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these actions was October 31, 2004. The letter attached to this memo dated November 6, 2003 contains this timetable. Staff next met with Mr. Hamilton, his attorney, his environmental consultant and a potential developer of the property on September 22, 2004. The letter attached to this memo dated September 29, 2004 goes into detail about what was discussed at this meeting. Reportedly, Mr. Hamilton's environmental consultant had trouble getting a work plan for the investigation of the contamination approved by Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and it would now be too late to complete this work and the potential cleanup in the 2004 construction season. Staff informed Mr. Hamilton the MPCA approval in question had nothing to do with the buildings on the site being removed and that their recommendation to the City Council would be to take immediate legal action if the October 31, 2004 deadline for this item was not met. Mr. Hamilton argued to keep the pole barn on the site to store the equipment he would need to do the cleanup. Staff agreed to this and the older white building, the one in the worse shape has since been removed. Mr. Hamilton's environmental consultant contends a new realistic deadline for the cleanup is August 31, 2005. Mr. Hamilton would like the city to sponsor a Contamination Remediation Grant. This grant would pay up to 75% of the cost of investigating the extent of the contamination and cleanup. The city would be responsible for the other 25% of these costs. Under this grant, the property would either have to be redeveloped into a use that produces jobs (it is currently zoned residential) or workforce housing. RC RoIl-offs This was the site of illegal burning of refuse by the RC Roll-off Company in 2002. Contamination from that incident was remediated at a cost of $74,673.72 in the summer of 2002 by (MPCA). The City of Elk River reimbursed MPCA out of its Landfill Abatement Funds. Other costs associated with this crime, including such items as Police and Street Department time, came to $35,114.09. The owner of RC Roll-offs was convicted of a felony and has paid the city $10,000 in restitution. With the exception of the issue of reimbursement of city costs, this issue is resolved. Mr. Hamilton would like to discuss forgiving these costs with the City Council. Discussion topics: ~ Should the city agree to the proposed August 31, 2005 deadline for removing the remaining building on the site and the cleanup of the residual contamination from the Custom Motors Junkyard or immediately start legal action? ~ Should the city participate in a 25% cost-sharing grant for cleaning up this site? ~ Is work force housing appropriate in this location? ~ Should the city and can the city assess the cost of the RC Roll-off cleanup to the property?