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City seeks on-call materials-testing contractor and consultant to update transportation impact fees
Summary
Mountlake Terrace staff presented two procurement items: an on-call materials-testing contract (proposed $100,000 biennial amount) to support capital projects, and a study/consultant agreement to update the city's transportation impact fee schedule and project list as part of comp-plan coordination.
Public works staff requested authorization to award an on-call materials-testing contract to support capital projects and to hire a consultant to update the transportation impact-fee methodology.
Public works staff explained materials testing is a third-party quality-assurance service used across construction projects to verify pavement compaction, concrete strength and aggregate performance. The on-call approach reflects the city’s episodic needs; staff requested a biennial not-to-exceed amount of $100,000 to cover testing for multiple projects over 2025–26.
Separately, staff requested authorization to retain a consultant to prepare a revised transportation-impact-fee study. The work will update the capital project list, travel-demand forecasts, growth estimates, trip generation assumptions and the proposed fee schedule. Staff noted the comp-plan update provides a foundation for updated growth and demand projections; the consultant will include public engagement and comparative benchmarking to other jurisdictions before returning a fee proposal to council.
Councilmembers had clarifying questions about scope and budget timing; staff confirmed both items are budgeted in the 2025–26 biennium and signaled the materials-testing contract is routinely done on an as-needed basis for capital-work QA/QC.
Ending
Staff recommended both contracts be placed on the consent agenda for council approval; council asked staff to correct a formatting error in the study’s staff report before final consent action.
