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Brownfields
Supplemental Assistance
Saint Paul Port Authority, MN
BACKGROUND
EPA awarded the Saint Paul Port Authority supplemental
assistance for its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration
Pilot and additional funding for assessments atbrownfields
properties to be used for greenspace purposes. Historically,
the City of St. Paul's industrial development was based on
its location as both a navigable hub on the Mississippi River
and a center for railroad transportation. No longer
dependent onrailroads or shipping, businesses moving into
the St. Paul area are locating outside of the urban core.
The Phalen Corridor, a 2Vz mile underused rail corridor on
the east side of the city, has suffered from numerous plant
closings, growing unemployment, and rising crime. An
initiative has been underway since 1994 to develop a
broad-based community partnership to rebuild the economic,
social, and physical prosperity of St. Paul's East Side.
The original EPAPilot and the city's Showcase Community
program focused on conducting environmental assessments
for a 32-acre western segment of Phalen Boulevard. This
area will be the future location of the Westminster Junction
Business Center, whichis the first phase of redevelopment
conducted through the city's Phalen Corridor Initiative.
The objective of the Phalen Corridor Initiative is to spark
redevelopment of the East Side neighborhoods of St. Paul.
OBJECTIVES AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES
The supplemental funding will be used to conduct site
assessments at additional sites and develop a response
action plan (RAP) for the second phase of the Phalen
Corridor Initiative. RAP development will encompass
four properties that will comprise the Westminster Junction
Business Center. Additional site assessments will be
conducted at sites that will comprise the central segment
of Phalen Boulevard. This segment is expected to become
the site of several hundred new housing units and up to
100,000 square feet of industrial space.
PILOT SNAPSHOT Date of Announcement:
May 2002
Amount: $150,000
Greenspace: $50,000
Profile: The Pilot targets up to
five properties along the central
segment of Phalen Boulevard
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area forgreenspace reuse.
Contacts:
St.PaulPortAuthority
(651)224-5686
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA Region 5
(312)353-2513
Visit the E PA Region 5 Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields/
Forfurtherinformation,includingspecific Pilot contacts,
additional Pilot information, brownfields news and events, and
publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
www.epa.gov/brownfields
The greenspace funding will be used to conduct
assessments to support creation of open space opportunities
along Phalen Boulevard. Two locations will be assessed.
The first location is at the intersection of Payne Avenue
and Phalen Boulevard. The second location is just west of
Interstate 35E, the Trillium site, which has been acquired
by the city and is a critical piece of the Trout Brook
Greenway Project. The end use of these sites will be
passive open space for the local community.
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Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
• Formulating a Response Action Plan for the second
phase of the Boulevard construction;
• Convening a neighborhood task force for the new sites
to discuss site selection andprioritization;
• Conducting Phase II environmental assessments and
developing RAPs for up to five properties in the central
segment of Phalen Boulevard; and
• Conducting Phase I and II site assessments for the
Trillium site and two parcels along Phalen Boulevard for
greenspace reuse.
Thecooperativeagreementforthis Pilot hasnotyetbeen negotiated; therefore,
activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
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