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PHASE I ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT

THE CITY + THE ARCH + THE RIVER 2015

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI AND

EAST ST. LOUIS, ILLINOIS

Prepared for:

THE CITY + THE ARCH + THE RIVER 2015 FOUNDATION

St. Louis, Missouri

Prepared by:

GEOTECHNOLOGY, INC.

St. Louis, Missouri

Geotechnology, Inc. Project No. J017065.03

February 11, 2011

February 11, 2011 J017065.03

The City + The Arch + The River 2015 Foundation c/o Mr. James Smith Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates 16 Court Street, 11th Floor Brooklyn, New York 11241

Reference: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment The City + The Arch + The River 2015 St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois

Dear Mr. Smith:

In general accordance with our proposal number P017065.01 (Revision 4) dated November 29, 2010, Geotechnology, Inc. (Geotechnology) is pleased to present this Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) report for the referenced project in St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois.

We urge you to read the entire report and to contact the undersigned with any questions or concerns you may have about it.

A Phase I ESA comprises a number of individual elements, the basic nature and extent of which are determined in accordance with the standard of care applicable to Phase I ESAs. The standard of care is commonly defined as the care applied by the ordinary practitioner at the time and in the area where the ESA was performed. We believe that we have complied with the applicable standard of care. Note that our services intentionally did not include any inquiries with respect to asbestos, radon, lead-based paint, lead in drinking water, wetlands, regulatory compliance, cultural and historic resources, health and safety, ecological resources, endangered species and high voltage power lines.

The accompanying report is an instrument of service of Geotechnology, Inc. The report summarizes our findings and relates our opinions with respect to the potential for hazardous materials to exist at the site at levels likely to warrant mitigation pursuant to current regulatory guidelines. Note that our findings and opinions are based on information that we obtained on given dates, through records review, site review, and related activities. It is possible that other information exists or subsequently has become known, just as it is possible for conditions we observed to have changed after our observation. For these and associated reasons, Geotechnology, Inc. and many of its peers routinely advise clients for ESA services that it would be a mistake to place unmerited faith in findings and opinions conveyed via ESA reports.

Geotechnology, Inc. cannot under any circumstances warrant or guarantee that not finding indicators of hazardous materials means that hazardous materials do not exist on the site.

J017065.03

THE CITY + THE ARCH + THE RIVER 2015

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

2.0 INTRODUCTION

2.1 Purpose

2.2 Scope of Services

2.3 Significant Assumptions

2.4 Limitations and Exceptions

2.5 Special Terms and Conditions

2.6 User Reliance

3.0 SITE DESCRIPTION

4.0 PHYSICAL SETTING

5.0 USER PROVIDED DATA

5.1 Title Records

5.2 Environmental Liens or Activity and Use Limitations

5.3 Specialized Knowledge

5.4 Purchase Price Analysis

6.0 RECORDS REVIEW

6.1 Government Agency Reference

6.2 Electric Utility

6.3 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

6.4 Historical Building Permits

6.5 Aerial Photographs

6.6 City Directories

6.7 Historical Topographic Maps

-continued-

7.0 SITE RECONNAISSANCE

7.1 Physical Setting/General Conditions

7.2 Hazardous Materials and Petroleum Products

7.3 Tanks and Drums

7.4 Surface Staining and Stressed Vegetation

7.5 Drains and Sumps

7.6 Pits, Ponds and Lagoons

7.7 Dumping and Fill

7.8 Potential PCB-Containing Equipment

8.0 INTERVIEWS

8.1 Owner/Tenant Interviews

8.2 Local Fire Department

9.0 PREVIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS

10.0 DATA GAP ANALYSIS

11.0 FINDINGS AND OPINIONS

12.0 CONCLUSIONS

13.0 DEVIATIONS FROM ASTM

14.0 QUALIFICATIONS

TABLES

Table 1 – Environmental Records Review Table 2 – Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Summary – Section A Table 3 – Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Summary – Section B Table 4 – Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Summary – Section C Table 5 – Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Summary – Section D Table 6 – Summary of Historical Building Permits Table 7 – Summary of City Directory Abstract for Sections E and F

ILLUSTRATIONS

Plate

Site Location and Topography Plan of Site – Overview of Subject Property Aerial of Site with Current EDR Database Locations – Section A Aerial of Site with Current EDR Database Locations – Section B Aerial of Site with Current EDR Database Locations – Section C Aerial of Site with Current EDR Database Locations – Section D Aerial of Site with Current EDR Database Locations – Section E Aerial of Site with Current EDR Database Locations – Section F Aerial of Site with Historical Environmental Locations – Section A Aerial of Site with Historical Environmental Locations – Section B Aerial of Site with Historical Environmental Locations – Section C Aerial of Site with Historical Environmental Locations – Section D Aerial of Site with Historical Environmental Locations – Section E Aerial of Site with Historical Environmental Locations – Section F Aerial of Site Reconnaissance RECs

APPENDICES

Appendix

User Questionnaire......................................................................................................A EDR Radius Map/Environmental Search ...................................................................B Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps .....................................................................................C Historical Aerial Photographs.....................................................................................D EDR City Directory Abstract...................................................................................... E Historical Topographic Maps ..................................................................................... F Site Photographs .........................................................................................................G Owner/Tenant Questionnaire ......................................................................................H Resumes of Environmental Professionals.................................................................... I Limitations of Report................................................................................................... J

Glossary of Environmental Acronyms

AAI – All Appropriate Inquiry AST - Aboveground Storage Tank ASTM – American Society for Testing and Materials AUL – Activity and Use Limitations B/VCP – Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Program BLS – Below Land Surface COC – Chemicals of Concern CERCLA- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act CERCLIS - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information System CORRACTS - Corrective Action Report DERT – Drycleaning Environmental Response Trust DRO – Diesel Range Organics DTL – Default Target Level EDR - Environmental Data Resources, Inc.

EP – Environmental Professional ERNS - Emergency Response Notification System ESA - Environmental Site Assessment FINDS - Facility Index System FUDS - Formerly Used Defense Site GRO – Gasoline Range Organics ICIS – Integrated Compliance Information System LQG – Large Quantity Generator LUST - Leaking Underground Storage Tank MDNR – Missouri Department of Natural Resources MINES - Mines Master Index File MRBCA – Missouri Risk Based Corrective Action NFRAP – No Further Remedial Action Planned NPDES – National Pollution Discharge Elimination System NPL - National Priority List ORO – Oil Range Organics PAH – Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons PCB - Polychlorinated Biphenyl PID – Photoionization Detector PSTIF – Petroleum Storage Tank Insurance Fund REC - Recognized Environmental Condition RBTL – Risk Based Target Level RCRIS – Resource Conservation and Recovery Information System RCRA - Resource Conservation Recovery Act ROD – Record of Decision SHWS - State Hazardous Waste Site SQG - Small Quantity Generator SRP – Site Remediation Program SWF/LS - Solid Waste Facility/Landfill Site TPH – Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons TSD - Transport, Storage and Disposal Facility USGS – United States Geological Survey USEPA – United States Environmental Protection Agency UST - Underground Storage Tank VCP - Voluntary Cleanup Program VOC – Volatile Organic Compound

1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This Phase I ESA was conducted in accordance with the ASTM Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments - Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process, ASTM E1527-05 to review current and past usage of the subject property and adjacent properties, and to identify recognized environmental conditions (RECs). The subject property consists of an approximately 490 acre area situated in St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois (generally within the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial area).

This Phase I ESA has identified the following recognized environmental conditions (RECs) in connection with the subject property:

Current Environmental Database Sites – Subject Property

• (A1) St. Louis (Ex) Medical Depot (also known as Aeronautical Chart Information Center – ACIC and the Defense Mapping Agency Aerospace Center) – 100 South Broadway – (CERCLIS)

• (A5) Trizec (also known as St. Louis Place) – 200 North Broadway – (MO UST)

• (A7) One NationsBank Plaza (also known as Bank of America Plaza) – 800 Market

Street – (MO UST)

• (A14) Marriot Pavilion Hotel (also known as 1 South Broadway) – 1 South

Broadway – (MO LUST, MO UST, ERNS)

• (A15) 28 South Broadway Upper Docks – 28 South Broadway – (ERNS)

• (A17) Vacant – 101 N 6th Street – (MO UST)

• (A9) Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (also known as Adams Mark Hotel) –

315 Chestnut Street – (MO UST)

• (A19) Gateway Tower (also known as Spill Number 0402190900CRJ) – 1 South

Memorial Drive – (MO UST, MO SPILLS)

• (A20) Gateway One Office Building (also known as Klassic Cleaner) – 701 Market

Street – (MO UST, MO DRYCLEANERS)

The City + The Arch + The River 2015 Foundation J017065.03

• (A29) Boatmens BancShares, Inc. (also known as Boatmens and Ayers Speed Queen Service Ayers Dry Cleaners) – 100 N Broadway – (MO DRYCLEANERS)

• (A34) Mansion House Center Service Garage – 204 N 4th Street – (MO LUST, MO UST)

• (B16) 500 N Leonor K Sullivan Boulevard – 500 N Leonor K Sullivan Boulevard –

(ERNS)

• (B21) Vacant (also known as the Ramada Inn) – 333 Washington Street (MO UST)

• (B23) Spill Number 9703112043AJR – Interstate 70 and Memorial Drive – (MO

SPILLS)

• (B25) Mansion House Cleaners and Laundry (also known as Gentry’s Landing

Apartments and Spill Number 9907211327RDS) – 400 N 4th Street – (MO

DRYCLEANERS)

• (B26) Spill Number 9706131335BWH (also known as PRC Admiral) – 200 - 600 N

Leonor K Sullivan Boulevard – (MO SPILLS)

• (D2) Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (also known as JNEM, St. Louis

Federal Courthouse, and US National Park Service – N 2nd Street and Poplar Street

– (CERCLIS, RCRA-CESQG)

• (D3) Cedar Avenue Drum (also known as 223 Cedar Avenue, Spill Number

0706121522KAH, Spill Number 0205161515JKB, and Cedar and 1st Street Drum) – 223 Cedar Avenue – (CERCLIS, MO SPILLS)

• (D6) Pet, Inc. (also known as Pet Building and St. Louis City Blocks 107 and 108) –

400 S 4th Street – (MO VCP)

• (F4) ACF Industries (also known as Shippers Car Line) – 100 Trendley Avenue –

(CERCLIS-NFRAP, IL UST)

Current Environmental Database Sites – Surrounding Properties

• 900 S. 2nd Street Container (also known as Celtic Painting, Second Street Drums, and US EPA Region VII 2nd Street Drum) – 900 S 2nd Street – (CERCLIS, CERCLIS-NFRAP)

• Glaxosmithkline – 320 South Broadway – (CERCLIS-NFRAP)

• 810 Chestnut Street (also known as the May Department Stores Company, Railway Exchange Building, and Marshall Fields District Center) – 810 Chestnut Street –

(ERNS)

• Broadway-Cole – Corner of Broadway and Cole Street – (MO LUST)

• Bandwidth Exchange Buildings (also known as Valley Steel Products and

Buildings) – 900 Walnut Street – (MO LUST, MO SPILLS, MO VCP)

• Laclede Gas Building facility (also known as Laclede Gas) – 720 Olive Street –

(MO LUST, MO VCP, MO SPILLS)

• Ed Vollmer - 30 Front Street – (IL LUST, IL UST)

• Terminal Railroad Association (also known as CD Yards – Relay Depot) –

601 Front Street – (IL LUST, IL UST)

• Vacant – 900 North Broadway – (MO UST)

• Vacant – 914 North Broadway – (MO UST)

• South Downtown Remediation Site – 300 Stadium Plaza – (MO VCP)

• Dry Cleaners Exchange (also known as Paul Brown Building) – 818 Olive Street –

(MO DRYCLEANERS)

• Former Dry Cleaning – 400 N 6th Street – (MO DRYCLEANERS)

• Personal Service Cleaners – 901 Chestnut – (MO DRYCLEANERS)

• Millers Cleaners – 901 Pine Street – (MO DRYCLEANERS)

Historical RECs

Date Address Feature Use Map ID 24 South 4th Street Union Electric Substation Electrical substation HA-1 14 South 4th Street Print Shop Printing HA-2 328 Market Street Print Shop Printing HA-3 106 South 8th Street Machine Shop/Foundry Machine shop HA-4

105 South 7th Street Print Shop Printing HA-5 212 North 4th Street Print Shop Printing HA-6 320 Olive Street Print Shop Printing HA-7 16 North 4th Street Print Shop Printing HA-8 302 Chestnut Street Print Shop Printing HA-9 312 Chestnut Street Print Shop Printing HA-10 311 Market Street Print Shop Printing HA-11 511 Market Street Print Shop Printing HA-12 2 & 6 South Broadway Print Shops Printing HA-13 24 South 4th Street Union Electric Substation Electrical substation HA-1 13 South 3rd Street Oil and Paint Warehouse Chemical/oil storage HA-14 308 Walnut Street Auto Storage with 2 USTs Gasoline USTs HA-15

208-214 South 4th Street Chemical Storage Warehouse Chemical storage HA-16 506 Market Street Print Shop Printing HA-17 18 South 6th Street Print Shop Printing HA-18 500 Walnut Street Filling Station with 2 USTs Gas Station HA-19 100 – 112 South 8th Street Con P. Curran Printing Co. Printing HA-4 606 – 608 Walnut Street Print Shop Printing HA-20 17 – 19 North 3rd Street Print Shop Printing HA-21 312 – 314 Chestnut Street Print Shop Printing HA-10 619 Pine Street Print Shop Printing HA-22 612 – 616 Pine Street Print Shop Printing HA-23 14 – 16 North 7th Street Print Shop Printing HA-24 800 Walnut Street Filling Station with 2 USTs Gas Station HA-135 823 Walnut Street Filling Station with 2 USTs Gas Station HA-136

105 North 8th Street Photo Lab Photo processing HA-137 402 Market Street Print Shop Printing HA-25 24 South 4th Street Union Electric Substation Electrical substation HA-1 19 South 3rd Street Print Shop Printing HA-26 104 South Broadway Filling Station with 3 USTs Gas Station HA-27 500 Walnut Street Filling Station with 2 USTs Gas Station HA-19 100 – 112 South 8th Street Con P. Curran Printing Co. Printing HA-28 700 Walnut Street Filling Station Gas Station HA-29 25 South 6th Street Print Shop Printing HA-30 612 Walnut Street Print Shop Printing HA-20 17 – 27 South 7th Street Filling Station with 7 USTs Gas Station HA-31 517 Pine Street Laundry Shop Possible dry cleaner HA-32 14 – 16 North 7th Street Print Shop Printing HA-24 800 Walnut Street Filling Station with 2 USTs Gas Station HA-135 823 Walnut Street Filling Station with 2 USTs Gas Station HA-136 105 North 8th Street Photo Lab Photo processing HA-137

15 South 8th Street Filling Station with 2 USTs Gas Station HA-138

801 – 802 North Levee Street Machine Shop Machine Shop HB-33 803 North Levee Street Great Western Oil Refining Co. Oil Product Storage HB-34 721 – 723 North 3rd Street Print Shop Printing HB-35 212 – 215 Lucas Street Machine Shop Machine Shop HB-36 212 Morgan Street Machine Shop Machine Shop HB-37 809 North 2nd Street Oil Warehouse Oil Product Storage HB-38 819 North 2nd Street Print Shop/Machine Shop Printing and Machining HB-39 212 Franklin Avenue Machine Shop Machine Shop HB-40 410 North 1st Street Oil and Grease Warehouse Oil Product Storage HB-41 500 – 502 North Levee Street Print Shop/Machine Shop Printing and Machining HB-42 113–115 & 123 Locust Street Print Shops Printing HB-43 420 – 424 North 2nd Street Lithographic Shop Printing HB-44 421 – 423 North 1st Street Print Shop Printing HB-45 501 – 505 North 1st Street Jesse Envelope Company Printing HB-46 521 North 1st Street Print Shop Printing HB-47 300/306/312/324 North 3rd Street Print Shops Printing HB-48 325 North 2nd Street Print Shop Printing HB-49 211 Locust Street Print Shop Printing HB-50 425 North 2nd Street Print Shop/Machine Shop Printing and Machining HB-51

527 North 2nd Street Machine Shop Machine Shop HB-52 408 North 1st Street Oil Warehouse and 1 UST Hydrocarbon storage HB-41 416 – 420 North 1st Street Auto garage and 1 UST Gasoline UST HB-53 319 North 1st Street Ink factory Ink manufacturing HB-54 115 – 131 Locust Street Print Shops Printing HB-43 420 North 2nd Street Print Shop Printing HB-44 108 Vine Street Print Shop Printing HB-56 508 North 2nd Street Ink Factory Ink manufacturing HB-57 300 – 324 North 3rd Street Print Shops Printing HB-48 401 North 2nd Street Ink and Glue Factory Ink/glue manufacturing HB-58 400 North 3rd Street Chemical warehouse Chemical storage HB-59 408 North 3rd Street Machine Shop Machine shop HB-60 211 Locust Street Print Shop Printing HB-50 425 North 2nd Street Print Shop/Machine Shop Printing and Machining HB-51 501 North 2nd Street Machine Shop Machine shop HB-61 505 North 2nd Street Oil Warehouse Oil product storage HB-62 522 North 3rd Street Print Shop Printing HB-63

803 North Wharf Street Oil and Grease Warehouse Oil product storage HB-34 1 – 13 Locust Street Filling Station and Auto Repair Gas Station and repair HB-64 404 – 410 North Wharf Street 3 USTs Gasoline USTs HB-65 416 – 418 North 1st Street Auto garage with 1 UST Gasoline UST HB-53 315-317 North 1st Street 318-322 North 2nd Street 300-304 North 2nd Street 107-111 Olive Street

Print Shops Printing HB-66

206 – 210 Vine Street Machine Shop Machine shop HB-67 612 North 2nd Street Print Shop Printing HB-68 708 – 718 North 1st Street Machine Shop & Oil

Warehouse Machine shop & oil product storage

HB-69

721 – 723 North 2nd Street Machine Shop Machine Shop HB-37

1950 801 Morgan Street Black & White Cab Terminal and 12 USTs

Filling station/Auto repair

HB-70

300 – 308 South 1st Street Machine Shop Machine Shop HC-71 320 South 3rd Street Print Shop Printing HC-72 23 – 29 South 1st Street Machine and Print Shops Machining and Printing HC-73 226 Walnut Street Print Shop Printing HC-74 101 South 2nd Street Cleaning Compound Mfg. Cleaning chemical mfg. HC-75

216 South 3rd Street Machine Shop Machine Shop HC-76 5 North Levee Street Cotto Waxo Chemical Company Chemical manufacturer HC-77 24 North 1st Street Print Shop Printing HC-78 124 North 1st Street Print Shop Printing HC-79 201 North Levee Street Chappell Oil & Grease Company Oil Product Supplier HC-80 203 North Levee Street Mound City Oil Company Oil Product Supplier HC-81 212 North Levee Street Wholesale Oils Oil Product Supplier HC-82 208 North 1st Street Print Shop Printing HC-83 114 Chestnut Street St. Louis Silver Company Metal plating HC-84 114 North 2nd Street Chemical Works Chemical mfg. HC-85 117 North 1st Street Print Shop Printing HC-86 112 Pine Street Print Shop Printing HC-87 201-203 Market Street Machine and Print Shops Machining and Printing HC-88 16 North 3rd Street Print Shop Printing HC-89 121 North 2nd Street Becktold Printing Printing HC-90 200 North 3rd Street Print Shop Printing HC-91

200 – 212 Olive Street Print Shops Printing HC-92 309 – 315 South Wharf Street Wholesale Chemical and Laundry

Supply Chemical Supplier HC-93

306 – 308 South 1st Street Machine Shop Machine shop HC-71 100 South 1st Street Print Shop Printing HC-94 27 South 1st Street Print Shop Printing HC-73 16 South 2nd Street Print Shop Printing HC-95 231 Elm Street Filling Station with 2 USTs Gas Station HC-96 218 – 226 Walnut Street Print Shops Printing HC-74 222 Market Street Print Shop Printing HC-97 6 North Wharf Street Chemical Warehouse Chemical storage HC-77 110 North Commercial Street Filling Station with 3 USTs Gas station HC-98 203 North Wharf Street Oil Warehouse Oil product storage HC-81 200-202 North 2nd Street Print Shop Printing HC-99 201-203 Market Street Print and Machine Shops Printing/Machining HC-88 16 North 3rd Street Print and Machine Shops Printing/Machining HC-89 112-118 North 3rd Street Print Shop Printing HC-100

200-212 Olive Street Print Shop Printing HC-92 112 South 1st Street Insect Powder, Disinfectants, and

Soap Factory Pesticide & disinfectant mfg

HC-101

16 South 2nd Street Print Shop Printing HC-95 20 South 2nd Street Fur cleaning Possible dry cleaner HC-102 228 Market Street Filling Station with 2 USTs Gas station HC-103 231 Elm Street Filling Station with 2 USTs Gas Station HC-96 203 North Wharf Street Oil Warehouse Oil product storage HC-81

114-116 Chestnut Street Lithographic Shop Printing HC-84

114-116 Olive Street Print and Machine Shops Printing/Machining HC-105 215 Market Street Print and Machine Shops Printing/Machining HC-106 1950 210-214 North 3rd Street Handlan-Buck Mfg. Co. Foundry and Painting

(Railroad Lamps)

HC-107

500 South 1st Street Bridge & Beach Mfg. Co. Foundry and ironworks HD-108 214 Spruce Street Print Shop Printing HD-109 722 South 4th Street Print Shop Printing HD-110 1908

728 South 2nd Street Print Shop Printing HD-111 413 South 2nd Street/214 Spruce Street

Tannery Shop Leather tannery HD-109

511 – 519 South 2nd Street Chemical Warehouse Chemical storage HD-112 708 South Broadway Filling Station with 3 USTs Gas station 714 South Broadway Filling Station with 3 USTs Gas station HD-113

307-315 Cedar Street Laclede Brass Company Foundry and machine shop

HD-114

728 South Broadway Auto Repair Shop Auto repair HD-115 615-625 South 2nd Street Lube/Oil Warehouse and Filling

Station with 3 USTs Oil product storage and gas station

HD-116

739-741 South 2nd Street Machine Shop Machining HD-117 115 Plum Street Auto Repair Shop Auto repair HD-118

12 Plum Street/608-614 South 1st Street

Oil and Chemical Warehouse with Linseed Oil Tanks

Oil/chemical storage HD-119

716-718 South 2nd Street Chemical Warehouse Chemical storage HD-120 730-732 South 2nd Street Auto Repair Shop Auto repair HD-121 12 Plum Street/608-614 South 1st Street

Oil and Chemical Warehouse with Linseed Oil Tanks

Oil/chemical storage HD-119

700-708 South 3rd Street Woodworking Shop with Lacquer Spraying and Oil House

Woodworking shop/Oil storage

HD-122

626 South Broadway Filling Station with 3 USTs Gas station HD-123 409 Cerre Street Filling Station with 3 USTs Gas station HD-124 708 South Broadway Filling Station with 3 USTs Gas station HD-113 712 South Broadway Auto Repair Shop Auto repair HD-125 310 Plum Street Filling Station with 2 USTs Gas station HD-126 706 South 4th Street Print Shop Printing HD-127 307-315 Cedar Street Laclede Brass Company Foundry and machine shop

HD-114

413 South 2nd Street/214 Spruce Street

Tannery Shop Leather tannery HD-109

1989 716-718 South 2nd Street Truck Body Shop Auto repair HD-128 1995 716-718 South 2nd Street Truck Body Shop Auto repair HD-128

• Waters-Pierce Oil Company and eight large oil tanks are situated on the subject property southwest of the intersection of West Broadway and Cahokia Creek (Map

ID HE-129).

• An underground storage tank is situated at 446 West Broadway (north of the subject property) on the 1950 through 1968 maps (Map ID HE-130).

• Two 96,000 barrel capacity aboveground oil tanks are situated north of 423 West Broadway (north of the subject property) on the 1963 through 1968 maps (Map ID

HE-131).

• A filling station is situated at 115 West Broadway (north of the subject property) on the 1963 and 1966 maps (Map ID HE-132).

• Wiggins Ferry Company’s shops and yards (railroad car repair and maintenance) are situated near the southwest portion of the subject property on the 1905 map (Map ID

HF-133).

• Shippers Car Line Corporation (aka ACF Industries) occupies the north-central portion of the subject property near 600 West Trendley Avenue on the 1950 – 1968 maps. Several tank car repair structures are situated on the site. A cinder pit and oil tank is depicted on the site on the 1950 and 1955 maps. Two sludge sloughs are depicted on the site on the 1963 and 1966 maps. Paint and machine shops are depicted on the 1950 through 1968 maps (Map ID HF-134)

Site Reconnaissance/Interview/Previous Environmental Report RECs

• Hyatt Regency Hotel (also known as Adams Mark Hotel) - According to an interview with Mr. Costin and the observed pit in the basement, historic dry-cleaning activities occurred at this facility (Map ID – SR1).

• Hyatt Regency Hotel (also known as Adams Mark Hotel) - A 20,000-gallon diesel

UST used to power an emergency generator was observed below the concrete floor in the lower parking garage beneath the hotel. Petroleum staining was observed on the concrete floor surrounding the 20,000 gallon diesel UST transfer pump and plumbing; odors associated with the staining were apparent (Map

ID-SR1).

• RECs were not observed during the site reconnaissance of Section B.

• Two 100-gallon diesel ASTs associated with two Caterpillar diesel backup generators were observed in a maintenance shed north of the arch museum (Map

ID – SR3).

• An oil trap separator near the current-day diesel generators in the maintenance shed (Map ID – SR3)

• No RECs were observed during the site reconnaissance for Section D.

• Close proximity of the Cargill Grain Elevator to the subject property on the north adjoining (Map ID – SR2)

• An unlabeled AST not equipped with a secondary containment on the north adjoining property (Map ID – SR2)

• Railroad tracks/rail yard on the subject property (Map ID – SR5)

• Railroad tracks/rail yard on the subject property (Map ID – SR4)

• Hyatt Regency Hotel (also known as Adams Mark Hotel) - According to an interview with Mr. Costin and the observed pit in the basement, historic dry-cleaning activities occurred at this facility (see Map ID SR-1).

• Hyatt Regency Hotel (also known as Adams Mark Hotel) - A 20,000-gallon diesel

UST used to power an emergency generator was observed below the concrete floor in the lower parking garage beneath the hotel. Petroleum staining was observed on the concrete floor surrounding the 20,000 gallon diesel UST transfer pump and plumbing; odors associated with the staining were apparent (see Map

ID SR-1).

• Apparent historic 500-gallon diesel UST associated with the arch museum (Map

ID INT-6)

• Documented contamination in the soil and groundwater above the TACO Tier 1

Residential Levels, the Malcolm W. Martin Memorial Park (PER-7).

• Documented contamination in the soil and groundwater above the TACO Tier 1

Residential Levels, and lack of closure documentation regarding the historic ACF facility (PER-8).

2.0 INTRODUCTION

2.1 Purpose. The Users of this Phase I ESA, The City + The Arch + The River 2015 Foundation (c/o Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates), requested this Phase I ESA for the purpose of completing environmental due diligence prior to designing a redevelopment of the project area. The purpose of this Phase I ESA is to review current and past usage of the subject property and adjacent properties to identify potential RECs on the subject property. RECs are defined in the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard E 1527-05 as “the presence or likely presence of any hazardous substances or petroleum products on a property under conditions that indicate an existing release, a past release, or a material threat of a release of any hazardous substances or petroleum products into structures on the property or into the ground, groundwater, or surface water of the property. The term REC includes hazardous substances or petroleum products even under conditions in compliance with laws. The term is not intended to include de minimis conditions that generally do not present a material risk of harm to public health or the environment, and that generally would not be subject to enforcement action if brought to the attention of appropriate government agencies. Conditions determined to be de minimis are not recognized environmental conditions.”

2.2 Scope of Services. This Phase I ESA was conducted in accordance with the ASTM

Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments - Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process, ASTM E1527-05. This process has been accepted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as being in accordance with the “All Appropriate Inquiry” (AAI) Rule.

The Phase I ESA activities consisted of current and historical records reviews, a site reconnaissance, interviews with the User and available current owners, and documentation in the form of a report.

2.3 Significant Assumptions. This Phase I ESA was conducted in substantial accordance with the assumptions and limitations contained within ASTM Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments - Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process, ASTM E1527-05.

As stated in ASTM E1527-05 Section 4.5.1, no environmental site assessment can wholly eliminate uncertainty regarding the potential for RECs in connection with a property. This Phase I ESA is intended to reduce, but not eliminate, uncertainty regarding the potential for RECs in connection with a property, and recognizes reasonable limits of time and cost.

Additionally, portions of this Phase I ESA are based on unverified information supplied to Geotechnology, Inc. by third-party sources. In accordance with ASTM E1527-05 Section 7.5.2.1, an Environmental Professional (EP) is not required to verify independently the information provided by third-party sources, unless the EP has actual knowledge that the information is incorrect, or unless it is obvious that certain information is incorrect based on other information obtained in the Phase I ESA.

2.4 Limitations and Exceptions. Limitations and exceptions to this report are included in

Appendix J of this Phase I ESA.

2.5 Special Terms and Conditions. The findings of this Phase I ESA are based on the completeness and accuracy on the data and observed conditions of the subject property as of the indicated site reconnaissance date, and when publicly available information was obtained as described in this report.

Additionally, this Phase I ESA is being conducted on behalf of a redevelopment design team, and not an entity or User that is pursuing the purchase of the parcels within the subject property area. We understand that several of the private owners of property within the subject property area are not involved in the design team’s processes. As a result, Geotechnology’s interviews and site reconnaissance efforts were limited to current property owners that were willing to allow access to their individual parcels and buildings. Access was not granted to all properties and buildings within the subject property. These limitations and resulting data gaps are discussed in the Data Gap section of this report.

2.6 User Reliance. This report is an instrument of service prepared by

Geotechnology, Inc. for the exclusive use of The City + The Arch + The River 2015 Foundation and Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates. In order to create a report, upon which The City + The Arch + The River 2015 Foundation and Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates could rely, Geotechnology, Inc. worked closely with Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates in development of the scope of services, upon which all subsequent tasks have been based. No parties other than The City + The Arch + The River 2015 Foundation and Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates are permitted by Geotechnology, Inc. to rely on this instrument of Geotechnology, Inc.'s service. With the permission of The City + The Arch + The River 2015 Foundation and Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Geotechnology, Inc. will meet with a third party to help identify the additional services required, if any, to permit such third party to rely on the information contained in this report, but only to the same extent of The City + The Arch + The River 2015 Foundation and Michael Van Valkenburgh Associate’s reliance, and subject to the same contractual, technological, and other limitations to which The City + The Arch + The River 2015 Foundation and Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates have agreed. The findings presented herein are for the sole use of The City + The Arch + The River 2015 Foundation and Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, and this report is valid for a period of 180 days following the report date.

3.0 SITE DESCRIPTION

The subject property consists of an approximately 490 acre area situated in St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois. A site location and topography map is included as Plate 1.

In general, the subject property consists of the east-central downtown St. Louis corridor, and Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (JNEM)/Gateway Arch Grounds on the Missouri side, the Eads and Poplar Street Bridges, the JNEM grounds (including the Malcolm W. Martin Memorial Park) in East St. Louis, Illinois, a generally vacant tract of land south of West Trendley Avenue (to the Poplar Street Bridge) in East St. Louis, Illinois. The subject property also includes the east and west Mississippi River riverfronts.

Based on information obtained from the City of St. Louis Assessor’s Office, the St. Clair County Assessor’s Office, and the client, the following parcels are situated within the subject property shown on Plate 1:

OWNER NAME PROPERTY ADDRESS

MISSOURI

Jefferson National Expansion Memorial 38 Washington Avenue St. Louis City Catholic Church Realty 241-281 Walnut Street State of Missouri 11 F S Memorial Drive Drury Development Corporation 10 S 4th Street Hertz 10 South Broadway LLC 10 S Broadway HDH LLC 1 S Broadway STL Market Bank LLC 620 Market Street 700 Market LLC 706 Market Street Jefferson National Expansion Memorial 20 N 4th Street Jefferson National Expansion Memorial 401-427 Market Street City of St. Louis Mall 500 Chestnut Street Southern Real Estate & Financial Company 621 Market Street NNN Gateway One LLC & Et. Al. 701-727 Market Street W2007 MVP St. Louis LLC 100-124 N 4th Street Hertz Broadway Tower LLC 100 N Broadway UGP-Kiener/Stadium Parking LLC 500-598 Pine Street UGP-Kiener/Stadium Parking LLC 101-127 N 6th Street BD of Public Buildings 715-723 Chestnut Street City of St. Louis 601 N Leonor K Sullivan Boulevard City of St. Louis 606 N 1st Street City of St. Louis 609 N 1st Street City of St. Louis 604 N 2nd Street City of St. Louis 608 N 3rd Street Merchants Properties Inc 700-702 N 2nd Street Drury Development Corporation 605-621 N 2nd Street SO Properties LLC 612-616 N 2nd Street First Street Investment 613 N 1st Street St. John's Bank & Trust Company 612-622 N 1st Street Cherrick Properties III 619 N Leonor K Sullivan Boulevard Bi-State Dev Agency 701-715 N 1st Street River Landing LLC 700-714 N 1st Street Riverfront Garage LLC 701-713 N Leonor K Sullivan Boulevard Drury Development Corporation 700 N 3rd Street Drury Development Corporation 705-717 N 2nd Street State of Missouri 601-697 S 2nd Street State of Missouri 100-198 Poplar Street State of Missouri 616-622 S 1st Street State of Missouri 601-611 S Leonor K Sullivan Boulevard

OWNER NAME PROPERTY ADDRESS

MISSOURI

State of Missouri 601-651 S 3rd Street Integrity Real Estate LLC 400-444 N 4th Street STL 300 N 4th LLC a Delaware LLC 300 N 4th Street STL 200 N 4th Street LLC 200 N 4th Street Gateway Regal Holdings LLC 200 S 4th Street Pet Plaza Partners LLC 400 S 4th Street State of Missouri 601-651 S 3rd Street

ILLINOIS

Casino Queen Inc 220 S Front Street

Cargill Incorporated South of Casino Queen, West of Fountain area

Metro East Park and Recreation Fountain Area and property South of Cargill

Wiggins Ferry Company All along river and Southern half of Illinois side

Illinois Central Railroad Directly South of Fountain/Geyser area

Illinois Cen Gulf & GM & O RR Directly West of Illinois Central Railroad property

A C F Industries Incorporated South of Trendley Avenue (west of Illinois Central Railroad)

For the purpose of this Phase I ESA, the subject property area has been divided into six sections (A through F) as shown on Plate 2. A description of each section is provided below.

Section A

Section A is approximately 37 acres in area, and consists of an approximately 15 square block of downtown St. Louis, Missouri. The section is generally bounded by Pine Street on the north, South Memorial Drive/Interstate 70 on the east, North 8th Street on the west, and Walnut Street on the south. Primary buildings and features within Section A include the following:

Building/Feature Addresses Use

Wainwright Building 701-723 Chestnut Street/111 North 7th Street/704-708 Pine Street

10 story, 470,000 square foot State of Missouri Offices

Gateway One Building

701-727 Market Street/1-23 North 7th Street/10-16 North 8th Street/706-730 Chestnut Street/

15 story, 409,000 square foot multi-tenant office building

General American Life Insurance Building 700-706 Market Street 6 story multi-tenant office building

Two Kiener Plaza Parking Garages

101-127 North 6th Street/100- 108 North 7th Streeet/501-609 Chestnut Street/500-622 Pine Street/101-119 North Broadway

Parking garages

Kiener Plaza

501-651 Market Street/2-10 North 7th Street/500-612 Chestnut Street/6 North 6th Street/1-5 North Broadway

Park/open plaza space

Mike Shannon’s Restaurant 620 Market Street 2 story restaurant and office space

Hilton St. Louis Ballpark Hotel 1 South Broadway 2 tower, 25-story hotel and parking garage

Bank of America Tower 100 North Broadway/101-119 North 4th Street/400 Pine Street

22 story multi-tenant office building

Old Courthouse/Jefferson National Expansion Memorial

401-427 Market Street/11 North 4th Street/10-26 North Broadway/400 Chestnut Street

Museum

Equitable Building 6-10 South Broadway/400-444 Market Street/401 Walnut Street

21 story, 425,000 square foot multi-tenant office building

Drury Plaza Hotel/International Fur Exchange Building

2-14 South 4th Street/316 Market Street

7 story hotel and historical museum

Gateway Tower 1-99 South Memorial Drive/300-310 Market Street

21 story, 213,000 square foot multi-tenant office building

Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Park (Luther Ely Smith Square)

20 North 4th Street Park

Hyatt Regency (Adams Mark) Hotel

301-315 Chestnut Street/100- 124 North 4th Street/322-324 Pine Street

18 story hotel

Section A is located in a dense urban environment in downtown St. Louis and is generally surrounded by high rise office buildings and parking garages to the north; CityGarden and high rise office buildings to the west; high rise office buildings, parking garages, a softball field and parking lot to the south; and the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Park to the east.

Section B

Section B is approximately 40 acres in area, and consists of the northern portion of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (JNEM) Park, a large parking garage, several commercial buildings north of Eads Bridge approach, approximately 1/3 mile of Interstate 70 corridor, the west half of Eads Bridge, and riverfront. Primary buildings and features within Section B include the following:

611-615 North Leonor K.

Sullivan Boulevard

Approximately 0.15 acre vacant parcel

617 North Leonor K. Sullivan Boulevard

Approximately 0.9 acre vacant parcel

619 North Leonor K. Sullivan Boulevard

Approximately 0.6 acre vacant parcel

621 North Leonor K. Sullivan Boulevard

Approximately 0.6 acre vacant parcel

612-622 North 1st Street Approximately 0.4 acre vacant parcel

Vacant Parcels

700-714 North 1st Street Approximately 0.6 acre vacant parcel

613 North 1st Street Approximately 0.5 acre parking lot

605-621 North 2nd Street/610- 624 North 3rd Street/212-216 Lucas Avenue

Approximately 1.2 acre parking lot

700 North 3rd Street Approximately 0.24 acre parking lot

702 North 3rd Street Approximately 0.1 acre parking lot

704-706 North 3rd Street Approximately 0.15 acre parking lot

Surface Parking Lots

701-703 North 2nd Street Approximately 0.3 acre parking lot

Laclede’s Landing Building (Old Judge Coffee Building) 704-710 North 2nd Street

5 story mixed use building with restaurants and office space

Laclede’s Landing Building (Greeley Building) 618-624 North 2nd Street

5 story mixed use building with restaurants and office space

Laclede’s Landing Building (Cutlery Factory Building) 612-616 North 2nd Street

5 story mixed use building with restaurants and office space

MetroLink Laclede’s Landing Station 610 North 2nd Street Light rail station

Riverfront Laclede’s Landing Garage

701-713 North Leonor K.

Sullivan Boulevard Multi-level parking garage

Laclede’s Landing Building (Bi-State Development Building)

701-715 North 1st Street 5 story office space

Laclede’s Landing Building (Witte Building) 705-717 North 2nd Street

5 story mixed use building with restaurant and office space

Section B is located in a dense urban environment in downtown St. Louis and is generally surrounded by office and entertainment buildings (Laclede’s Landing and Lumiere Casino) to the north; JNEM Park to the south, the Mississippi River to the east, and high rise office buildings and Edward Jones Dome to the west. The southern boundary of Section B consists of an imaginary eastward extension of Locust Street through JNEM Park.

Section C

Section C is approximately 70 acres in area, and consists of the central portion of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (JNEM) Park. Primary features within Section C include park area, the St. Louis Arch, Arch museum, Basilica of St. Louis Catholic Cathedral (209 Walnut Street) and riverfront. Two ponds are located within the section. Section C is generally bounded by additional JNEM park area on the north, the Mississippi River on the east, Memorial Drive and Interstate 70 on the west, and additional JNEM park area on the south. The northern boundary of Section C consists of an imaginary eastward extension of Locust Street through JNEM Park. The southern boundary of Section C consists of an imaginary eastward extension of Spruce Street through JNEM Park.

Section D

Section D is approximately 35 acres in area, and consists of the southern portion of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (JNEM) Park, JNEM maintenance building, the west Poplar Street Bridge approach, and interchange ramps for Interstates 44/55/64. Other features within Section D include the following:

122 Plum Street Approximately 0.08 acre vacant parcel

126 Plum Street Approximately 0.4 acre vacant parcel

206 Plum Street Approximately 0.02 acre vacant parcel

208 Plum Street Approximately 0.02 acre vacant parcel

700 South 1st Street Approximately 0.01 acre vacant parcel

700 South 2nd Street Approximately 0.1 acre vacant parcel

Vacant Parcels

701-703 South 2nd Street Approximately 0.07 acre vacant parcel

100-198 Poplar Street 214-230 Plum Street 601-697 South 2nd Street

State of Missouri Highway Right of Ways

701-735 South 3rd Street

Highway Interchange Ramps

Ameren Electric Tower 707 South 1st Street Tower

Section D is located in a dense urban environment in downtown St. Louis and is generally surrounded by JNEM Park to the north, railroad tracks and office buildings to the south; the Mississippi River to the east; and high rise office buildings and surface parking lots and office buildings to the west. The northern boundary of Section C consists of an imaginary eastward extension of Spruce Street through JNEM Park

Section E

Section E consists of an approximately 190 acre, multi-parcel area in East St. Louis, Illinois. The section is located north of West Trendley Avenue, and includes the eastern half of Eads Bridge, Casino Queen’s eastern parking lot, Malcolm W. Martin Memorial Park (which includes the Gateway Geyser and elevated observation deck), and Mississippi River frontage.

Section E is located in a developed area of East St. Louis and is generally surrounded by Casino Queen and West Broadway to the north; a vacant wooded area (Bloody Island) and railroad tracks to the south; railroad tracks, a warehouse, and Route 3 to the east; and railroad tracks and the Mississippi River to the west.

Section F

Section F consists of an approximately 115 acre, primarily vacant tract in East St. Louis, Illinois. The section is located south of West Trendley Avenue, and generally consists of vacant wooded land, railroad tracks and Mississippi River frontage.

Section F is located in a developed area of East St. Louis and is generally surrounded by Malcolm W. Martin Memorial Park to the north; and the Poplar Street Bridge (Interstate 55/64) to the south; generally vacant land to the east; and the Mississippi River to the west.

4.0 PHYSICAL SETTING

According to the EDR Geocheck® Physical Setting Source Summary (see Appendix B) and the Geologic Map of Missouri1, the site is underlain by a Stratified Sequence of the Meramecian Series, Mississippian System. Soil in the area of the subject property is classified as non-hydric urban land.

The site boundaries and general topography of the area from the U.S.G.S. map of the vicinity are shown on Plate 1. The Gateway Arch is situated on a bluff about 30 feet above the Mississippi River. East of the Arch, the terrain drops abruptly to the river landing; the slope is covered by the grand staircase in front of the Arch, grass lawn north and south of the staircase, and concrete flood walls at the north and south ends of the park. West of the Arch, the ground slopes downward towards a north-south-trending valley that includes Memorial Drive. The area west of the Arch includes two lakes/reflecting pools, one north and one south of the Arch. A parking garage and maintenance building are located at the north and south ends of the park, respectively.

Downtown St. Louis slopes downward towards the east and south from high ground north and west of Kiener Plaza at about El 4752. The terrain begins to drop off steeply east of the Old Court House on Fourth Street to low ground along Memorial Drive and the depressed section of Interstate 70.

The Arch grounds consist mostly of lawns with trees planted along several walkways, particularly those north and south of the Arch legs. The Gateway Mall and Kiener Plaza are generally covered with concrete walks and plazas with intervening lawn areas.

The Illinois side of the park is floodplain near El 400. As such, the site is relatively flat and covered with brush, weeds, and trees. Along the centerline of the Arch, a lawn area extends east from the river past the Arch Viewing Stand to the Gateway Geyser. The McArthur Bridge

1 Geologic Map of Missouri, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, 1979.

2 Elevations used herein are in units of feet and referenced to mean sea level (msl) datum.

and railroad embankment form the east boundary of the park. The Casino Queen is north of the park, with the Eads and Martin Luther King Memorial Bridges further to the north. The Poplar Street Bridge forms the south park boundary. A rail yard and levee run parallel to the river in the western portion of the park. West of the railroads, the riverbank drops approximately 20 feet to the river. Several mooring dolphins and cofferdams are situated in the river along the riverbank.

In most areas, general estimations about the direction of groundwater movement can be derived from observations of land-surface topography. In effect, the water table often is a subdued replica of the land surface. In addition, the slope of the land surface is typically toward streams or rivers. Based on general topographic gradient and the location of surface water bodies as observed on topographic maps, groundwater may be flowing in an easterly direction in the vicinity of the subject property on the Missouri side and a westerly direction on the Illinois side of the river.

Commercial and residential properties in the Missouri and Illinois areas of the subject property obtain drinking water from municipal sources (Missouri-American Water Company and Illinois-American Water Company), which both obtain and treat water from deep wells and rivers. One registered private potable water well (Well ID # MOLOG1000018158) was identified within a 1/4-mile radius (west-southwest) of the subject property based on our review of the EDR Geocheck® Physical Setting Source Summary. According to the EDR report, the private well located at 11th and Clark Avenue was drilled to a depth of 775 feet below ground surface (bgs) in the Middle Ordovician Series formation. The drill date and installation of the well was not reported.

The Missouri side of the subject property lies within the service area of the Metropolitan

St. Louis Sewer District (MSD) and the Illinois side of the subject property lies within the service area of the MetroEast Sanitary District (MESD).

The average annual temperature and rainfall in the St. Louis area is 56.2 degrees

Fahrenheit and 37.11 inches, respectively. The prevailing winds are generally from the north-northwest and south in the spring, south in the summer, the south and southwest in the fall, and the south and west-northwest in the winter.3

5.0 USER PROVIDED DATA

Geotechnology submitted a User Questionnaire to Mr. James Smith of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, the co-User of this Phase I ESA. The purpose of the questionnaire was to obtain User-provided information for parcels within the subject property, as well as other pertinent details. Mr. Smith completed a User Questionnaire for each of the parcels within the subject property boundary (see Section 4.0). A summary of the User’s responses are presented

3 Local Climatological Data-Annual Summary with Comprehensive Data, St. Louis, Missouri, NOAA, 1993.

below. Note the responses to the User Questionnaires were identical for all parcels within the subject property. Copies of the User Questionnaires are included in Appendix A.

5.1 Title Records. Chain of title records were not provided to Geotechnology.

5.2 Environmental Liens or Activity and Use Limitations. Mr. Smith indicated that he was not aware of environmental cleanup liens against the properties, or activity/use limitations.

5.3 Specialized Knowledge. Mr. Smith stated that he did not possess specialized knowledge or experience relating to the subject property parcels.