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Item #16 REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR THE CITY OF COLTON For the City Council and Redevelopment Agency Meeting of March 1, 2005 TO: FROM: Honorable Mayor and Councilmembers Honorable Agency Chairperson and Boardmembers Candace Cassel, Redevelopment Direct�r/ (Y ) SUBJECT: Consideration Memorandum of Engineers. and Approval of Support Agreement #3 to of Agreement with the United States Army Corps DATE: Februarv 17, 2005 BACKGROUND On May 6, 1998, the City of Colton (City) and the Redevelopment Agency (Agency) were selected for funding under the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Brownfields Pilot Project Program. Brownfields are abandoned or under-utilized properties where real or perceived environmental contamination exists which inhibit re-use or redevelopment efforts. The Agency received a$200,000 Brownfields Grant on September 4, 1998 to perform environmental assessments on various Brownfields sites throughout the City. The Agency has requested and received grant extensions which will expire on March 31, 2005. On December 19, 2000 the City and Agency approved a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) and Support Agreement with the United States Army Corps of Engineers (COE). This MOA provided the framework for COE to provide: 1) specific technical expertise; 2) project related supervision including, but not limited to, oversight, control, and coordination of the subcontractors; 3) environmental site assessments; 4) preparation, review and submittal of environmental assessment repo�ts; and 5) insurance. The SuppoR Agreement outlined the specific Phase I Environmental Assessment tasks that would be conducted. COE retained Geomatrix Consultants, Inc. as a subcontractor to conduct Phase I assessments for eleven sites, covering twenty-three parcels throughout the city. These assessments were completed on November 20, 2001. Five sites were identified from the Phase I assessments that needed additional testing through a Phase II assessment. On April 6, 2004 the City and Agency approved SuppoR Agreement No.2 to the MOA for the completion of Phase II assessments on two of the sites identified from the Phase I assessments. The two sites include six parcels on the northwest corner of Mt. Vernon and Colton Ave., and two parcels which are part of the Colton Regional Park that the City and County are cooperatively developing. DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS Issues unrelated to the existing MOA with COE forced the cancellation of Phase II assessments on the Regional Park properties. Staff estimates that there will be approximately $24,000 of unused R:�AdminishafionVvleetings�2005 Meetings�Mazch 1, 2005�Support Agreement 3, Modification 2 to USACE EPA Grant.doc