announcement: Brownfield Redevelopment for Local Governments

[Tony Chenhansa <tonyc@cpeo.org>]

Originally sent by Emery Graham
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Brownfield Redevelopment  for Local Governments
Ralph H. Metcalfe Federal Building
Room 2205 - HUD (22nd Floor)
77 W. Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL



Monday May 24, 1999

8:00-8:30                          REGISTRATION & Pretest
8:30-8:35                          WELCOME - HUD, USEPA

8:35-9:00                          Course Overview, Logistics,
Introductions participants
                                          provide background about each
other Set framework -
                                          groups will develop brownfield
redevelopment plans

9:00-10:15                         Brownfield Overview James Van der
Kloot, USEPA &
                                          Eugene Goldfarb, HUD
                                          Definition, Decline of Urban
Areas 1950-80, Barriers
                                          to Brownfield Redevelopment

10:30-11:30                       Industrial/Commercial Real Estate
Marketing Jim
                                          Bower, & Cassandra Jansen,
U.S. Equities

11:30-1:00                         LUNCH

1:00-2:30                           Site Identification Strategies Donna
DuCharme, Delta
                                          Institute & Joe Dufficy, USEPA
Coordination with
                                          area-wide planning;
Coordination with USEPA
                                          removals Gaining control of
the property

2:30-2:45                           Break

2:45-3:45                           Exercise 1 Divide into teams,
Select/Prioritize
                                          Brownfield Sites

3:45-4:30                           Model Case Study #1 Jim Tischler,
Downriver
                                          Community Conference, Michigan

Tuesday May 25, 1999

8:30-9:45                         Environmental Site Assessments Jay
Goldstein,
                                         GeoSyntec Consultants

9:45-10:00                        BREAK

10:00-11:00                      Underground Storage Tanks Gilberto
Alvarez,
                                         USEPA, Dave Reynolds, City of
Chicago

11:00-11:45                      Risk Assessment Steve Colantino, IEPA

11:45-1:00                        LUNCH

1:00-3:00                          Model Case Study #2 - Chicago Case
Study/Tour
                                         Dave Reynolds & Karen Gordon,
City of Chicago Dept of Environment

 3:00-4:00                         Exercise #2 - Site Investigation tour
site, team
                                         completes Transaction Screen

 4:30-6:30                         Mixer Cavanaughs

Wednesday May 26, 1999

8:00 - 10:00                       Exercise #3 Review Phase I and/or
Phase II Site
                                          Assessment Reports Group
Reports

10:00 -10:45                      Environment Web Sites including
Landview Jan Pels,
                                          USEPA, Roxanne Volkman, HUD

10:45 -11:00                      BREAK

11:00-11:45                       Model Study #3 Richard E. Maslowski,
Glendale, Wi

11:45-1:15                         Lunch

1:15 -2:00                          Environmental Justice & Citizen
                                          Participation/Community
Involvement Keith Harley,
                                          Chicago Legal Clinic

2:00-2:45                           Exercise #4 Citizen
Participation/Community
                                          Involvement Plan

2:45-3:30                           Financing Brownfield Redevelopment
Ken Carlson,
                                          Ryan Industries

3:30-4:45                           Deal Stoppers & How to Solve Them
(legal &
                                          financial) Michael Anastasio,
USEPA & Ken Carlson,
                                          Ryan Industries

 Thursday May 27, 1999

  8:30-9:15                         Government Programs - Sources of
Financing,
                                          Comfort, TA Federal Programs
Brooke Furio, USEPA
                                          & Eugene Goldfarb, HUD

  9:15-10:00                       State Programs Darcy Foss, Wi

10:00-10:45                       Local Programs Charles Bartsch,
Northeast-Midwest Institute

10:45-11:30                       Tools for Existing Structures -
Historic Preservation
                                          Tax Credits Will Tippens, L &
R Realty

11:30 -12:45                                           LUNCH

12:45-1:30                                           Tools for Existing
Structures - Energy Performance Contracting Bill Giaimo, Honeywell

 1:30-2:45                                          Exercise #5 Sources
of financing/identify financing gap pro forma

 2:45-3:00                                           BREAK

3:00-3:45                                           Lead Ruth Kerzee,
Great Lakes Center

3:45 -4:30                                           Asbestos Michael
Ross, Great Lakes Center

Friday May 28, 1999

  8:00 - 8:30                                           Review of
Pretest
  8:30 - 9:30                                           Exercise #6
Finalize redevelopment plan
  9:30-10:00                                           Presentation of
Cases Participants
10:00-10:15                                           BREAK
10:15-11:00                                           Model Study #4
Steve Deisler, City of Kalamazoo

If you would like to register or if you have questions, please contact
Rachel Freeman (click here for e-mail) or by phone at 312-353-1696, Ext
2307.




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