Rumors were going around about South Seatac getting town down. I talked to Dave Upthegrove, a representative of the 33rd district (des moines area) and here is what he had to say about that.
“Here’s the message I got from my legislative assistant this afternoon. It sounds like generally good news:
I talked with the SeaTac Economic Development Director, who checked with the Parks & Recreation Director. Then I got a follow up call from the deputy City Manager.
The city owns the 60-acre Des Moines Creek Park, which includes some of these biking trails. The city has NO plans on selling or redeveloping any of the park area.
The trails are also on some WSDOT and Port property. It’s airport buyout property and possibly some 509 buyout. The boundaries are not clear, so bikers wouldn’t really know which jurisdiction they’re riding in. There has recently been some surveying of the boundaries, which could have caused some speculation among bikers.
Another thing that’s happening is that there’s a group of SW King County cities called SCORE that is talking about building a jail to make up for the increased cost and reduced capacity at King County’s jail. They have talked about using some of the Port property (in City of Des Moines) for the jail site. That property probably contains some of the bike trails. Here’s a link to a Highline Times article about SCORE: http://www.highlinetimes.com/articles/2008/10/20/news/local_news/news02.txt
Rachel Smith
Legislative Assistant
to Rep. Dave Upthegrove”
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