Sports park fees will likely increase
Parents whose children play in Silver Lake Soccer or Mill Creek Little League will likely pay more next year, thanks to proposed fee increases at the Mill Creek Sports Park.
The city of Mill Creek is looking to increase the fees by an average of $5 in part to keep with a City Council edict that the recreation department brings in as close to as much revenue as it spends.
The changes will also make the sports park fees consistent with synthetic turf field rental costs at other facilities around the Puget Sound region, according to city documents.
Recreation supervisor Pam Olson said at Tuesday’s Council meeting that Silver Lake Soccer and the Mill Creek Little League are both aware of the proposed higher fees. Both leagues said the higher fees wouldn’t be difficult to deal with, Olson said.
The proposed changes will be voted on by the Council in September because it doesn’t meet in August. Approval is expected.
Mill Creek East plat is approved
The City Council gave final approval to the first part of the two-part Mill Creek East development at Tuesday’s meeting.
Tuesday’s vote was for the final plat of the development, which is located on the former Pacific Topsoils site at 35th Avenue SE and bordered on the north by Silver Crest Drive. The vote on the final plat came more than three years after the Council OK’d the preliminary plat.
The vote was 5-1-1, with Terry Ryan voting no and Mike Todd abstaining from the vote. Todd was not on the Council when the preliminary plat came for approval.
The development includes 233 homes, 130 of which will be detached single-family homes. A 1.2-acre park is included in the plans, right by the entrance from 35th Avenue SE. Wetlands border the development to the south and northeast.
Approval allows developers to start building homes on part of the site. The second part of the development will come for a vote in September.
Brush trimming plan in works
The city of Mill Creek will likely add funding for a city-wide tree and brush trimming program in its next two-year budget cycle, interim public works director Scott Smith said.
The topic was brought up by Mayor Donna Michelson during a public hearing on the city’s capital facilities program (see separate story).
Smith said the item would be added into the budget as a city maintenance item. Budget deliberations begin in the fall.
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