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Council approves Ayers contract to carry out $500,000 EPA brownfields assessment
Summary
Riverton will use a $500,000 EPA brownfields assessment grant for the South Corridor/Main Street area; council approved a $491,725 professional services agreement with Ayers Associates covering grant management, outreach, area planning and environmental investigation work.
Riverton — The City Council on Feb. 17 approved a professional services agreement with Ayers Associates for the city’s EPA brownfields community-wide assessment, enabling a federal grant the city received to move into inventory, planning and site-specific assessment work.
Community development staff told the council that Riverton was awarded a $500,000 EPA brownfields assessment grant to inventory and assess sites along the South Corridor toward Main Street. The project is voluntary for property owners, is expected to run roughly five years consistent with typical EPA community-wide assessment timelines, and carries federal compliance requirements.
The proposed consultant contract with Ayers Associates totals $491,725 and is structured to match the EPA-approved work plan: grant management ($17,800); inventory and outreach, including a project website and public engagement ($63,800); area-wide planning and redevelopment scenarios ($153,520); and environmental assessment services (up to 18 Phase I reports, up to seven Phase II reports and completion of up to four draft Analyses of Brownfield Cleanup Alternatives) priced at $256,605. The remaining grant funds will support city staff training and related eligible expenses.
Council moved, seconded and approved the contract. Christina Hagel, who joined by phone for the meeting, thanked the city and said, "We're really excited to get started on this with you," and noted the work will support property owners considering redevelopment who may have concerns about prior uses.
Staff emphasized the voluntary nature of property participation and noted there is no local match required for this EPA award. The work is intended to make downtown and corridor parcels more redevelopment-ready by reducing uncertainty around environmental conditions and providing actionable cleanup and redevelopment strategies.
With the contract approved, city staff and Ayers will begin community engagement and technical inventory work as laid out in the EPA-approved scope.
