File #: R-2006-0360    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 12/5/2006 In control: Safety and Development Committee (INACTIVE)
On agenda: Final action: 12/5/2006
Title: Resolution relative to authorizing the submittal of federal grant applications by the Director of Development and the subsequent appropriation of necessary local matching funds for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Brownfield Assessment Grant Program and Brownfield Revolving Loan Grant Program.
Sponsors: Safety and Development Committee (INACTIVE)
Attachments: 1. r-2006-0360 Packet Doc
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Resolution relative to authorizing the submittal of federal grant applications by the Director of Development and the subsequent appropriation of necessary local matching funds for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Brownfield Assessment Grant Program and Brownfield Revolving Loan Grant Program.

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WHEREAS, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is offering a brownfield economic redevelopment initiative; and,

WHEREAS, the EPA is requesting applications to apply for funding for EPA's Brownfield Grant Programs; and,

WHEREAS, the City of West Allis wishes to promote economic redevelopment through the sustainable reuse of brownfields; and

WHEREAS, the EPA defines brownfields as abandoned, idled, or under-used industrial and commercial facilities where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination; and,

WHEREAS, in this action the Common Council of the City of West Allis authorizes the submittal of two applications for the Brownfield Cleanup Grant Program and two applications for the Brownfield Revolving Loan Grant Program; and

WHEREAS, in this action, the Common Council of the City of West Allis declares its intent to complete the activities described in each application, if funds are awarded, for properties and projects described on the attached Exhibit A, which is hereby incorporated herein by this reference and make a part hereof to the said extent as if set out in full herein; and,

WHEREAS, the aforementioned properties, in West Allis, Wisconsin, meet the EPA's definition of a brownfield site.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of West Allis that the Director of Development is hereby authorized to submit applications to the EPA for an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) from the Brownfield Assessment Grant Program and One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) from the Brownfield Revolving Loan Grant Program, for clarifyin...

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