Creationfest Wants to Stay in Enumclaw 10 More Years

The Enumclaw City Council will discuss tonight if it wants to sign a 10-year agreement with Creationfest.

Also on the agenda is acceptance of a $300,000 grant to upgrade the stadium field at the Expo Center, and an update on the city’s six-year transportation plan.

The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall.

Creationfest, which has been around since 1979, liked using the Enumclaw facility so much for the first time last year that is wants to extend its contract from 2011 to 2022. The Christian music festival this year is set for July 20-23. This year’s festival features Toby Mac, Chris Tomlin, Newsboys and Hawk Nelson.

In the agreement, the city would receive $70,000, or 6 percent of the event ticket sales, whichever is greater. It would also receive 10 percent of the concessions.

Also on the agenda is a vote to accept a $300,000 Recreation and Conservation Office grant from the state. To get the full amount the city would have to come up with $600,000 in cash or in-kind contributions.

Your Enumclaw Area Stadium members in the community have secured a $250,000 grant from the NFL, and the city already has accepted a $75,000 grant from King County. Park impact fees will provide $18,750 and YEAS is collecting donations. Local developer Carl Sanders is donating site preparation work prior to the installation of the synthetic turf.

If the RCO grant is accepted, there will be stipulations, such as allowing the public to use it, no preferential treatment, limits on field income, an ongoing obligation to maintain it and RCO being credited for the grant with signage and at a dedication.

The transportation plan is required to be updated annually to get state and federal funding. It also updates costs to do the projects, taking into account increases due to inflation, etc. For example, it would cost the city almost $6.26 million to do the projects from 2011-2016, compared with a little more than $4.52 million previously.