AbstractTable of ContentsABSTRACT II. INTRODUCTION 1I. INTRODUCTIONAt the current time its is unclear the extent of the background research that has been conducted on the Site. Our client has informed us that in 1988, the City of Ann Arbor conducted a site analysis of the MichCon portion of the Site. To our knowledge this analysis included some study of the contamination at the site and the viable options for re-development on the site. This plan has been difficult for the city to locate at this time, indicating that no further work was ever completed on the site. We believe that this plan, once obtained, will provide invaluable information as to the intentions and options that the City of Ann Arbor would find viable for the site. Our client has informed us that the city plan did not contain an accurate analysis of the contamination at the MichCon site. This means that though providing valuable background, in no way will this plan be able to provide a basis for the beginning of our site design. Furthermore, the City of Ann Arbor only conducted the plan for the MichCon portion of the Site and not the DTE portion of the Site across the river that we intend to include in the development of our community.In order to determine the specific contamination on the Site we will have to utilize studies already performed by MichCon and DTE. Though we do not currently have specific knowledge as to their existence, we predict that MichCon and/or DTE, prior to and subsequent to the merger, have conducted Environmental Phase I and II reports on both sites. We need to get access to any reports that have been conducted for the Site since its inception. Additionally we will need to rely on databases prepared by the state and the federal environmental protection agencies in order to determine if specific leaks, contamination, fines or clean-up have occurred. In conjunction with this, we would like to access any analyses of brownfields benefits and relief that MichCon and/or DTE have examined. We hope to be able to work from existing research on each sites’ ability to be classified as a brownfield and any research conducted on the legal relief implicated from such a classification.The City of Ann Arbor also keeps detailed information regarding the state of and usage of parks within the city. This type of information will prove valuable to our incorporation of the parks into our green community design. In general, the background on our site will include plans, reports and evaluations conducted by the City and MichCon/DTE in their ownership or interest in the Site.III. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED RESEARCHA. OBJECTIVESB. RESEARCH METHODSIV. DESCRIPTION OF RELEVANT INSTITUTIONAL RESOURCESA. BIOGRAPHIESAbigail MyersChris LeeChristopher CharlesDanielle KahnEmile LauzzanaJackie ByarsLybra LindkeB. RESUMESVI. BUDGETA. FUNDING SOURCESGreen Community Development:ProposalClient: Peter Allen, Real Estate DeveloperSNRE Adviser: Professor Thomas GladwinMarch 3, 2003Submitted by:Abigail Myers, Annie Ho, Chris Lee, Christopher Charles, Danielle Kahn, Emile Lauzzana, Jackie Byars, Jennifer Morris, Lybra LindkeAbstractThe local energy provider, Detroit Edison, currently owns two sites along the Huron River near the Broadway Bridge. One site, formerly the MichCon site, an old coal gasification plant, currently stands unused by DTE. Across the river stand a local plant operated by DTE. DTE has expressed interest in selling the properties and moving its operations upstream. A local real estate developer, Peter Allen, recently expressed an interest in purchasing and redeveloping this site for possible commercial and community use. He plans to redevelop this area if it is an economically feasible project. The Green Community Development group will look into this site in order to present potential green development options to local real estate developers. The group will evaluate the MichCon and DTE sites for potential mixed-use (commercial and residential) purposes. It will also use environmentally sustainable principles to build a design plan for the site by researching green building design, green roof construction, andother environmentally beneficial practices.iTable of ContentsABSTRACT II. INTRODUCTION 1II. BACKGROUND 2III. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED RESEARCHA. OBJECTIVES 4B. RESEARCH METHODS 5IV. DESCRIPTION OF RELEVANT INSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES 7V. PERSONELA. BIOGRAPHIES 9B. RESUMES Appendix AVI. BUDGETA. FUNDING SOURCES 10B. BUDGET Appendix BI. INTRODUCTIONThe MichCon/DTE sites near the Broadway Bridge, currently owned by Detroit Edison (“DTE”), may soon be for sale and available for development within the Ann Arbor community. Local real estate developer, Peter Allen, recently expressed an interest in redeveloping in this sitefor possible commercial and community use and indicated that he would consider green design principles in his plan if feasible. The Green Community Development group will evaluate the MichCon and DTE sites (“the Site”) for potential green development options. Specifically, it will evaluate options for mixed-use purposes and incorporate environmentally sustainable principles in the Site’s design plan. The group also plans to evaluate the economic feasibility of green development options and the viability of these options in the Ann Arbor community.Green development can involve redesigning an area into a green sustainable community by fusing together commercial, residential and industrial interests and needs with environmentally beneficial design elements such as green roof construction, green building design, storm water management, and alternative energy sources. The Site presents an opportunity to incorporate these green development options because it is still in the developmental stages of its future design use. The Site is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan near the Broadway Bridge in the north side oftown. The MichCon portion of the Site was an old coal gasification plant that is now left unused by DTE. There are two sections of the Site – one area is 12.5 acres south of the Broadway Bridge and the other is 3.5 acres north of the bridge. The Site is considered a Brownfield area due to issues of land and water pollution from its former coal gasification practices. The group also plans to evaluate the legal and policy issues surrounding MichCon’s Brownfield designationand how these issues might affect the Site design plan.1In this project, the group plans to research
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