Complete report - Partners for Clean Streams

Toledo Brownfields Group
Early 1990s-Present
Description:
The Toledo Brownfields Group began in the early 1990s as the Mayor’s
Environmental Advisory Board. In 1998, the City of Toledo received a $200,000 US
EPA grant to conduct environmental site assessments. With this grant, they have
updated the Brownfield Site Inventory, solicited community input and involvement,
highlighted marketable brownfield properties, and sought funding to sustain and
promote brownfield redevelopment.
The Toledo Brownfields Group has identified the City’s top sites for redevelopment,
ranked for market value, public health, or neighborhood importance. Eighteen sites
have been designated as high priority for redevelopment support. The first five are
the sites the City plans to dedicate US EPA pilot assessment funds toward. The City
and the Brownfields Group plan to monitor the progress of the remaining sites and, if
requested, the Group will provide technical advice and investigate financing options
for a prospective developer.
Lead Organization:
Collaborator(s):
City of Toledo Division of Environmental Services
City of Toledo Departments of Economic Development and Neighborhoods,
community development corporations, environmental consulting companies, financial
institutions, developers, and property owners.
Maumee Bay Bacteria Task Force
1997 - Present
Description:
Lead Organization:
Collaborator(s):
Due to high levels of E. coli bacteria at Maumee Bay State Park, the Maumee Bay
Task Force was formed. Their goal was to determine the cause of the bacteria
contamination and develop a solution. The task force has supported several grants
by the University of Toledo to determine the source bacterial loadings. They have
also encouraged other organization to assist in these efforts.
Toledo-Lucas County Health Department
TMACOG, University of Toledo, City of Toledo Division of Environmental Services,
Ohio EPA, Ohio Department of Health, Ohio DNR, City of Oregon
Ottawa River Remediation Team
1998 - Present
Description:
The Ottawa River Remediation Team (ORR-Team) was formed in early 1998 at the
request of the Maumee RAP Ottawa River Action Group. The ORR-Team is a
partnership of environmental professionals, including federal, state, and local
governmental agencies, working to expedite the restoration of the beneficial uses
through strategic watershed planning and coordination for the Ottawa River and
western Lake Erie community in order to remediate this highly contaminated stream.
Through the collaborative efforts of the team, a task and timeline table has been
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Issue 22: Coordinating Committee
in the Maumee Area of Concern and Institutional Framework