Abstract
Mayor: “George, this is the Mayor. I just returned from the Brownfields Conference in St. Louis and went to several sessions on how to redevelop contaminated property with all of the new legal and insurance tools. I think we need to step up and enact plan and regulatory amendments to finally get the National Cyanide property back to the market as a public-private partnership that will develop a live-work community in a way that avoids liability for the city. Please be prepared to comprehensively address this at the next council meeting, and you might give some potential redevelopers a call and talk about appraisals and how to pay for cleanup. But it looks pretty straightforward to me!”
George (Planning and Community Development Director): “AAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!”