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Council approves $150,072 parks tree-planting contract using Sound Transit mitigation funds
Summary
The council authorized a small-works contract with AtWork Commercial Enterprise LLC to plant trees at Ballinger and Bicentennial parks using a Sound Transit fee-in-lieu mitigation fund; the contract construction budget (including 8% contingency) is $150,072. Council discussed remaining funds and next planting priorities.
Jeff Betts, recreation and parks director for Mountlake Terrace, presented a parks tree-planting project funded with a Sound Transit fee-in-lieu payment tied to light-rail construction impacts along the I‑5 corridor.
Betts said Sound Transit provided $256,793 as a fee-in-lieu after tree removals for the Linwood Link project, and staff used about $25,131 for design work to identify candidate parks. He proposed planting at Ballinger Park and Bicentennial Park and initially excluding Terrace Creek Park because of access, steep slopes and invasive…
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