Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 02/08/2018

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roads safer and there was no alternative. These projects also improved access to the adjacent regional parks system unit. System Protection - Strategy 3: The Council will reimburse regional park implementing agencies for contamination cleanup under certain conditions. The Council will consider using Regional Parks System funds for soil contamination cleanup (remediation) or capping abandoned wells that have contaminated their ground water aquifer on Regional Parks System land. For lands already under regional park implementing agency control: A regional park implementing agency may use its share of regional park capital improvement funds for financing soil contamination remediation or capping abandoned wells that have contaminated their ground -water aquifer on regional park land if the following conditions are met: • The land is already under ownership or control of a regional park implementing agency through a joint powers agreement or lease, and was acquired or was under the regional park implementing agency's control before Phase 1 environmental assessments were required. • The land is essential to make the regional park or trail function as intended according to a Council -approved master plan, and no reasonable alternative exists to relocate the park or trail facilities elsewhere. • The park or trail is essential in contributing to strengthening neighborhood livability consistent with Thrive MSP 2040. • The cost of cleanup is not eligible to receive federal or state soil contamination cleanup funds or abandoned well -capping funds from any other program, or funding has been denied. • The regional park implementing agency has an agreement with the party that will remediate/clean up the contamination or cap an abandoned well that absolves the regional park implementing agency from any future liability of pollution caused by the contaminated soil or contaminated groundwater. For lands proposed to be acquired by a regional park implementing agency: A regional park implementing agency may request a Park Acquisition Opportunity Fund grant to partially finance soil contamination cleanup (remediation) or capping abandoned wells that have contaminated their ground water aquifer on land that is proposed for acquisition. See Park Acquisition Grant Fund rules in Chapter 5 for further information. System Protection - Strategy 4: Phase 1 Environment Site Assessments must be conducted for land that may be contaminated or that may have abandoned wells prior to seeking regional parks funding for acquisition. Regional park implementing agencies must conduct Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessments on land that is suspected to be contaminated or land suspected to have abandoned wells as part its due diligence process for land acquisition. The Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment will determine the