2008/04/16 Council Agenda Packet

CITY OF EVERETT PUBLIC WORKS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS GATEWAY STREETSCAPE PLAN The City of Everett is requesting Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for a gateway streetscape plan. The work will include review of the City's Comprehensive Plan to include the Urban Design Element and the Economic Development along with an overview of major arterial streets that move traffic into the city, across the city or entry points into designated neighborhood boundary. The Plan should identify the general entry way locations in the City that should be developed as "Gateways" into the City. Gateways are a short distinct entry streetscape feature that indicates to entrants that the area is of significance to the city. Gateways may include specialized landscape elements, entry signs, art work or planters that announce the beginning or ending of something. Gateways can also enhance the identification of entering into one of Everett's designated neighborhoods at arterial entry points. Gateways can lead into the beginning of a residential street or be the beginning of a boulevard treatment for a major arterial street. Boulevard treatments may include specialized landscaped treatments, or street lighting, bus shelters, specialized signage or planters that are,designed and uniform for small areas like bus stops or that could run for several blocks after a gateway or in a high pedestrian active area like approaches to schools, hospitals or business areas. The work may include: identifying the boulevard areas of major arterial streets that move traffic into the city, across the city or through one of the major arterials within the many designated neighborhoods within the City, and identifying existing city easement rights of way that could be landscaped to complement a gateway or boulevard treatment programs as appropriate. The consultant is expected to recommend development, implementation, and maintenance responsibility for each type of area related to ownership of the property. These will likely include recommending proposed policies to address private property owner compliance with ongoing maintenance responsibility of the gateway or boulevard treatment. The consultant may develop a menu of treatments that include landscape, street lighting, bus shelters, signage and planters design standards for gateways into the city, gateways into neighborhoods and boulevard areas that seek to balance their aesthetic appeal, environmental location, development cost and on-going maintenance and operating costs. The gateway and boulevard streetscape plan should include alternatives that could be developed over the next several years or as redevelopment occurs. Work is expected to include making recommendations of a prioritized list of gateway 6 treatment locations into the city, into neighborhood areas, into the downtown area, a prioritized list of boulevard treatment locations for the downtown area, major arterial streets and high pedestrian traffic area. SAMSadler\WORD\Maint Sup\gateway rfp 040408.doc