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Page 8 of 31 <br />SECTION 2 – SCOPE OF WORK <br /> <br />2.1 BACKGROUND AND INTENT <br />The City of Everett is the largest city in Snohomish County, Washington, and serves a diverse community <br />of nearly 112,000 residents. Located 25 miles north of Seattle, the city is nestled between Port Gardner <br />Bay and the Snohomish River. North Everett’s quaint and historic downtown is home to a vibrant art, <br />social and cultural scene, including family-oriented festivals. Founded as a mill town, Everett today is the <br />home of The Boeing Company and vibrant business culture. Everett is a desirable community for families. <br />In and around Everett, recreation opportunities abound. The city maintains a large network of parks and <br />offers recreational programs and experiences on a year-round basis. <br />The City of Everett recognizes trees as essential to improving environmental quality, climate resilience, <br />and community wellbeing. As a long-standing Tree City USA for over 30 years, Everett has existing policies <br />and programs in place to support urban forestry, however, there is a gap in meeting the true potential of <br />Everett's urban forest. <br />The city currently lacks an overarching strategy to manage and sustain its public trees. The overall <br />objective is to improve Everett’s urban forest, and in turn, its climate resiliency, economic vitality, <br />equitable distribution of tree canopy, and quality of life. The intent and expected outcome of this <br />solicitation process is to: <br />1) identify key urban forestry needs, establish a timeline with benchmarks, and produce a document <br />reflecting interdepartmental commitment to adopt an overarching path to advance Everett’s urban <br />forest; <br />2) complete a tree inventory to understand current tree stocking levels, locations, species distribution, <br />age distribution, condition, and future planting sites; <br />3) purchase and train staff to utilize urban tree management software to maintain its urban forest asset. <br />The City has $78,500 for both the tree inventory and tree maintenance software, half from a grant from <br />the State of Washington Department of Natural Resources, Exhibit A, and half as agency matching funds. <br />Additionally, the City may also use American Rescue Plan (ARPA) funds, Exhibit B, for this work. <br />Part A of the solicitation is for the tree inventory report and tree data. The awarded consultant must <br />provide the tree data in a specified tree management software system. <br />Part B of the solicitation is an award for a commercial off the shelf* tree software solution. The software <br />system must include a way to interface with the public regarding the City’s tree inventory. Part B is <br />specifically intended for software firms with proven experience in tree canopy inventory management <br />supporting local government, which includes County, City, etc. <br />Companies may propose for either or both parts of the solicitation. If proposing for both Part A and Part <br />B, then describe how your services and solution meets the need in each of the individual parts, as well as <br />how the services and software provide a complete solution. <br />*Commercial off the shelf means that the software is standardized, and common code is shared among <br />the customer base. It is configurable with no need for code customization.