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Item #13 REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR THE CITY OF COLTON For the City Council Meeting of December 18, 2001 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers APPROVAL: Daryl Parrish, City Manager FROM: Greg Lantz, Program Manager SUBJECT: Update on the Status of the Brownfields Pilot Project. DATE: December 10, 2001 BACKGROUND On May 6, 1998, the City of Colton was selected for funding under the US EPA's Brownfields Pilot Project Program. The City received a Brownfields Grant for $200,000 to perform various environmental assessments of "Brownfields" properties within the City of Colton. The intent of the grant is to assess properties which are abandoned or under -used where either real or perceived environmental contamination exists and inhibits re -use or redevelopment efforts. The EPA Grant will help to determine the existence and extent of contamination, if any, at various abandoned or underutilized sites in the City in order to facilitate the redevelopment of these sites into new and more productive uses. On December 19, 2001, the City Council and Agency Board approved entering into a revised professional services agreement with the Army Corps to provide the City with (1) specific technical expertise, (2) project related supervision, including, but not limited to the oversight, control, and coordination of the Sub-Contractor(s), (3) Environmental Site Assessments, (4) preparation, review and submittal of Environmental Assessment Reports, and (5) insurance. The Agreement was formally executed by the Army Corps on April 2001 and work began in earnest during September 2001. The Army Corps' consultant has recently completed work on the Phase I investigations on eleven (11) sites comprised of twenty-two (22) parcels of land. A list of sites is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" to the staff report. The list of Brownfields sites was developed by City and Agency staff based upon concerns raised by the public and potential for re -use opportunities. On Monday, December 3, 2001, Agency staff met with the Brownfields project staff Priscilla Perry from the US Army Corps of Engineers and Dwayne Paul, the environmental consultant from GeoMatrix, to review the site investigation reports and discuss proceeding with Phase II investigations on several of the sites which were recommended for additional investigations. A copy of the summary of the site investigation reports and recommendations are attached to the staff report as Exhibit "B".