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Mountlake Terrace pulls USDA geese-control agreement from consent after council concerns
Summary
Staff proposed reactivating a four-year interlocal agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture for Canada goose population monitoring and control; the proposal was pulled from the consent agenda after council members raised concerns about methods and alternatives.
City staff recommended reactivating a four-year interlocal agreement (ILA) with the U.S. Department of Agriculture that would enable annual contracts for population monitoring and control of non-migratory Canada geese at Lake Ballinger and other city locations.
Carolyn Hope told the council the city had held an agreement with the USDA since 2002, did not renew it in 2024 when goose counts were low and USDA activity receded during the COVID period, and now seeks to reactivate the ILA as goose numbers at Lake Ballinger have increased. "This would be for 4 years, and we would have an annual contract that the city manager…
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