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Annapolis committee pauses sale of Spa Road parcels pending remediation, grants and deed terms
Summary
The Economic Matters Committee voted not to act on legislation to sell three Spa Road parcels to the Resilience Authority so the city can pursue an EPA brownfields grant; members pressed staff and the Resilience Authority on remediation timelines, reverter language and community outreach.
The Economic Matters Committee of the Annapolis Board of Aldermen on July 16 voted not to take action on legislation that would transfer three parcels at 932 and 935 Spa Road to the Resilience Authority of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County for environmental remediation and redevelopment.
Committee members, staff and representatives of the Resilience Authority and the city discussed why the city is proposing the transfer, the timeline for a potential U.S. Environmental Protection Agency brownfields grant, what protections the city would keep and the scope of cleanup work needed before redevelopment.
Why it matters: City attorneys and staff said the transfer is being considered because, as the city itself identified contamination on the properties, many federal and foundation grants will not award funding to the party that caused contamination. Transferring the parcels to a third-party nonprofit instrumentality — the Resilience Authority — would allow that entity to apply for EPA brownfields funding to pay for remediation that the city could not secure directly.
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