City was scheduled to consider $100,000 increase for BNSF quiet zone engineering

What the records say

In materials published ahead of the March 17, 2025 meeting, the agenda item asked the meeting body to authorize an additional $100,000 in spending under its Preliminary Engineering Services Agreement with BNSF for the Quiet Zone Project. If approved as written, the increase would raise the total allocation for that agreement to $164,176. ¹ The proposed motion was described in the record as an Authorization Increase Request to an existing agreement. ¹ The record includes two supporting attachments: a BNSF review scope-and-fee document dated February 24, 2025, and the original agreement, marked as fully executed on February 8, 2021. The original agreement estimates the cost of BNSF's work at $64,176 and describes the work as preliminary engineering services, cost estimates for construction, and review of designs and plans for the quiet zone project. ¹ The available records do not establish the meeting's outcome; they only show the request was on the agenda for the scheduled meeting.

• The agenda item asked for authorization of an additional $100,000 in spending under the Preliminary Engineering Services Agreement with BNSF for the Quiet Zone Project. ¹
• The additional spending would bring the total allocation to $164,176. ¹
• The original agreement, dated February 8, 2021, estimated BNSF's work at $64,176 and described the scope as preliminary engineering, cost estimates, and design review for a quiet zone corridor covering 24 at-grade crossings. ¹
• The record was published ahead of the March 17, 2025 meeting and does not establish the meeting's outcome. ¹

Why it matters

This item, if approved as presented, would commit an additional $100,000 in city funds to preliminary engineering work with BNSF for the Quiet Zone Project, bringing the total commitment to $164,176. The record describes the work as evaluating the feasibility of a quiet zone corridor across 24 at-grade crossings in Marysville, including BNSF review of designs and cost estimates. ¹ The record does not record whether the increase was granted, so residents have no documented outcome to rely on from this record alone.

What changed / what's next

• The proposed authorization adds $100,000 to the existing Preliminary Engineering Services Agreement with BNSF, raising the total allocation to $164,176. ¹
• The outcome of the March 17, 2025 meeting is not in the supplied record, so it is not established whether the increase was granted. ¹
• The record includes a BNSF scope-and-fee review dated February 24, 2025, and the executed agreement from February 8, 2021; the scope documents describe grade crossing review support services for the quiet zone project. ¹