2011 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:46:09 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Vikings stadium at Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (MN)
 
Board to vote on buying TCAAP for stadium

Press Release
Shoreview Press (MN)
November 15, 2011

RAMSEY COUNTY - Ramsey County has negotiated terms of an agreement to buy and clean up 430 acres at the former TCAAP site in Arden Hills, at a cost within the original project budget of $30 million.

The county has received a formal purchase offer from the U.S. General Services Administration, and remediation and site preparation activities can begin consistent with the original project schedule. The Ramsey County Board will vote on that offer Nov. 15.

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Congresswoman Betty McCollum said she strongly supports the purchase.

"Transforming TCAAP from Minnesota's largest Superfund site into productive land, expanding the property tax-base, plus adding hundreds of acres of open-space and trails for public use is a win- win-win for Ramsey County taxpayers," she said. "As partners in the sale of TCAAP, the U.S. Army and the General Services Administration deserve tremendous credit for working extremely hard to enable this transfer and starting the process of making this land productive once again."In addition to the stadium and nearby development, the project will add 123 acres of public land, including an enlarged wildlife trail corridor.

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For the entire release, see
http://www.presspubs.com/shoreview/news/article_22fe1ee6-0fce-11e1- ae75-001cc4c03286.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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