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IRA debates next steps for Inland Island project; brownfield cleanup and Coast Guard parcel emerge as hurdles
Summary
Agency members discussed pausing reissuing an RFEI for the Inland Island Urban Renewal Project until development barriers — notably a city-owned brownfield and the licensed Coast Guard Auxiliary parcel — are investigated and potential land-swap terms resolved.
At its Feb. 11 meeting the Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency discussed next steps for the Inland Island Urban Renewal Project and weighed whether to reissue a request for expressions of interest (RFEI) while material site constraints remain unresolved.
One central barrier identified was subsurface petroleum contamination on a roughly half-acre portion of city-owned property. Staff said the site has tight soils and limited groundwater movement and described the contamination as historical; staff noted a similar cleanup in the past (for the Boatyard/Boat Yard Grill site) cost about $350,000 in the early 2000s and said remediation costs and regulatory attention (including updated groundwater rules) have increased since then. Members said the agency previously expected a…
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