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INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
DIVISION OF HOUSING & NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION
DATE: NOVEMBER 30, 2021
TO: RON BURTON, CITY MANAGER
FROM: MARY E. ESSEX, GRANTS PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR
RE: P.R. 22247
NATURE OF REQUEST:
Grants Management recommends that the City Council adopt Proposed Resolution 22247 to
approve filing an application with the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the FY
2022 Brownfields Area-Wide Assessment grant.
STAFF ANALYSIS CONSIDERATIONS:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Brownfields Program is designed to
empower states, communities, and other stakeholders to work together in a timely manner to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields*. EPA provides technical and
financial assistance for brownfields activities through an approach based on four main goals:
protecting human health and the environment, sustaining reuse, promoting partnerships, and
strengthening the marketplace. Brownfields grants serve as the foundation of the Brownfields
Program and support revitalization efforts by funding environmental assessment, cleanup, and
job training activities. Thousands of properties have been assessed and cleaned up through the
Brownfields Program, clearing the way for their reuse.
Port Arthur's Brownfield Area-Wide grant will focus on Houston Avenue to the West, 7th Street
to the North, Lake Charles Avenue to the East, and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway as the
approximate southern boundary. The Denbo Avenue area will also be included.
*A brownfield is defined as:real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence
or potential presence of a hazardous substance,pollutant, or contaminant. The 2002 Brownfields Law further defines the term to
include a site that is: "contaminated by a controlled substance; contaminated by petroleum or a petroleum product excluded
from the definition of`hazardous substance'; or mine-scarred land"
RECOMMENDATIONS:
I recommend that the City Council adopt Proposed Resolution 22247 that approves filing an
application with the FY 2022 EPA for a Brownfields Area-Wide Planning grant in the amount of
$500,000.
BUDGET CONSIDERATION:
The Brownfields program grant will provide all budgetary funding.
P.R. No. 22247
November 3, 2021- MEE
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RESOLUTION NUMBER
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF AN
APPLICATION WITH THE U. S. ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) FOR A FY 2022
BROWNFIELDS AREA-WIDE ASSESSMENT GRANT FOR
$500,000.00. GRANT NUMBER EPA-OLEM-OBLR-21-04.
WHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is requesting applications for
Brownfields Grants; and,
WHEREAS, the Target Area is defined as Denbo Avenue to the west, Lake Charles
Avenue to the east, the Sabine Neches Canal to the south and Rev. Dr. Ransom Howard Street to
the north; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Port Arthur does wish to apply for a Brownfields Area-Wide
Assessment Grant.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PORT ARTHUR:
Section 1. That the facts and opinions in the preamble are true and correct.
Section 2. That the City Manager is hereby authorized to file a grant application in an
amount of$500,000.00 for a Brownfields Area-Wide Assessment Grant.
Section 3. That the City Manager is designated to sign all documents in connection
with the grant submission.
Section 4. That a copy of the caption of this Resolution be spread upon the minutes of
the City Council.
READ,ADOPTED AND APPROVED this day of A. D.,2021
at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Port Arthur, Texas by the following vote:
AYES: MAYOR: ;
P.R. No. 22247
November 3, 2021- MEE
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COUNCILMEMBERS:
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Thurman Bill Bartie,
MAYOR
Sherri Bellard,
CITY SECRETARY
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Valecia Tikeno,
CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED FOR ADMINISTRATION:
Ronald Burton,
CITY MANAGER
Pamela Langford,
ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER
I"?Kandy Daniels,
INTERIM FINANCE DIRECTOR