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Resolution to Approve the 221 & 223 Felch Street and 214 West Kingsley Street Brownfield Plan
Memorandum
Attached is a resolution to approve the 221 & 223 Felch Street and 214 West Kingsley Street Brownfield Plan. Approval of this resolution will allow the brownfield plan to advance to the Washtenaw County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (WCBRA), which may authorize Tax Increment Financing (TIF) to reimburse the developer for the eligible activities identified within the Plan.
The Kingsley Condominiums Redevelopment Project (Project) consists of the redevelopment of the subject properties, which are located at 221 & 223 Felch Street and 214 West Kingsley Street in Ann Arbor. The existing two-acre site consists of a collection of small industrial buildings constructed over the last 80 years. The existing buildings lay within the flood plain and above the Allen Creek Drain. The site soils are composed almost entirely of contaminated fill material, and stormwater from the site drains directly into the storm drain system and Huron River with no environmental mitigation or stormwater controls. The proposed project will consist of an approximately 125,900 square foot multi-story residential building, the first level being parking and the four levels above being 51 condominium "flats". Redevelopment of the eligible property is anticipated to create approximately 250 temporary construction jobs and two full-time equivalent jobs.
According to previous environmental investigations conducted on the property in 2012, metals (e.g., arsenic, lead, mercury, and selenium) and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PNAs) (e.g., phenanthrene, benzo(a)pyrene, benzo(b)fluoranthene, benzo(g,h,i)perylene, benzo(k)fluoranthene, chrysene, fluoranthene, and phenanthrene) have been identified in soil and/or groundwater on the property at concentrations exceeding historical Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) Residential Cleanup Criteria (RCC). Based on the...
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