Below are two pictures of Redmond's Centennial "ERRATIC" art installation. It was constructed with railroad plates to recognize Redmond's status as a railroad town. It's called ERRATIC to recognize that glaciers shaped Redmond. Erratics are huge boulders left behind by glaciers.
At the January 8th Council meeting Staff announced owing to light rail the ERRATIC will be moved from it's present location on 166th near Redmond Town Center to "Gilman Landing" south of the Matador near Leary Way. Sound Transit will pay $576,000 towards its re-location. The City will move it....a laborious job. The original cost to the City for the art was $115,000.
A public record request (prr) in December, 2019 revealed the total estimated cost for relocation is $616,300 - though, the exact relocation cost won't be known until it's completion in June of 2020. The prr also revealed the city will contribute $40,000 via a Redmond Parks CIP. Rumors have it the total relocation cost will be close to $1M.
Bob Yoder
2/24/2020
Ok Bob, I'll say it...what a waste of taxpayer $$
ReplyDeleteHoly crap, why are we spending 5x the cost of the original art to relocate it? Just recycle it and be done with it.
ReplyDeleteYou guys are rude. I love this monument, a lot. I was sad when I saw it was gone. Now I'm happy that it's going someplace even closer. Why is everything so political to everybody. People just love to complain instead of be happy that we're not losing our city art. Thank you Redmond!
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