Title
Approval of Interagency Agreement Between Department of Ecology and City of Olympia for Environmental Site Assessment Funding
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve and authorize the Mayor to sign the Interagency Agreement between Department of Ecology and City of Olympia for Environmental Site Assessment Funding
Report
Issue:
Whether to approve the Interagency Agreement with Department of Ecology to receive $140,538 in grant funding for environmental site assessment work at City-owned property on State Avenue, and city- and privately-owned properties in the Water Street Redevelopment Area.
Staff Contact:
Danelle MacEwen, Senior Program Specialist, Public Works General Services
360.753.8211
Leonard Bauer, Deputy Director, Community Planning and Development, 360.753.8206
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item
Background and Analysis:
State Street Property
The City owns real property located on State Avenue between Franklin Street and Adams Street. The City purchased the property, a former materials testing facility, from Washington State Department of Transportation ("WSDOT") in 2008. The property has known contamination and the Purchase and Sale Agreement provides that the City use WSDOT's sale proceeds to perform assessment and cleanup work at the site.
In 2009, the City entered Washington State Department of Ecology's ("Ecology") Voluntary Cleanup Program with the goal of obtaining a "No Further Action" letter for the site. The City performed cleanup at the site consisting of removal of contaminated soil and replacement with clean soil. Ecology is requiring ongoing groundwater monitoring at four monitoring wells that still detect contamination above cleanup levels. The City will continue to monitor and assess the groundwater at the site and explore options to accelerate the cleanup of the groundwater.
In October 2015 th...
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