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February 15, 2006Projects eating up state fundsCity brownfield fund could run low on greenTRAVERSE CITY - Improvements spurred by redevelopment of five West Front Street properties could capture about 80 percent of state funds budgeted for work on 17 local contaminated parcels.The Grand Traverse County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority will consider a work plan at its 9 a.m. meeting today. The plan allots $9.8 million for projects by the Downtown Development Authority and developers Gerald Snowden and Michael Uzelac. County brownfield director Jean Derenzy said the authority has been "very adamant" against using all of its $12.3 million in state economic growth funds on the five West Front properties. The work plan leaves $2.5 million for the remaining 12 properties on Grandview Parkway and Garland Street. State funds are marked for demolition, lead and asbestos removal, site preparation and other costs in the 17-property brownfield plan. Properties in the brownfield plan are located in the 200 blocks of West Grandview Parkway and Garland Street and 100 and 300 blocks of West Front. The work plan gives $1.3 million for Snowden's multi-use project at 305 West Front St. Uzelac gets $1.2 million for a three-story building at 124 West Front St. and an eight-story structure with public parking on West Front's south side. The DDA gets $7.27 million, including $5.49 million for public parking. Some of the DDA share pays for improvements that benefit other parts of the brownfield, said Derenzy. No developer has submitted plans for the Garland and Grandview area, so Derenzy is unsure if the remaining $2.5 million will cover future work there. Richard Korndorfer owns property on Garland within the brownfield and supports Uzelac's project and the public parking deck. He doesn't know if the work plan doles out the dollars equitably throughout the entire brownfield plan. "I am concerned that the brownfield is going to be allocated fairly," he said. "I think the West Front Street development is good for the whole community as well as downtown Traverse City," Korndorfer said.
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