,seconded by Councilmember Samuelson to authorize the Mayor and City Manager to sign a Letter of Support for delisting of the former Northwest Refinery from the State Superfund Program by the MPCA. 5 Ayes,0 Nays-Motion Carried 2.Consideration of Change 2. Consideration of Change Order 1 for City Project 13-10,New Brighton Exchange(NBE) per 1 for City Project 13- Phase 2 Import Soil Project(Borrow Source—Highway 96/10). Report No. 13-184. 10,New Brighton Exchange(NBE)Phase 2 Import Soil Project Director of Public Works Wyffels explained he had a change order, which includes additional monow source_ placement and compacting of 70,000 cubic yards of material. This increases the total soil Highway 96/10). Report importation from 100,000 to 170,000 cubic yards, which was not anticipated at the time of the No.13-184. original contract. Barr Engineering has reviewed the borrow source location, and they have confirmed that the material will meet the environmental standards for import to the New Brighton Exchange. Barr has also indicated that the use of the Highway 96 borrow source will not require any additional environmental testing to meet MPCA guidelines. Since the City is receiving the material for no cost, no additional adjustment (increase) in contract costs are required. The City will continue to test the compaction efforts of the placed materials, and provide onsite field screening. To allow for variability in the weather, Change Order 1 also seeks to extend the contract completion date to August 9, 2013. The original professional services agreement with American Engineering Testing, Inc. for geotechnical and field screening services of the imported soil material in an amount not to exceed $23,635. This agreement will not change as a result of this change order as it was based on the total volume