Minutes

Special Bd. of Aldermen — 10/26/15 Page 7

President McCarthy

That is an anticipated $6.5 million dollars’ worth of credit funding, not including the endowments, correct?

Mr. Cummings

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| think it is important to know that, and for the public to Know, that was heard and that is what is being put out
there. It will be privately operated with accountability to a Board. The City will not be involved in the day-to-

day operation or programming or set designs and lighting and all those technical aspects that we don’t have

expertise in.

Mr. Cummings

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type process, we would have only have put out architecture and engineering type of RFQ. That was not the
intent and then even in the memo that is before you relative to the New Market Tax Credit, there is a reference
to gross maximum price type contracting for a New Market Tax Credit. That is the exact type of contract that is

going to need to be entered into. These are not new concepts, these are just the way the construction industry
works and we were planning on following that type of process.

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The next thing is that | wanted to make sure that we are talking about something that is essentially in its nature
a startup. And a startup in its nature will need to change and adapt and evolve and change isn’t necessarily
bad and it is in fact ok so long as we don’t lose sight of our goals. So some of the details will evolve and they
have evolved from when we first started, and just as long as we stay true to the goals that we have outlined at
the beginning we will be able to be successful with this project.

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Relative to the $4 million dollars, City staff and the New Market Tax Credit consultant have begun the process

to apply for and secure an allocation of a New Market Tax Credit, the expectation is that a letter of commitment
in the second quarter of 2019 would be forthcoming and cash would be available by the end of 2019. There is

a Memo in your packet that outlines this in greater detail.

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session with the Steering Committee to discuss how best to develop an operational business model. We also
engaged a new market tax credit consultant to help us assess and develop a plan for securing new market tax
credit.

A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held Tuesday, September 25, 2018, at 6:30 p.m.
in the Aldermanic Chamber.

President Brian S. McCarthy presided; City Clerk Patricia D. Piecuch recorded.

Mohawk Tannery
Questions, Comments?

For more information please contact:

Gerardo Millan—Ramos, Remedial Project Manager
Office of Site Remediation and Restoration

EPA Region 1 - New England

5 Post Office Sq., Suite 100

Boston MA 02109-3912

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Sources of Additional Information

» Mohawk Tannery Site - Removal Alternatives Update Technical
Memorandum

Link: https://semspub.epa.gov/work/01/627486.pdf

» EPA Repository Superfund Records and Information Center
5 Post Office Sq., Suite 100
Boston MA 02109-3912
Tel. 617 918-1440

Site Profile webpage: www.epa.gov/superfund/mohawk

Mohawk Tannery
EPA’s Recommended Alternative

» Encapsulation and Impermeable Capping

° Consolidating all waste (sludge and soils) at Lagoon
Areas 1&2 using one of three vertical containment
technologies and an impermeable cap.

© Backfilling excavations with clean fill.

© Protecting the integrity of the encapsulated area
and preventing use of groundwater via land use
restrictions.

© Ensuring remedy effectiveness with groundwater
monitoring and regular maintenance.