Property Details for Former 1st Congregational Church

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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

Private

ACRES Property ID

246350

Property Address

607 Walnut Street Rockford, IL 61104

Size

.48

Parcel Numbers

11-26-137-002

Latitude/Longitude

42.265811009456314 / -89.08709897151547

Congressional District

Property Contact

Cragan, Keary

cragan.keary@epa.gov

312-353-5669

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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
City of Rockford	BF00E02497	IL	Assessment	2019

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Assessment Activities at this Property

Activity	EPA Funding	Start Date	Completion Date	CA	Accomplishment Counted?	Counted When?
Phase I Environmental Assessment	$3,500.00	09/10/2020	12/02/2020	City of Rockford	Y	FY21
Phase I Environmental Assessment	$1,500.00	03/11/2021	03/30/2021	City of Rockford	N	FY21
Phase II Environmental Assessment		11/24/2020	01/26/2021	City of Rockford	N

Is Cleanup Necessary? Yes
EPA Assessment Funding: $5,000.00
Leveraged Funding: $23,894.00
Total Funding: $28,894.00

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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

Contaminant Found

Asbestos

Remediating Action for Contaminants

Cleaned Up

Media Affected

Building Materials

Remediating Action for Media

Cleaned Up

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Cleanup Activities

Start Date	EPA Funding	Completion Date	CA	Accomplishment Counted?	Cleanup Documentation
09/10/2020		09/16/2020	City of Rockford	Yes

Cleanup/Treatment Implemented: Y
Cleanup/Treatement Categories:
Addl Cleanup/Treatment info:
Address of Data Source:

Total ACRES Cleaned Up: .48
Number of Cleanup Jobs Leveraged: 2
EPA Cleanup Funding:
Leveraged Funding: $2,500.00
Cost Share Funding:
Total Funding: $2,500.00

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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup.

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Institutional and Engineering Controls

Indicate whether Institutional Controls are required

Categories of Controls

Additional Institutional Controls Information

Address of Data Source (URL if available)

Are Institutional Controls in Place

Date Institutional Controls were put in place

Indicate whether Engineering Controls are required

Categories of Controls

Additional Engineering controls information

Address of Data Source (URL if available)

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
11/02/2020	$271,546.97	City of Rockford	01/26/2021

Number of Redevelopment Jobs Leveraged:
Actual Acreage of Greenspace Created:
Leveraged Funding:

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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation – Redevelopment

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Additional Property Attributes

Property Highlights

The historic First Congregational Church that once stood on the property was devastated by arson on September 2, 2020. The City had recently began the process of acquiring the property on abandonment as a result of redevelopment interest from a reputable private party. All that was left after the fire was a pile of building materials. The roof of the structure was comprised of transite asbestos roof shingles, which coated the property and rubble. The City immediately hired an asbestos abatement contractor to remove visible asbestos from areas of the property in the vicinity of the public sidewalks. With no responsible party and no cleanup assets, the City paid for the cleanup, grading and seeding of the property. A Phase I ESA was completed for CERCLA liability protection in lieu of the City acquiring the property in early 2021. The Phase I identified a former 6,000 gallon heating oil UST that remained. The City used general funds to remove the UST and perform a Site Assessment to check for the presence of contamination indicative of a release. The Site Assessment detected no heating oil indicator contaminants. The small size of the property along with State Highway setbacks and other modern zoning requirements, limits the redevelopment potential to other concepts other than green space area. The property may be used in the future to help redesign the adjacent Highway 251 intersection that is currently difficult to navigate by larger transport vehicles.

Predominant Past Usage

Commercial (.48)

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

09/16/2020