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Prince is leaning “no” on Wednesday’s TIF discussion. $1 million more for soccer? “I’m disgusted” pic.twitter.com/RYeJVqOqXf— FredMelo, Reporter (@FrederickMelo) July 18, 2017The land off Snelling and University avenues was once occupied by Metro Transit’s former bus storage facility, and is still owned by the Metropolitan Council.The Met Council brought the site up to industrial standards in 2006. In early 2016, its public transportation division — Metro Transit — indicated that it would fund up to to $4.5 million for site cleanup as part of lease negotiations with the city.Working with the Port Authority, the city pledged another $1.5 million in cleanup funds, which officials expected to be paid back through state, county and Met Council grants. It’s this reimbursement that has hit a $900,000 snag.That’s because Met Council officials say that their additional grant funds cannot be used to clean up tax-exempt property, even though the bus storage facility was torn down in 2002 and the land has sat vacant ever since.The Port Authority has assembled more than $3 million in state, county and Met Council environmental grants to date, but only $525,000 can be used for the “bus barn” cleanup.“The Met Council owns the bus barn site, we have entered into a ground lease with them for 52 years, and the pollution was created by the Met Council,” said Ward 7 Council Member Prince, who a large section of the city’s East Side. “They have provided us with a pollution grant that can’t be used to mitigate the pollution the grantor created? The Met Council needs to answer why.”Met Council officials sa... (TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press)
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