Marysville council considered a $1.4M Tulalip Tribes subaward for Quilceda Creek culvert design

What the records say

The May 12, 2025 City Council agenda included a proposed subaward between the Tulalip Tribes of Washington and the City of Marysville to implement portions of the Tulalip Fish Passage Collaborative I Project ¹. Under the proposal, the Tribe would provide the city a subaward of $1,400,000 to design the replacement of two culverts on Middle Fork Quilceda Creek, a tributary to Quilceda Creek, with bridge structures or similar, restoring access to upstream spawning and riparian habitat ¹. The two culvert locations are at 51st Avenue NE and 132nd Street NE ¹. The funding flows from a federal prime award to the Tulalip Tribes under NOAA's Restoring Fish Passage through Barrier Removal program, funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, with a subaward performance period of September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2028 ¹. Note: the agenda bill summary places the culverts on Middle Fork Quilceda Creek, while the attached agreement text references fish passage projects on West Fork Quilceda Creek; the supplied records do not explain the difference ¹.

• The recommended motion would authorize the Mayor to sign and execute the subaward with the Tulalip Tribes of Washington ¹.
• The subaward amount is $1,400,000, with total project cost not to exceed that figure without Tulalip's prior written authorization ¹.
• The work is to design the replacement of two culverts on Middle Fork Quilceda Creek, located at 51st Avenue NE and 132nd Street NE, with bridge structures or similar ¹.
• The subaward runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2028, under a NOAA prime award to the Tulalip Tribes funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ¹.

Why it matters

The proposed agreement would bring $1,400,000 in federal pass-through funding into Marysville for fish passage work on a local creek, in a direct city-tribal partnership, with design work at two named road locations residents may know ¹. The available records do not establish the meeting's outcome.

What changed / what's next

• If approved, the city would enter a $1,400,000 subaward with the Tulalip Tribes to design replacement of two Quilceda Creek culverts under the Tulalip Fish Passage Collaborative I Project ¹.
• The available records do not establish whether the council approved the motion or whether the Mayor signed the subaward ¹.
• The agenda bill and the attached agreement name different forks of Quilceda Creek (Middle Fork vs. West Fork); the records do not reconcile the difference ¹.