2020/12/16 Council Agenda Packet

RFP #2020-073 • CITY OF EVERETT PARKS, RECREATION & OPEN SPACE PLAN E. What characteristics most distinguish your organization from your competitors? Unmatched Experience BERK and our partners are a cohesive team of consultants with the expertise and experience to support the City in the successful completion of this Plan to ensure approval by RCO. We have worked with many Puget Sound communities on similar plans, ail of which have been adopted and approved and are actively being used by City staff to help their communities create their best futures. Our team's combined expertise in land use planning, policy, financial analysis, and engagement make us ideally suited to support this work. At BERK, we feel that planning projects cannot be successful without robust financial analysis and community outreach and engagement. Prior Experience Working Together Members of our project team have worked with one another on other similar projects in the region. BERK and Perteet are currently working on state transportation studies and a community planning project in nearby Arlington. BERK and EMC have worked together on parks and planning studies, including for the Pierce County PROS Update and Kenmore Parks and Transportation public engagement. Forterra was a partner with BERK on transfer of development rights projects in Issaquah and Puyallup, the Clark County Rural Lands Study, and the Snohomish County Southwest UGA Boundary planning study. BERK and Kids Lund have worlcecl on state policy projects and are currently both involved in the King County Lower Green River Plan EIS. Efficient Use of Resources Because we have deep familiarity with the City, the RCO requirements, and the tasks required for this work, as well cis with each other, we will be able to efficiently use City and staff resources to complete this project on -time and on -budget. Over the years we have worked on PROS plans for communities large and small, including county -level projects, and through that experience have fine-tuned our approach to key elements of the approach outlined in this proposal. We have figured out what works, and what does not, and know when to leverage City staff and when to work in the background. We understand the balance of communication and self-sufficiency, cis well cis the importance of creating lasting bonds between City staff and the community, which will persist long after the consultant team has finished the work. We will bring all of these lessons learned to bear on this project, ensuring a successful and fulfilling process for all parties as well as approval by RCO for funding in the coming years. 0j I PROPOSAL • SUBMITTED OCTOBER 27, 2020 11