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Resolution to Approve the 1831 Traver Road, Leslie Science and Nature Center, Brownfield Plan (BRC Recommendation: Approval - 3 Yeas and 0 Nays)
Memorandum
Attached is a resolution to approve the Broadway Park Brownfield Plan. Approval of this resolution will allow the Brownfield Plan to advance to the Washtenaw County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (WCBRA), to authorize use of Local Brownfield Revolving Grant Funds to reimburse the City of Ann Arbor for the Eligible Activities identified within the Plan.
The Brownfield Review Committee, at its meeting of September 23, 2019, recommended approval of this request.
Petition Summary:
? The Leslie Science and Nature Center operates at 1831 Traver Road in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The property was donated to the City of Ann Arbor by the late Dr. Eugene Leslie in 1977 and is a City of Ann Arbor park. The site was formerly the home of Dr. Leslie, a petrochemical engineer and University of Michigan professor. In 2019, the City received a federal grant to construct a playscape. During investigation of the area planned for the new playscape, a potential historical dumpsite was identified. Review of historical information identified that the site included a chemical laboratory, orchard and residential spaces.
? The City conducted site investigations that have detected chlorinated VOCs in the soil, and in the soil gas and indoor air of the DTE Energy Nature House. Heavy metal impacts are contained within the former dumpsite in the woods. The site also has widespread arsenic impacts, likely from a combination of pesticide use on the orchard crops and naturally occurring arsenic in the soil.
? The Washtenaw County Brownfield Authority provided a $50,000 grant to assist with environmental investigations, which then rolled into a $535,438 grant from the County's Local Brownfield Revolving Fund (LBRF), approved at the October 3, 2019 meeting. The LBRF funding awarded will reimburse the City for various environmental ...
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