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The Edmonds City Council at its Tuesday, April 28 business meeting will consider a $383,456 amendment to consultant contract for the second phase of a flow reduction study in the Perrinville drainage basin.
The city has been working for years to develop strategies to control flooding on Perrinville Creek between Talbot Road and Puget Sound. A flow reduction study in 2015 resulted in a list of recommendations, from drainage improvements to a municipal raingarden program.
The City of Lynnwood, which sends stormwater runoff to the basin, is partnering with the Edmonds on the project. Both cities were awarded a $469,200 state Department of Ecology grant toward this effort to analyze the problem, which requires $82,800 in local matching funds from Edmonds and Lynnwood. The grant and matching funds are split bet…