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On the Osprey site, pollutants common to urban settings were discovered, as well as elevated levels of lead. The draft report's section on the Osprey land says, "Based on the findings of the investi- gation, additional assessment appears to be warranted if the client wishes to determine the extent of on-site arsenic, lead [and] PAH impacts to soil. Additionally, the installation of at least one additional well, located down gradient of [another well], would be required to define the extent of lead concentrations in groundwater above GCTLs [Groundwater Cleanup Target Levels]." If the commissioners do not choose to pro- ceed with one of the two sites, they will have to draw on "back-up" parcels from homelessness consultant Robert Marbut's second tier list of possible shelter locations. "We're at a stage where we have to keep all options open," Applebee said. "We don't know how these sites will end up at the end of the day." CONCEPTUAL PLANS The Cardno report includes conceptual plans showing how an approximately 35,000-square- foot shelter, parking, outdoor patio areas and storage could fit onto both sites. It also indi- cates possible fencing and vegetative buffers along the borders of the parcels. In addition to the environmental analyses, likely topics Tuesday are legal research related to site boundaries and related challenges; the The City of Sarasota owns the site at 1330 N. Osprey Ave. Photo by Norman Schimmel We're at a stage where we have to keep all options open. We don't know how these sites will end up at the end of the day. Wayne Applebee Homelessness Issues Coordinator Sarasota County Sarasota News Leader April 18, 2014 Page 12