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<br />II~ <br />.~GH'IU'J <br /> <br />the city that works for you <br /> <br />Re ort Number: <br />A enda Section: <br />Re ort Date <br />Council Meetin <br /> <br />.1- <br />4/21/06 <br />Date 4/25/06 <br /> <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION <br /> <br />ITEM DESCRIPTION: Resolution Authorizing the Application for Funding <br />from the Ramsey County Environmental Response Fund <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT HEAD'S APPROVAL: <br />Grant Fernelius, Director of Communit Develo ment <br />CITY MANAGER'S APPROVAL: <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />No comments to su lement this re <br /> <br /> <br />Comments attached <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Waive the reading and approve the attached resolution authorizing the application for funding from the <br />Ramsey County Environmental Response Fund. <br /> <br />Legislative History: <br /> <br />None. <br /> <br />Financial Impact: <br /> <br />If successful, this outside funding will reduce the need for local funding and thereby improve the <br />cash flows of the Northwest Quadrant redevelopment project. <br /> <br />Explanation: <br /> <br />In I997 Ramsey County received authority to impose a mortgage registration and deed tax each <br />equal to .OOOI percent of the principal amount. All revenues collected under this authority are <br />deposited in the County's Environmental Response Fund (ERF). In 2002 the Ramsey County <br />Board of Commissioners approved an increase in this tax for the express purpose of creating an <br />ERF. <br /> <br />The fund was established to support the remediation of contaminated lands and associated costs. <br />County staff has indicated that cleanup activities in the Northwest Quadrant would be eligible for <br />ERF funding. The cleanup ofthe east side of Old Highway 8, on and around the former Miller <br />Dump, is planned for 2006; this is the project area proposed for ERF assistance. <br /> <br />The County requires that a Response Action Plan be approved by the Minnesota Pollution <br />Control Agency (MPCA). The MPCA has approved the RAP that was submitted in November <br />2005, but added conditions that would require a change in portions of the site plan. Discussions <br />are continuing, therefore a budget for the cleanup has not been finalized. It is expected that the <br />dump cleanup will cost approximately $I 0 million. <br /> <br />I:\COUNCILIRIlPO~TS\2006\Community D.velopm.nl\4-2S-06\~.msey County ERF Applic.tion.doc <br />