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DPU060518UNITCAST
Environmental Services
Marc Gerdeman (x3771)/Paul Syring (x1025)
Revised
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Authorizing the mayor to enter into Director's Final Findings and Orders with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) related to a portion of the former Unitcast site; authorizing the expenditure in the amount not to exceed $800,000 from the Capital Improvement (CIP) Fund for the payment of costs necessary to complete closure work activities; authorizing the mayor to accept formal bids and enter into contracts for closure activities; waiving provisions of TMC ?187 for consulting services; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The city of Toledo owns the former 26-acre property known as the Unitcast Foundry, located at 1414 East Broadway, Toledo, Ohio. The property is subdivided into two parcels consisting of an 18.8 acre parcel on which the foundry operation was located and a 7.1 acre parcel upon which a residual waste landfill was located. The Unitcast property is subject to Director's Final Findings and Orders issued on May 2, 2007 by the Ohio EPA, which require the City to complete the remediation of the Property, including closure and capping of the landfill parcel on or before May 2, 2010. The city has been granted two time extensions to complete the remediation by May 31, 2018. Ordinance 364-15 was passed authorizing a metal recovery agreement with Garrett Well, LLC in exchange to complete the closure per Ohio EPA Findings and Orders at no cost to the city. In 2017, the city and Garrett Well finally ended negotiations due to the collapse of the salvage metal market. As a result, the city was unable to meet the May 2018 deadline. Nonetheless, the city has been successful in reaching a tentative agreement with Ohio EPA for a final extension closure deadline of December 31, 2019. The CIP expenditure will allow the city to complete closure activities in order to comply with this final deadline.
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NOW, THEREFORE, Be i...
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