Marysville Sound

Infrastructure · Dec 8, 2025

Riverwalk consulting amendment, $15,325 more, was scheduled for a Dec. 8 council vote

Ahead of its Dec. 8, 2025 meeting, the Marysville City Council was scheduled to consider Supplemental Agreement No. 8 with Perteet, Inc. for the Riverwalk Project — an additional $15,325 that would raise total funding to $269,507.50 1.

What the records say

The Dec. 8, 2025 council agenda included an item to authorize the Mayor to sign Supplemental Agreement No. 8 to the Professional Services Agreement with Perteet, Inc. for the Riverwalk Project 1. The agenda bill says the original agreement was approved in April 2023 with prior supplements through December 2025 totaling $254,182.50, and that Supplemental No. 8 adds $15,325.00, bringing the total funding allocation to $269,507.50 1. The work continues filling the Riverwalk parcels to an elevation above the FEMA flood level for future development, and the bill attributes the added cost to complex wetland permitting, a site-specific Inadvertent Discovery Plan, coordination with the federal permit and a FEMA CLOMR-F under review, and additional soil sampling and testing beyond the original contaminated-soil cleanup scope 1. The bill also states a subsequent Supplement 9 will be needed to complete permitting, and describes an extension of time through June of 2026 1. The attached Exhibit A scope, however, states the supplement 'extends the period of performance through March 31, 2026, to allow for processing of Supplement #9' 1. The records do not explain or reconcile that difference between the June 2026 extension in the agenda bill and the March 31, 2026 extension in the exhibit, and they do not establish the meeting's outcome 1.

  • The recommended motion was to authorize the Mayor to sign and execute Supplemental Agreement No. 8 with Perteet, Inc. for the Riverwalk Project.
  • Supplemental No. 8 adds $15,325.00, bringing the total funding allocation to $269,507.50, according to the agenda bill.
  • The work covers continued permitting coordination (including a FEMA CLOMR-F under review), an Inadvertent Discovery Plan requested by the Army Corps and Tribes, and additional soil sampling tied to previously unidentified contaminated soil found during July–August 2025 removal actions at 60 State Avenue.
  • The agenda bill describes an extension of time through June 2026, while the attached Exhibit A scope states the period of performance is extended through March 31, 2026; the records do not reconcile the difference.

Why it matters

The Riverwalk parcels at 60 State Avenue and 80 Columbia Avenue along Ebey Slough are public properties the city is preparing for private investment, and each supplement changes what the city pays for that consulting work — this one adds $15,325 to a running total of $269,507.50 1. The record also signals more spending ahead: the agenda bill says a Supplement 9 will be necessary to finish permitting 1.

What changed / what's next

  • A proposed eighth supplement to the Perteet, Inc. consulting contract for the Riverwalk Project — $15,325.00 in additional fees — was scheduled for council consideration on Dec. 8, 2025 1.
  • The supplied records do not establish how the council voted on Dec. 8, 2025 1.
  • The June 2026 extension stated in the agenda bill and the March 31, 2026 period-of-performance extension in Exhibit A are not reconciled in the available records 1.
  • The agenda bill says a Supplement 9 will be necessary to complete permitting and gain approvals for the intended phases of the Riverwalk improvements 1.
  • The available records do not establish the meeting's outcome.