SeaTac City Council members reviewed on April 24 design plans for a fabric-covered band shell at Angle Lake Park.

Michael Fuhrman from Rainier Industries in Tukwila told lawmakers the "simple but elegant" nautically themed shell would consist of four steel pipe posts holding an asymmetrical Teflon-and-vinyl fabric cover.

Audience members watching performers at the band shell will see Angle Lake in the background with Mount Rainier off to the right, according to Fuhrman.

He said the storm and earthquake resistant shell is covered by a 15-year warranty.

"It is a true structure, not a tent or canopy," Fuhrman added.

Engineering design costs are estimated at $15,000 with construction costs expected to be $70,000.

Assistant Parks Director Lawrence Ellis reported that the council had budgeted $95,000 for the project.

Lawmakers also heard a report from Norman Abbott of the Puget Sound Regional Council, who said SeaTac is considered a regional growth center.

Abbot said an estimated 1.7 million people will move into the Puget Sound area between 2000 and 2040. About 1.2 million new jobs will be created in that time.

Growth managers continue to focus growth on metropolitan cities like Seattle and Bellevue and large cities, he continued, while dispersing growth to small cities or rural areas will be discouraged.

In other business, council members authorized an agreement to manage Canada geese at Angle Lake Park.

The program, managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will focus on sterilization of eggs and removal of waterfowl.