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Community Success Stories in Missouri

Blase Leven and Maggie Weiser Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) Program Kansas State University July, 2017

Technical Assistance to Brownfield (TAB) Program

u Assistance with brownfields

redevelopment

u Free to local governments

and Tribes

u Funded by EPA u K-State assists in EPA

Regions 5, 6, 7 and 8

u No application process –

just call!

Services May Include

u Help identifying and inventorying brownfields u Strategic planning and redevelopment visioning u Community outreach and input u Economic feasibility and sustainability analysis u Help identify funding sources u Review of grant applications u Educational workshops u Help finding and evaluating environmental

consultants

u Review of project plans and technical reports u Other assistance, as needed and agreed upon

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BIT (Brownfields Inventory Tool)

www.ksutab.org Inventory and Prioritize Sites

u Criteria for

Revitalization (Examples):

u Health threat? u Gateway location? u Blight? u Utilities? u Condition? u Property Access? u Re-Use Plan &

Partners?

u Match to Revitalization

Goals

u Store everything in

• ne place

u Photos u Reports u Generate Maps u Report to EPA, if you

get a grant

BIT (Brownfields Inventory Tool)

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Writing EPA Grants

• TAB EZ Grant Writing Tool

www.ksutab.org or www.tabez.org

Configure Application

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Select whether your approval is needed before text changes by participants you invite to the project are accepted. Choose the type of contamination affecting the site. For assessment grant proposals, choose “Community Wide” or “Site Specific”.

Phone Connection: 866-299-3188 Code: 2025661817# November 5, 2015

TAB EZ: Template for EPA Assessment and Cleanup Proposals

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TAB EZ: Requirements & Text Entry Screen for Each Section of Proposal

TAB Tools: BIT and TAB EZ for EPA Grant Writing

u Password Protected, not public u User friendly and can be accessed any time at users own pace u Helpful hints for every criteria to be addressed u Integrates brownfield education with Resources: definitions,

census resources and Past Successful Proposals for download

Find BIT & TAB EZ at: www.ksutab.org

Register (first time users: ‘Get a free account’)

• r Sign In with a

current user id and password Click on Online Tools, then click

• n BIT or TAB EZ

Russellville

Reuse Planning

Maggie Weiser, KSU-TAB Blase Leven, KSU-TAB

Railroad Park Russellville, MO

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Existing park across from City Hall needed improvements

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EIERA funded $75,000 to city for cleanup

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Former gas station with USTs and soil and groundwater contamination

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City enrolled in MO DNR VCP

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Park Design - KSU TAB facilitated assistance from KSU Landscape Architecture Program

Railroad Park Russellville, MO

South Roundtop Neighborhood Kansas City, MO

Reuse Planning

Maggie Weiser, KSU-TAB Blase Leven, KSU-TAB

South Roundtop Neighborhood Kansas City, MO

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Resurrection Village Community Revitalization Initiative – 31st and Cleveland Ave, Kansas City

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KSU TAB conducted open house type event – January 2017

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Preliminary Conceptual Drawings- KSU TAB facilitated assistance from Michigan State University School of Planning Design and Construction

Resurrection Village: Shared Spaces & Front Porches

Church Community and Farmers Market

Health: Parks, Walks, Urgent Care

Community Growth Gardens and Bikes

Live, Work, Play, Learn

Dellwood

Market Analysis

Blase Leven, KSU-TAB Maggie Weiser, KSU-TAB

Dellwood-Ferguson-Jennings

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Business Opportunity analysis for several sites on West Florissant Avenue Corridor, by DRP , Inc., a TAB Partner

for Select Business, Retail and Service Categories

Springfield Vertical Innovations, LLC.

Funding Roadmap

Blase Leven, KSU-TAB Maggie Weiser, KSU-TAB

Vertical Innovations, LLC

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Seeking funds for startup capitol shortfall for Pilot Project

u 3 silos w/ 70 grow racks

Vertical Innovations, LLC

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Funding Road Map, by a TAB Partner, to pursue much of the funding shortfall

Howardville

Reuse Planning, Environmental, and Renewable Energy

Blase Leven, KSU-TAB Maggie Weiser, KSU-TAB

Howardville (a success in the making . . .)

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Howardville School Restoration

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. . . by a community that deeply cares . . .

Howardville (a success in the making . . .)

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Establishing a Vision:

u Community Betterment Survey u Public Officials Charrette u Community Charrette

Howardville (a success in the making . . .)

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Getting Asbestos and Lead-based Paint cleaned up:

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Lots of hiccups:

u 3 RFPs for

contractors; EPA and contractor did more Phase II work

u More work added u 3-way verification

& plan needed

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But:

u Contractors

involved local workforce

u Cleanup is about

2/3 done

Name of Firm/Location WBE/DBE Resumes appropriately licensed

• n-site personnel

Subs identified Insurance Cert. incl. Firm 1 no yes (resume

• f 1 on-site

personnel missing) yes

• No. Seems like

Evans Consulting and KCTE are the

• subs. Confirm.

no Firm 2 no yes, but not cleanup reiterated from RFP text not for actual site work no

Total Bldgs 1 & 3 (not counting inside Bldg 3 yet to be done) Total Scraped or Partially Scraped Total Not Scraped 6085.245 5176.845 908.4

Howardville (a success in the making ..)

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Finishing Up cleanup

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More funding for Redevelopment

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Stay tuned!

Thank you… … please contact us for assistance!

Blase Leven (KSU TAB Programs Coordinator) 785-532-0780 baleven@ksu.edu Maggie Weiser (Coordinator for EPA Regions 5 & 7) 785-532-0782 mjwieser@ksu.edu Sabine Martin (TAB Contact for Missouri) 785-587-0136 smartin@ctorsolutions.com Web site: http://www.ksutab.org