Thank goodness Matt Kelty and Tom Henry are on the same page for at least one issue and that is the OmniSource property. I think every resident in Fort Wayne wants to see some development with the property, over setting there with a falling down fence. It is eyesore as it sets today. That in some form development it could become an asset to our community over being a liability.
One has to ask the city leadership why did it take this long to have the study completed? A Phase I ESA only takes a few weeks and the results could have been known months ago. A Phase II ESA would take longer but provide much more detail of the environmental problems facing the purchaser of the property.
In today's News-Sentinel Gary Lyman, the city's brownfield manager said the city has conducted a variety of testing on the OmniSource property. One has to hope professional company did this is highly regarded within the environmental community. Anything less will just lead to additional questions and questions of the people involved in the purchase.
The testing should have been ordered as part of the option to purchase and should have been at the cost of the seller. The city should release the entire contents of what was requested that be studied and the entire report. That way, those of us that are concerned have our answers and the purchase may go forward.
I will wait until the report is released. Keep in mind I am not opposed to the conception use of the property. I just want to see that the property is clean enough that any development can go forward without spending millions more to clean up the site.
To view the News-Sentinel story click below:
http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071019/NEWS/710190314
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