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Oak Park board backs $1 million EGLE brownfield grant and recommends Brownfield plan for Barton Mallow redevelopment
Summary
The Brownfield Authority voted to recommend that the city apply to an EGLE brownfield grant program for up to $1 million and separately approved recommending a Brownfield plan that would reimburse roughly $10 million over a multi-decade capture period for Barton Mallow's redevelopment.
The Oak Park Brownfield Redevelopment Authority voted on Jan. 14 to recommend that the city apply for the maximum $1 million EGLE brownfield grant to support demolition and initial cleanup work for Barton Mallow's planned redevelopment along the 8-mile corridor, and separately approved recommending a Brownfield plan that would enable reimbursement of eligible redevelopment costs over time.
City staff told the board the city will be the formal applicant to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) on behalf of Barton Mallow and that, if city council approves the board's recommendation, the application will be submitted directly to EGLE. "We are asking for the full million dollars," staff said during the discussion.
Troy Helmick, an environmental consultant working on the project, described the eligible environmental remediation…
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