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ST. LOUIS
PARK
OFFICIAL MINUTES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA
December 5, 2005
1. Call to Order
President Santa called the m eeting to order at 7: 15 pm.
2. Roll Call.
C om m issioners present: Sue Santa, Jim Brim eyer, Jo hn Basill, Jeff Ja cobs, Phil Fink elstein,
Paul Om odt and Susan Sanger.
Staff present: C ity M anager (M r. H arm ening), Comm unity D evelopment D irector (M r. Locke)
and Econom ic D evelopm ent Coordinator (M r. H unt).
3. Approval of Minutes - None
4. Approval of Agenda
It was motioned by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Sanger to approve
the agenda.
The motion passed 7-0.
5. Reports
Sa. Motion to accept and file vendor claim report
It was motioned by Commissioner Omodt, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to accept
the vendor claims for filing.
The motion passed 7-0.
6. Old Business
7. New Business
7a. Purchase Agreement for 6015, 6039 Highway 7, and 3506 Wooddale Ave.
(the Dworsky properties)
EDA Resolution No. 05-16
M r. H un t presented the staff report .
C omm issioner Sanger asked if there w ould be additional cost to remedy the pollution and
w ho w as responsible fo r the added cost? M r. H unt replied staff w as unaw are of impacts
until a Phase II w as done. There w ere a couple ofr em edies and they did not kn ow an
exact cost. The im pacts w ere from asphalt bur ied on the site, w ith higher elevated im pacts
than the State allow ed. It could be covered w ith fill m aterial, pavement, or totally
rem oved fr om the site. They had been advised from the consultant, that the likely rem edy
the PCA w ould allow w as a cap. In this case it w ould be the ro adw ay im provements.
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C omm issioner Sanger asked if there w as a cost for remediation gr eater than building the
ro ad, w ho w as responsible? M r. H unt replied they w ould have the responsibility. They
hadn't been told the cost w ould be sign ificant.
C om m issioner Fink elstein stated in M r. N orton's notes, they have six months to discover
any issue or rem ediation. Is there testing they should consider during that time? Mr.
H unt replied duri ng the course of the next six m onths, they intended to find out more
precisely from the PCA w hat the requirement w ould be.
C oun cilm em ber Sanger asked if the contra ct covered the question of who would pay in
the event there w ere additional costs fo r enviro nm ental remediation?
M ike N orton, K enn edy & Gra ven Law Firm , responded the Dworsky family tru st sold
them the pro perty in an as-is condition. The pollution w as relatively m inor and not
unanticipated. The ED A w as responsible for remediation of pollution foun d in the Phase
II. U nless it w as not disclosed in the Phase II, they w ould go to the seller. They believed
it w ould be han dled economically by means of encapsulating the area pursuant to M PCA
specifications. Costs w ould be staff time.
C ouncilm em ber Sanger asked if they had a ra nge of the potential costs? Mr. Norton
replied not at this tim e.
Councilm em ber Om odt asked the specific chemicals they w ere talking about, it noted
arsenic, chr omium , lead and m ercury. W hat portion of the asphalt was causing the
pollution? M r. H unt responded those impacts w ere found in the gr ound up asphalt and
w ere all elevated.
C ouncilm em ber Basill felt they w ould have an opportunity to look back if they fo und
things that w ere m ore serious.
It was motioned by Commissioner Basill, seconded by Commissioner Brimeyer, to adopt
EDA Resolution No. 05-16 approving the Purchase Agreement between the Dworsky
Family Trust and the EDA for 6015, 6039 Highway 7, and 3506 Wooddale Ave. and
authorize the President and Executive Director to execute the documents necessary to
complete the real estate transaction ..
The motion passed 7-0.
8. Communications: None
9. Adjournment
It was motioned by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Omodt to adjourn.
The motion passed 7-0.
The m eeting adjourn ed at 7:28 p.m .
Secretary President