The Des Moines, WA City Council considered the sale of a small city-owned parcel called Tract C (approximately 19,881 square feet) to the Port of Seattle for $690,000 to support the Des Moines Creek Business Park West development, which is expected to create 600+ jobs near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The Port plans to use the land as a private truck access route for commercial cargo vehicles serving the new business park. The council also considered accepting a trail easement requiring the Port to construct a pedestrian and bike pathway connecting the Barnes Creek Trail to the Des Moines Creek Trail as part of the regional Lake to Sound Trail System.Open full document
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This agenda item for the Des Moines City Council concerns the surplus and sale of a 19,881 SF city-owned parcel known as Tract C, located within the Des Moines Creek Business Park West, to the Port of Seattle for its appraised fair market value of $690,000. The parcel will be used by the Port for private commercial truck access to the Des Moines Creek West development site. The council is also asked to accept a Trail Easement from the Port connecting the Barnes Creek Trail to the Des Moines Creek Trail as part of the Lake to Sound Regional Trail System.