ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Public Works Director with a Request for the Following:
A. APPROVE a HIGHWAY AUTHORITY AGREEMENT Between the City of Peoria and ILLICO, INC. (ILLICO), for the Property Known as 3712 NORTH UNIVERSITY STREET, Peoria, Illinois.
B. ADOPT an ORDINANCE for a Limited Area for GROUNDWATER, for Properties Known as Parcel Identification Numbers 14-29-178-011, 14-29-178-017, 14-29-254-003, 14-29-254-031, 14-29-255-003, 14-29-255-032, as well as Portions of NORTH UNIVERSITY STREET, WEST WAR MEMORIAL DRIVE, and WEST STRATFORD DRIVE, Peoria, Illinois.
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BACKGROUND: As part of the State's Leaking Underground Storage Tank Remediation Program, Illico, the owner of the property located at 3712 N University St., seeks a Highway Authority Agreement and a limited area Groundwater Ordinance with the City. The objective of the Highway Authority Agreement is to prevent ground water beneath the City's right of way that exceeds Tier 1 remediation from being used as a supply of potable or domestic water so that the public and environment are protected, and caution should be taken if there is excavation in this area. The Groundwater Ordinance is to prohibit the use of groundwater as a potable water supply by the installation or use of potable water supply wells or by any other method. The theory of the program is that the cost of remedying the potential harm far exceeds any harm done by leaving the property in its present condition. Per City policy, the laboratory results have been reviewed by an independent engineer, Anthony Wlodarski, of Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, Inc. He advises that "there are no engineering or apparent public safety reasons that would prohibit the City from entering into the Highway Authority Agreement."
This property is the site of a Marathon Gas Station.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None. The requester, Illico, paid Wood's $750 fee for the independent review.
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