AGENDA ITEM EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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Update on 828 MLK Property.
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RESPONSIBLE STAFF, TITLE, DEPARTMENT
John Richardson, Community Sustainability Manager
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that Council receive this report and provide feedback, as appropriate.
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ACTION/DECISION POINTS
There is no Council action required this evening; however, based on a variety of inputs, we are interested in any reactions the Council wishes to share about the initial vision described in the attached presentation.
BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT
The Town is working to address the presence of coal ash at the 828 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. property, which is currently home to the Chapel Hill Police Department. In the 1960s and 1970s, before the Town took ownership, this property served as a coal ash and construction debris fill site. While the Town didn't place the coal ash at the property, we view it as our responsibility to manage it.
UPDATES
In February, our consultant resampled groundwater, surface water, and soil at the site and found the following:
Groundwater samples taken from inside the buried materials show concentrations of metals similar to previous levels. Samples taken from the groundwater in the underlying aquifer show higher concentrations of some metals as compared to previous tests.
* There is no indication that contaminants are impacting Bolin Creek above typical background levels or federal and state screening criteria.
* We see a higher concentration of one metal above background levels and screening criteria in one of ten soil samples taken just outside of the fencing. Risk remains within acceptable levels; however, out of an abundance of caution, we are working with our consultant to remove the soil. A first round of removal and testing occurred on May 22nd.
* More details can be found in the attached Brownfields Assessment Report.
On March 12th, the Council authorized the Town Manager to sign a Brownfields Agreement with the North Car...
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