21015_Five Points Gateway_Internal Notification_2017

From:Minnich, Carolyn
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Cc:Kritzer, Jamie; Liggins, Shirley; Scott, Michael; Nicholson, Bruce; Wahl, Tracy; Stukes, Mary Katherine H.
([e-mail]); Ron Mahle ([e-mail]); Edwards, Caroline
Subject:DEQ Internal Brownfields Notification <21015 Five Points Gateway Monroe, Union County>
Date:Monday, March 27, 2017 8:40:50 AM
Attachments:09231233 GIS Aerial.jpg09231234 GIS Aerial.jpgimage003.png

To DEQ Cleanup Programs:
This is an internal courtesy notice to inform your program that the DEQ Brownfields Program has
received a Brownfields Property Application submitted by the City of Monroe as the Prospective
Developer (PD) seeking entry into the Brownfields Program for the following property:

Site Name: Five Points Gateway
Address:  320 and 322 East Franklin Street
City/County/Zip:  Monroe, Union County 28111
BF Project Number: 21015-17-090
Tax ID:  09231233; 09231234 
Known Identifying: None found
NCD#:  None found
GW Incident #: None found
Map links:
https://goo.gl/maps/1Dfb28kcouF2   320 E Franklin St 
https://goo.gl/maps/AtYB8sV97JE2   322 E Franklin St

We are now evaluating the City of Monroe and the subject property for eligibility for entry into the
Brownfields Program.  The potential Brownfields Property consists of two parcels totaling 1.8 acres. 
The 320 Franklin Street parcel was previously utilized as residences (at least 1908-1930s), gas
station/auto repair facility (1947-1959), and commercial property since 1959. The 322 Franklin
Street parcel was previously utilized as residences (at least 1908-1960s) and a commercial building
since 1964. The two commercial buildings located on the potential Brownfields Property were
constructed in 1947 and 1964. The potential Brownfields Property is currently occupied with vacant
(since December 2016) commercial buildings and a parking lot. There is known chlorinated solvent,
petroleum, and metal contamination in soil and groundwater. The PD plans to redevelop the
potential Brownfields Property for civic/governmental use with potentially accompanying
commercial, retail, office, and open space uses.

PD Contact
Mary Katherine Stukes
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
401 South Tryon Street, Suite 3000
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Phone No.: 704-335-9495
Fax No.: 704-335-4481
Email: [e-mail]

PD
E.L. Faison, City Manager
City of Monroe, a North Carolina Municipal Corporation
P.O. Box 69
Monroe, North Carolina 28111
Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

PD Website: http://www.monroenc.org

Under the Brownfields Property Reuse Act, only entities that did not cause or contribute to the
contamination at the property are eligible to enter the program.  The applicant PD listed below have
asserted that:  1) they have not caused or contributed to the contamination at the property, and 2)
they have substantially complied with laws, regulations, and rules for the protection of the
environment.  If you have any information to suggest otherwise, please provide that information to
me at [e-mail] by April 5, 2017.

A Brownfields Agreement (BFA) has no legal effect on your agency's authority to regulate or
enforce against any and all parties who caused or contributed to the contamination at the
property. In fact, the BFA will require the developer to provide access to the property to any
party doing work under any DEQ program.

A BFA provides liability protection only to a non-causative redeveloper of the property. The
developer will be required to make the property safe for its intended re-use. Cleanup to
unrestricted use standards will not be required unless deemed necessary based on the
developer's proposed use of the property. Furthermore, the BFA will not change the developer's
responsibility to obtain any and all DEQ permits (e.g. storm water, sediment control, NPDES, etc.)
as required under applicable law.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.  

Thank you,
Carolyn Minnich
Brownfields Project Manager
Division of Waste Management
Department of Environmental Quality

704 661 0330 office/mobile
[e-mail]

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Raleigh, NC 27699-1646

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