United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response(5101)
EPA500-F-99-142
June 1999
www.epa.gov/brownfields/
SEPA
Brownf ields Assessment
Demonstration Pilot
Roseville, MN
Outreach and Special Projects Staff (5101)
Quick Reference Fact Sheet
EPA's Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative is designed to empower states, communities, and other
stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and
sustainably reuse brownfields. A brownfield is a site, or portion thereof, that has actual or perceived contamination and
an active potential for redevelopment or reuse. EPA is funding: assessment demonstration pilot programs (each funded
up to $200,000 over two years), to assess brownfields sites and to test cleanup and redevelopment models;job training
pilot programs (each funded up to $200,000 over two years), to provide training for residents of communities affected
by brownfieldstofacilitatecleanupofbrownfieldssites and preparetrainees for future employmentintheenvironmental
field; and, cleanup revolving loan fund programs (each funded up to $500,000 over five years) to capitalize loan funds
to make loans for the environmental cleanup of brownfields. These pilot programs are intended to provide EPA, states,
tribes, municipalities, and communities with useful information and strategies as they continue to seek new methods
to promote a unified approach to site assessment, environmental cleanup, and redevelopment.
BACKGROUND
EPA has selected the City of Roseville for a
Brownfields Pilot. Roseville (population 35,000) is
located at the northern borders of St. Paul and
Minneapolis. Located within the city is the Twin
Lakes redevelopment area (Twin Lakes), a 281 -acre
area that developed as a hub for trucking companies
and related businesses because of its proximity to
highways and both downtown Minneapolis and St.
Paul. However, federal deregulation of the trucking
industry in 1980 resulted in the relocation and
downsizing of Roseville trucking-related businesses,
and many companies went out of business.
Today, the Twin Lakes area contains 110 acres of
brownfields along with 11 acres of residential property,
two acres of commercial space, 34 acres of park
space, and 58 acres of already redeveloped
brownfields. In 1994, the city adopted a land use plan
for the area that calls for office, retail, business, and
light industrial uses, and in 1998 the city established
the area as a tax increment financing district to
facilitate redevelopment To continue the revitalization
of the Twin Lakes area, the city plans to construct the
Twin Lakes Parkway, already funded at $ 10.6 million,
PILOTSNAPSHOT
Roseville, Minnesota
Contacts:
City of Roseville
Community Development
Department
(651) 490-2247
Dateof Announcement:
June 1999
Amount: $200,000
Profile: The Pilot targets
the Twin Lakes Parkway
property as part of the
economic revitalization
of the 281-acre Twin
Lakes Business Park
redevelopment area.
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA - Region 5
(312)353-3161
Visit the EPA Region 5 Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields/
For further information, including specific Pilot contacts,
additional Pilot information, brownfields news and events, and
publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/
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which will provide access to the redeveloped
brownfields properties; this access is vital for their
redevelopment.
OBJECTIVES
The Pilot's objective is to encourage cleanup and
redevelopment of the Twin Lakes area by conducting
an environmental assessment of the Twin Lakes
Parkway property and developing a cleanup plan for
the site. The Pilot will complement other aspects of
the Twin Lakes Parkway project and the city's
broader redevelopment strategy, which strives to
remove environmental threats, provide financial
incentives, integrate green space, and coordinate with
regional needs and plans. Redevelopment of the Pilot
area will create a business park with high-tech jobs,
provide an alternative roadway to alleviate traffic
congestion, enhance the area's natural parklike
environment, and increase the tax base.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS ANDACTIVITIES
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
• Conducting a Phase I and Phase II site assessment
of the Twin Lakes Parkway property; and
• Developing a cleanup plan for the parkway site.
The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet been negotiated;
therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot Roseville, Minnesota
June 1999 EPA500-F-99-142
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