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• � . <br /> ECONOMIC AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM i� <br /> Memo No. 06-163 <br /> July 12, 2006 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Paul Osborne and City Council Members <br /> FROM: Steve Garman, City Manager� <br /> Dane C. Bragg, AICP, Assist nt City Manager <br /> Mark L. Smith, Senior Plann <br /> SUBJECT: Brownfields Agreement Between the City and <br /> Bodine Environmental Services, Inc. <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the attached <br /> Agreement as it relates to the property commonly known as 735 N. Martin Luther King, <br /> Jr., Drive, Decatur, Illinois. <br /> BACKGROLTND: The City has been awarded a grant from the Illinois Environmental <br /> Protection Agency (IEPA) in the amount of $85,393.00 to conduct preliminary site <br /> investigation and prepare preliminary remediation objectives. Bodine Environmental <br /> Services, Inc., (Bodine) has been approved by the IEPA to conduct the investigation and <br /> potential removal of up to four (4) underground storage tanks (USTs) associated with a <br /> former gas station at 735 North Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive in Decatur. The <br /> Agreement is principally based on the approved documentation and procedures contained <br /> in the Redevelopment Grant Application, which is dated April 21, 2006, and further <br /> identified as Revision Number 7.0. <br /> If the assessment and investigation process reveals the existence of one or more UST's, <br /> City staff is prepared to file subsequent grant applications to IEPA for the removal of the <br /> tanks and clean-up of the property. <br /> POTENTIAL OBJECTIONS: There are no known objections to this project at this time. <br /> INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: There were no comments forthcoming from any <br /> other source. <br /> STAFF REFERENCES: If Council members have questions they may contact Mark <br /> Smith, Senior Planner, 424-2790, or at mismith(ci�decaturnet.org. <br /> BUDGET/TIME IMPLICATIONS: The City is required to provide a 30% match. The <br /> total match amount contained in the approved Grant is $25,767.50, almost all of which is <br /> proposed to be "in-kind" administrative and Grant support services. It is anticipated that <br /> actual cash to be paid by the City will not exceed $1,690.00. Bodine will receive an <br /> amount not to exceed $$59,626.00 to conduct said assessment and investigation. <br />