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Kent approves amendment to East Hill North Community Park design contract
Summary
Council authorized the mayor to sign a second amendment with Site Workshops to re‑scope phase 1 design for East Hill North Community Park, advancing 100% design, permitting and construction administration for water and electrical service, restrooms, parking, public art and improved connections.
The Kent City Council authorized the mayor on June 30 to sign the second amendment to the consultant services agreement with Site Workshops for the East Hill North Community Park master plan. The amendment will fund a rescoped phase 1 design to complete 100% design, permitting and construction administration for selected park components.
Why it matters: the action restarts a project paused about a year ago for budget reasons and advances core infrastructure that will allow the park to be used by neighbors once constructed.
Brian Lemonhagen, deputy director of the Parks Department, told council the rescoped phase 1 includes "water and electrical services at the park, restroom facility, some a few parking stalls, public art, and then, improved connections, to the neighborhood and also to the Seuss Creek Trail." He said the amendment will take the project through 100% design, permitting and construction administration.
Lemonhagen described parallel work by Public Works to improve pedestrian access along 130th Avenue SE between SE 214th and SE 216th and between SE 218th and SE 216th, including rapid flashing beacon crossings at SE 214th and SE 218th. He said the crossings and a pedestrian corridor are funded with $1.5 million approved in the last budget cycle. Lemonhagen also said the overall project has "about almost $4,000,000 in grant funding from the Washington State Department of Commerce and King County Parks."
Council members asked whether the pedestrian access elements are part of this contract amendment; Lemonhagen said the pedestrian crossings are a separate Public Works project but that the two design teams will coordinate where connections overlap. He explained "construction administration" as responding to contractor requests for information, reviewing submittals and inspecting work on site.
Council member Trautner moved to authorize the mayor to sign the second amendment subject to final terms acceptable to the parks director and city attorney. The motion was seconded and carried on a voice vote.
Next steps: Parks staff and Public Works will coordinate the connection points between the park design and the separately funded pedestrian improvements; the contract amendment authorizes Site Workshops to complete design through permitting and provide construction administration services.
