Redeveloping Brownfields in California
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Agenda Agenda (00) 11:00 am 11:10 am Welcome Keith Karaoka, DoH HEER Fenix Grange, DoH HEER Ignacio Dayrit, CCLR(02) 11:10 am 11:25 am What's a brownfield? Melody Calisay, DoH HEER (03) Tim Streitz, City of Honolulu (04) WaiYi Ng, City of Honolulu (05) Brownfields Case Studies: Marian Gushiken, EAH Housing (06) 11:25 am 12:25 pm Community and economic development, Jon Wallenstrom, Alaka’i Development (07) adaptation and resiliency Q&A(08) 12:25 pm 12:30 pm Group Survey/Exercise CCLR 12:30 pm 12:50 pm HDOH-HEER programs Sven Lindstrom, DoH HEER(09) Scott Rodie, Bank of Hawaii (10) Financing, Risk and Environmental Ruby Edwards, DBEDT (11) 12:50 pm 1:45 pm Assessments Melody Calisay(12) Technical Assistance/Funding Part 1 Noemi Emeric-Ford, US EPA(13) Q&A(14) 1:45 pm 2:00 pm Open Forum All Agenda 11:00 am 11:05 am Welcome – Day 2 Agenda (16) Sven Lindstrom, DoH HEER (17) Robert Leon Guerrero and Joshua Santos, CNMI DEQ(18) Diana Felton, DoH HEER (19) PFAS /UXO 11:05 am 12:40 pm Roger Brewer, DoH HEER (20) Databases & Inventories Iris van der Zander DoH HEER (21) Lauren Cruz, DoH HEER (22) Cameron Black, DBEDT (23) David Martin, HECO(24) 12:00 am 12:20 am Open Forum Forum (25) Noemi Emeric-Ford, US EPA (26) 12:20 am 1:05 am Preparing for grant applications Ignacio Dayrit, CCLR(27) 1:05 am 1:20 am Recap Recap (28) Brownfield? CENTER FOR CREATIVE LAND RECYCLING (CCLR OR “SEE CLEAR”) Our mission is to promote the sustainable, equitable and responsible reuse of underutilized and environmentally impacted properties. We educate, advocate, assist and convene stakeholders to revitalize communities through land recycling. CCLR is U.S. EPA’s Technical Assistance to Brownfields Provider (TAB) for 10 states and numerous territories around the county. Follow us on: Center for Creative @landrecycling Center for Creative Land Recycling Land Recycling 1 MULTIPLE CHOICE: A BROWNFIELD IS: Yes No Maybe ● A contaminated site? ⚪️ ⚪️ ⚪️ ● On the EPA / state databases? ⚪️ ⚪️ ⚪️ ● Any site* or redevelopment with potential contamination & liability? ⚪️ ⚪️ ⚪️ The reuse of abandoned, vacant, or underused properties that are perceived to be contaminated Objective: Using Federal, State and Local Tools - including MARC grants - for Reuse - *See full definition with exclusions 1 7 WHAT IS A BROWNFIELD? SUPERFUND VS BROWNFIELD ● Locates, investigates, and cleans up ● Represent an economic or social the worst hazardous waste sites threat, because they prevent throughout the United States and development and stifle local territories economies ● Urgent threat to human and environmental health 1 8 WHAT IS A BROWNFIELD? LEGAL DEFINITION, OPPORTUNITY, PREVALENCE ● “…real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant”* ○ *(Public Law 107-118 (H.R. 2869) - “Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act”, signed into law January 11, 2002) ● Opportunity for funding + redevelopment goals ● Includes all types of sites, in large cities, small towns everywhere including: ○ Abandoned factories, strip shopping centers, gas stations, grocery stores, foundries, power plants, old apartment buildings, dry cleaners, orchards, vacant 9 lots, corporation yards, landfills, waterfront sites, rail yards,1 etc. ○ And sites adjacent to these uses WHAT DO BROWNFIELDS LOOK LIK E? 1 10 WHY ARE BROWNFIELDS PROBLEMS? Increase criminal Discourage Increase activity investment unemployment Diminish Quality of Loss of value for Stagnate local life for neighbors adjacent properties economies 1 11 WHY DO BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT ? 3 BROAD B EN EFITS Economy Environment Equity ● Jobs – permanent and ● Preserves open space ● Expands opportunities temporary ● Removes environmental and ● Provides public amenities ● New industry safety hazards ● Improves public safety ● Property values ● Enhances Quality of Life ● Creates housing and ● Investment ● Promotes sustainable services ● Increased tax base practices ● Improves public health 1 12 REDEVELOPMENT BARRIERS FROM DEVELOPER’S PERSPECTIVE Uncertainty of Cost and Time / Fear of Liability Issue Implication Cleanup costs and liability surpass market value, no starter Requires significant public investment or market change Poor earnings for developer after cleanup Targeted public investment can make project feasible 1 13 Hawaii Brownfields Virtual Workshop July 28 and 29, 2020 State of Hawaii Brownfields Redevelopment Program Brownfields – are real properties that are contaminated or potentially contaminated that are not developed or are under utilized due to contamination or perceived contamination. 15 State of Hawaii Brownfields Redevelopment Program Department of Health – HEER Office Provide Technical Support Department of Business and Economic Development and Tourism (Office of Planning, DBEDT) Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund 16 Overview of Hawaii’s Brownfields Program Major Components of Hawaii Brownfields Program: State Response Program – SRP 128(a) Phase I and Phase II Voluntary Response Program Hawaii Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Funds Hawaii Brownfields Inventory Hawaii Brownfields Forum Hawaii Brownfields Grants Assistance Technical Support for Assessment and Cleanup 17 Voluntary Response Program This program provides a mechanism for prospective purchasers and developers of brownfields property to become exempt from liability for contamination they did not cause. VRP projects are treated as voluntary, collaborative undertakings and receive priority attention from HDOH staff. 18 Brownfields Inventory The State of Hawaii, Department of Health, in collaboration with EPA Region 9, developed a public Brownfields Inventory to provide a list of sites, hazardous and petroleum-contaminated Brownfields properties to developers, non-profit organizations, EPA Brownfields Grants recipients and others. This Brownfields inventory will serve as a tool for building and promoting Brownfields redevelopment. Visit our website to view a map that shows state and federally owned Brownfields sites, solar radiation and wind power, and proximity to Honolulu Rail Transit Project Stations. 19 Brownfields Inventory http://eha-web.doh.hawaii.gov/eha-cma/Leaders/HEER/brownfields- redevelopment-program Each dot will indicate: - Facility site Name - Owner - TMK - Area - Contaminants, Status 20 21 Brownfields Inventory: https://eha-cloud.doh.hawaii.gov/iheer iHEER Database Brownfields site is now link to the iHEER database. There are approximately 1068 sites listed under Brownfields. 22 Brownfields Inventory Sites that used Brownfields funding for assessment and cleanup TOD Honolulu Authority Rail Transit Kakaako Makai Development East Kapolei Selected Formerly Used Defense Sites and BRACS sites Sites with No Further Action Determination with EHMP in placed Sites listed in different counties Inventory list as part of their assessment grant Contaminated sites that were cleaned up, developed or reused Potentially contaminated sites that were assessed and developed 23 Brownfields Forum/Workshop HDOH in cooperation with EPA and Center for Creative Land Recycling has been conducting Brownfields Forum since 2006. The objective is to network and reach out to the community and provides updates on assessment cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated properties in Hawaii. The forum also provides opportunity to listen and hear different funding sources available for assessment and cleanup of contaminated properties. 24 Brownfields Forum The forum offers stakeholders an opportunity to gather, hear presentations and participates in discussions on current issues, challenges and successes and lessons learned in the field. 25 Hawaii County Brownfields Workshop November 2, 2017 26 Kauai and Maui Counties Brownfields Workshops, July 2018 27 Assists in the Application for Brownfields Grants Apply for Targeted Assessment Grant Kekaha Diesel Generator Kuhio Park Terrace East Kapolei Pesticide Mixing Kakaako Makai District Issue a Letter of Support for the Brownfields Grants Application Provide Technical Support in the Assessment and Clean up 28 Kakaako Makai District Development 29 City and County of Honolulu Community-Wide Assessment Brownfields Grant Tim Streitz Hawaii Brownfields Workshop | July 28, 2020 31 What is TOD? Transit-oriented development is compact, mixed-use development within easy walking distance of a transit station 32 Honolulu’s TOD Vision Create choices and a high-quality, healthy urban lifestyle • Series of walkable, healthy, age-friendly neighborhoods • Connect people with jobs, homes, goods, services & parks • Station areas have their own unique identity • Scale of new development fits community context • Revitalize older communities 33 Neighborhood TOD Plans 34 Honolulu’s TOD Program • High-density, mixed-use • Infrastructure, complete streets, development near rail stations finance tools and incentives • TOD planning/ community • Catalytic projects outreach • Affordable housing strategy and • Rezoning of lands around each investments station, with added height and • Mayor’s TOD Subcabinet density available • State Interagency TOD Council 35 TOD Zoning Interim Planned Development – Transit Permit (IPD-T) Permit process to facilitate catalytic TOD projects prior to adoption of the neighborhood zoning changes TOD Special District (entire rail corridor) • Use and design standards that activate the streetscape • Reduced vehicular parking / required bicycle parking • Community benefits like affordable