Remediation costs for the surrounding proposed park and commercial areas could equal or exceed that amount. The timeline for any remediation is unknown, and the technology proposed, phytoremediation, is untested with this level of contamination. Sequencing The BCV Plan discussion of sequencing ignores the project s complexity. If the City cannot relocates the impound lot, the BCV Plan cannot succeed. Despite the need for cooperation in a project as complex as any redevelopment in Minneapolis or St. Paul, the BCV Plan Committee has been rigid in considering changes or additions, recently rejecting the Park Board s proposal for lighted softball fields.
Funding is uncertain.
Private developers will not participate if the Near North redevelopment either absorbs demand or is not successful. The BCV Plan sequencing discussion, about two-thirds of one page, is clearly inadequate. Adopting the BCV Plan without formulating a realistic timeline is irresponsible, and subjects the neighbors and the businesses to an uncertain future. Bassett Creek Bassett Creek poses unique challenges, barely discussed in the BCV Plan. Area businesses suffered frequent flooding until as recently as 1992.