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237432
908 1st Ave S. FORT DODGE, IA 50501
.58
0720316010
42.5046445 / -94.185256
4
Kennedy, Deborah
Kennedy.Deborah@epa.gov
913-551-7628


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Property Progress


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
City of Fort DodgeBF96707701IAAssessment2023
Iowa Department of Natural ResourcesRP98736705IASection 128(a) State/Tribal2011


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Phase I Environmental Assessment$7,313.0002/05/202403/01/2024City of Fort Dodge
Phase II Environmental Assessment$12,615.0004/12/202407/26/2024City of Fort Dodge
Supplemental Assessment$9,775.0003/01/201703/31/2017Iowa Department of Natural ResourcesNFY20
Supplemental Assessment$7,610.0003/01/201703/31/2017Iowa Department of Natural ResourcesYFY20


Is Cleanup Necessary? Unknown
EPA Assessment Funding: $37,313.00
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $37,313.00


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment.


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Contaminants and Media


Arsenic
Asbestos
Lead
Other Metals
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
Building Materials
Soil
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up


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Cleanup Activities

There are no current cleanup activities.


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Total ACRES Cleaned Up: .58
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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

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Institutional and Engineering Controls

No
No
No
No


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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

There are no current redevelopment activities.


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

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Additional Property Attributes

The City took title to the 7-story former Warden Plaza hotel building in July 2016, through an involuntary, abandonment proceeding taking in Iowa District Court. In December of 2016 the City gave title to the building to KDG, LLC, in order to facilitate renovation of the historic hotel; the city retained the eastern parcel that contains the Wakhonsa Hotel, and the City will seek to demolish the Wakhonsa to construct a community cultural center and transit hub. Former Use: 7-story former hotel that sat empty and abandoned for more than 8 years; out-of-state owner unresponsive for payment of taxes and property maintenance. The City of Fort Dodge took title as an 'involuntary taking' through a legal, abandonment clause in Iowa Code, requiring the Iowa District Court to assign title to the City. The City then transferred the western portion of the property to KDG, LLC, in order to facilitate their redevelopment of the "Warden Plaza" portion of the complex, and the City retained ownership of the "Wakhonsa Hotel', eastern portion of the complex for planned demolition in 2020. The Warden Plaza owner is seeking tax credits for remodeling as apartments and commercial, and the City seeks to build a cultural center and transit hub on the eastern, Wakhonsa portion of the current 908 1st Ave S. address.

A Phase I ESA was completed in March 2024 for the Property. The Phase I ESA identified an REC based on the historical use of the surrounding area by environmentally sensitive operations for much of the 1900s. In a limited groundwater testing event on a south-adjoining site in 2016, common dry-cleaning solvent tetrachloroethylene (PCE) was detected in groundwater at a concentration exceeding the Iowa DNR Statewide Standard. The Phase I ESA also identified a de minimis condition for several consumer-sized containers of hazardous substances in deteriorated condition throughout the Property. BERs were identified due to the known presence of asbestos containing materials and lead-based paint in the building materials, numerous debris piles, and the deteriorated condition of the sidewalk immediately west of the subject building.
Based on RECs identified in the March 2024 Phase I ESA, a Phase II ESA was conducted in July 2024. Three borings were advanced on and in the vicinity of the Property for soil/groundwater sampling. Groundwater was not encountered in any of the borings, and there not sampled. Arsenic was detected in surficial soil samples (1-3 ft bgs) at concentrations exceeding the Iowa DNR Statewide Standard. No VOC or TEH constituents were detected at concentrations exceeding laboratory reporting limits.
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