The City of Shakopee joined the Metropolitan Council's Livable Communities in 2018 which allows the city to apply for certain grants and loans through their various programs.

The Tax Base Revitalization Accounts (TBRA) allow cities to draw on grant funding from the Met Council to revitalize properties that are contaminated and return them to the tax roles. This funding has been used extensively throughout the metro area. The city applied back in November 2019 for the fall round of the TBRA. This application is for the spring 2020 grant round.

These funds would be used to re-mediate site contamination in the Riverfront Bluff Redevelopment area.  As part of the environmental research on the site, the city retained Terracon to do a complete soils analysis.  As part of that research, a large plume was discovered in the bedrock of VOC and chemicals associated with a former dry cleaners in the area. Also, a vast and deep field was found of organic and non-organic waste, ranging from nine to nineteen feet deep.

These funds would be used to assist in the removal of these site contaminants. Terracon has submitted a voluntary clean up plan with the state on behalf of the EDA and the developer.