County contract almost done for Edmonds motel meth cleanup

EDMONDS — Snohomish County is prepared to pay around $350,000 to clean a former motel contaminated by methamphetamine in Edmonds.

The county bought the Americas Best Value Inn at 22127 Highway 99 in Edmonds for $8.4 million in December. It was part of an announcement for deals there and at the former Days Inn motel near the Everett Mall. The county is converting both buildings into transitional housing, called New Start centers or facilities, for about 129 homeless people.

The Snohomish County Council on April 19 unanimously approved awarding a bid to Accurate Assessment (AA Decon) for abatement and decontamination at the Edmonds site. The Bellingham-based company submitted the lowest of two submitted bids at $348,999.92. The engineer’s estimate was $400,000.

Only 13 companies were certified by the state for drug lab decontamination as of mid-April, according to the state Department of Health.

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