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RFP #2020-073 • CITY OF EVERETT PARKS, RECREATION & OPEN SPACE PLAN <br />B. Describe the qualifications of your company, <br />its business experience and achievements. <br />We are an integrated, multi -disciplinary team with an innovative approach that recognizes <br />the interrelationships among growth, access to healthy living opportunities, community and <br />economic development, service delivery, and fiscal and environmental sustainability. Even <br />before COVID-1 9, parks were an integral component of neighborhoods and the community, <br />Since COVID-1 9, we have found that outdoor recreation, parks, and open spaces are safe <br />and viable options for community members to socialize, recreate, and spend time outdoors <br />safely. As parks are such an important element of the community, we have ensured that our <br />proposed processes for community outreach and engagement are inclusive and accessible. <br />Our team has: <br />VI <br />g <br />Local knowledge from our work with the City and County, as well cis our partners' <br />specific experience on local parks planning projects, ADA transitions plans, and the <br />Green Everett Partnership. BERK has worked with the City on the Benchmarking, <br />Organizational Structure and Tax Burden Analysis. We also worked with Snohomish <br />County to consider Parks Level of Service Standards in support of their Parks Element <br />and overall Comprehensive Plan. <br />Regional PROS experience and best practices drawn from our work with Burlington <br />PROS, Port Townsend PROS, Renton Trail and Bicycle Plan, SeaTac PROS, Sumner Parks <br />and Trails Plan, and Pierce County PROS. <br />Extensive Park Master Plans including Perteet's work on the South Everett Forest <br />Preserve Masterplan Phase 1, as well as the Trailhead and Trail Project and restoration <br />projects for the II Hill and Harborview Parks. <br />Local community planning experience including Forterra's many years of work on the <br />Green Everett Partnership project, <br />Recreation Demand and Market Studies around the region including for Seattle, SeaTac, <br />Port Townsend, Bremerton, Poulsbo, and the Si View Metropolitan Parks District. <br />Successful strategies to engage a diverse community in ways that are sensitive to the <br />current health crisis and avoid outreach fatigue. <br />Expert project management with a commitment to delivering a high -quality, durable <br />plan on -time and on -budget in collaboration with the City. BERK has worked with Perfect, <br />Forterra, EMC, and Lund Consulting on projects across the state and our firms share a <br />commitment to high quality, responsive, and solutions -oriented work. <br />11 PROPOSAL • SUBMITTED OCTOBER 27, 2020 2 <br />