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City updates council on EGLE EAGLE grant work; multiple brownfield sites advancing to remediation or further study

5731033 · August 12, 2025

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City staff reported nine EAGLE grant applications and progress on several redevelopment-linked brownfield projects, including Madison Park (Hamlin Road landfill), Highland Park Woodfill (possible $20M remediation) and a newly executed subgrant for 1765 East Hamlin Road.

City staff provided a quarterly update on the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) EAGLE grant (grant number 2023-2540), reporting progress on several assessment and remediation projects and administrative changes to the program.

Jamie Timmons (project lead) told council the city has received nine applications under the grant to date and is tracking both city-led projects and developer-led projects separately. Key developer projects include the Hamlin Road landfill (Madison Park), where field work is underway and work-plan reports are being reviewed by EGLE, and Highland Park Woodfill, where work plans 1–3 are approved and the site is in a data-evaluation phase; staff said Highland Park has indicated remediation numbers could be in the neighborhood of $20 million if remediation proceeds to that scale.

Timmons said the city received a signed subgrant agreement for the 1765 East Hamlin Road property immediately after the meeting packet was prepared; that applicant is preparing its first work plan. For city projects, a sewer extension project is complete and reimbursable invoices are being processed; drilling at Allen Park is complete (wells and soil-gas points installed); and projects at Livernois and Auburn are being closed out.

Staff and applicants are meeting biweekly with EGLE and twice-monthly internally to move applications forward. Timmons said the team is revising application and policy documents to reflect EGLE’s approved changes including the extended project boundary and the extended end date; the city must submit fourth-quarter estimates to EGLE by Oct. 1.

Council members asked about decision criteria for allocating grant funds among projects and how the city balances environmental cleanup goals with redevelopment outcomes, including brownfield/TIF requests that may accompany remediation proposals. Staff said the subcommittee and council will weigh cleanup needs, private investment and project outcomes (jobs, housing) when recommending funding levels.