2020/12/16 Council Agenda Packet

RFP #2020-073 • CITY OF EVERETT PARKS, RECREATION & OPEN SPACE PLAN which are worth pursuing. Beyond public revenue sources, we will provide the City with a framework to use when considering possible partnering opportunities. This work will be informed by the ongoing City efforts to solicit partnerships at key properties. MPD Evaluation. When the economy experiences a downturn, parks departments are often the first to feel budgetary constraints. While the pandemic has highlighted the central role parks play in civic life, the overall budget situation has also made dedicated funding more attractive. We will present an array of existing examples for how MPDs can be structured in Washington, and illustrate the strengths and weaknesses associated with each. The BERK team will provide City staff with an analysis of forming a MPD. We anticipate these considerations will include: Legal requirements and potential structure; Potential collected revenue and changes to expenses; and Interactions with State property tax limits, junior and senior taxing districts, and other iurisdictions. Impact Fee Program Design and Rate Study. The City is looking to expand its current impact fee program to include park impact fees. BERK will complete a study that meets the GMA requirements, frames the relevant issues for decisionmakers, and acts as a communication piece with community stakeholders, including developers. As a direct response to growth, the impact fee program will use portions of the larger PROS effort to identify future need and proportionate share of funding provided by impact fees. The level of service standards from Task 3 both determine the City's response to future growth and which capital projects will be impact fee eligible. We will work with staff to identify projects that fit the community's desires as expressed in public engagement, respond to the findings from the inventory assessment, and consider decision -maker priorities. Special attention will be paid to acquisition and development around future light rail stations. We will provide the City Project Team with a draft impact fee study that provides the maximum chargeable rate compared to the rates charged by Everett's peers. As needed, we will assist with ordinance and code language to ensure that Everett's park impact fees are compliant with legal requirements. We will assist City staff with commission, committee, and/ or Council presentations if staff feel that having art outside expert present would be helpful. Implementing parks impact fees as part of the larger overall PROS update provides significant value savings to the City cis crucial impact fee considerations are often overlooked during PROS planning. :1111 PROPOSAL • SUBMITTED OCTOBER 27, 2020 22