Committee advances $560,000 Ecology cleanup grant for aerospace site to consent agenda

The Snohomish County Planning and Community Development Committee on Jan. 6 moved Motion 25-580 to the GLS consent agenda. The motion authorizes the county executive to accept and delegate to the airport director authority to execute a Department of Ecology remedial-action grant agreement for a toxics cleanup at an aerospace facility referenced in the transcript as the 'Tekt Aerospace Everett site' located at 'Banfield Airport.'

Ryan Himbry, council staff, said the grant total is $560,000 and that the site cleanup is proceeding under Department of Ecology agreed order number DE21781. He said the funded work would include remedial investigations, a feasibility study and preparation of a draft cleanup action plan, with work slated to be completed by fall 2027. Himbry said the grant opportunity became available recently and the request was to move the motion to GLS for consideration; with no objections the chair said he would move it to the consent agenda.

The transcript contains a garbled numeric phrase when describing how the grant figures would be applied; staff provided the $560,000 total and the DOE order number but did not clarify the transcribed phrase that reads 'would go to $6.30 of 2,027.' The county or staff should be consulted for the authoritative budget allocation and timeline language prior to any reporting of final financial details.

Next steps: Motion 25-580 was placed on the GLS consent agenda; final acceptance and execution of a grant agreement require subsequent administrative action and any required signatures.