Property Details for Former Arlington School Original Building

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Profile Information
Property Location
Property Progress
CAs Associated with this Property
Assessment Activities at this Property
Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment
Contaminants and Media
Cleanup Activities
Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup
Institutional & Engineering Controls
Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments
Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment
Additional Property Attributes

Legal Notices

Profile Information

Property Alias

Property Owner

Government

ACRES Property ID

108644

Property Address

940 Liberty Street Arlington, IA 50606

Size

.99

Parcel Numbers

16-28-404-012

Latitude/Longitude

42.750772 / -91.6728

Congressional District

Property Contact

Rawls, Whitney

rawls.whitney@epa.gov

9135517678

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Property Location

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Property Progress

Assessment

Clean Up

Institutional Controls in Place

Engineering Controls in Place

Ready for Anticipated Use

Redevelopment Underway

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CAs Associated with this Property

CA Name	CA #	State	Type	Announcement Year
Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission	2B97708101	IA	Assessment	2009

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Assessment Activities at this Property

Activity	EPA Funding	Start Date	Completion Date	CA	Accomplishment Counted?	Counted When?
Cleanup Planning	$3,800.00	09/30/2010	12/30/2010	Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission	N
Phase I Environmental Assessment	$14,710.00	10/21/2009	09/08/2010	Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission	N
Phase II Environmental Assessment	$53,500.00	05/10/2010	08/01/2010	Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission	Y	FY13

Is Cleanup Necessary? Yes
EPA Assessment Funding: $72,010.00
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $72,010.00

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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

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Contaminants and Media

Contaminant Found

Asbestos
Lead

Remediating Action for Contaminants

Cleaned Up
NOT Cleaned up

Media Affected

Unknown

Remediating Action for Media

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Cleanup Activities

Start Date	Completion Date	CA	Accomplishment Counted?
03/01/2012	12/01/2012	Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission	No
03/01/2012	12/01/2012	Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission	No
03/01/2012	12/01/2012	Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission	No
03/01/2012	12/01/2012	Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission	No

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Total ACRES Cleaned Up: .99
Number of Cleanup Jobs Leveraged: 48
EPA Cleanup Funding:
Leveraged Funding: $435,000.00
Cost Share Funding:
Total Funding: $435,000.00

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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

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Institutional and Engineering Controls

Indicate whether Institutional Controls are required

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Are Institutional Controls in Place

Date Institutional Controls were put in place

Indicate whether Engineering Controls are required

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Indicate whether Engineering Controls are in place

Date Engineering Controls were put in place

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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

Start Date	Leveraged Funding	CA	Completion Date
	$200,000.00	Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission
	$450,000.00	Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission

Number of Redevelopment Jobs Leveraged:
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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

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Additional Property Attributes

Property Highlights

The City is currently seeking funds to conduct asbestos abatement activities and deconstruct the former school building in order to build a community center on-site. The City has already secured a 200,000 EPA Brownfields Cleanup Grant, a 200,000 USDA grant, a 75,000 Iowa Department of Natural Resources Derelict Buildings Grant, and a 50,000 forgivable loan from the Iowa Department of Economic Development for the project. Community fund raising has raised 450,000 for Commnity Center. Donations include capital fund campaign, wagon loads of corn, school alumni donations.

Former Use: Originally built in 1920, the Arlington School was an impressive solid-brick, three-story structure. The building includes a gymnasium and approximately 13,540 square-feet of total space. The school required several additions over the years to accommodate a growing student population, the last occurring in 1960. In the early 1960s Arlington consolidated with surrounding rural communities to form the Starmont School District. Soon after the merger the new district designated the structure for use solely as an elementary school. The last class of graduating high school students from Arlington School occurred in 1963. The school permanently closed its doors in the early 1980s. A combination of declining enrollment, increasing maintenance costs, and the large investment required to make the structure handicap-accessible provided little justification to keep the building in operation.

Predominant Past Usage

What types of funding are being used on this property?

Petroleum

State and Tribal Program Information

Date No Further Action Letter Received

Date Letter/Signed Report Received from a Qualified Professional