Monday, March 18, 2024

City looking for consultant to do parking management plan

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The city of Leavenworth is sending out a request for proposals or RFQ for development of a parking management plan. The draft request was presented to the city’s economic development committee, at their last meeting. 

And since then, the draft request was sent to the Chamber and Port of Chelan County, which are partnering on this study. 

“We’re estimating the cost of the study to be $40,000 to $50,000. Although we don’t have signed documents, the Port has committed to $30,000, the Chamber has committed $10,000 and the city’s parking fund should pay the other $10,000,” said City Administrator Joel Walinski, at the March 14 Leavenworth City Council meeting. 

The full cost will not be known until a scope of the study is established, Walinski said. 

“We’ll go through the process and receive responses to the RFQ. The committee that will be doing the selecting will have representation from the Port, our economic development team and also members of the chamber board. They will look at the RFQ’s, and select a consultant. We’ll have a conversation on finalizing the scope of work and the cost,” Walinski said. 

The stakeholders are the business people and residents, he said. As the process moves forward, Walinski said they will be getting input from both residents, business owners and employees on the parking issues. 

The identified tasks within the request include outreach to the community via possible interviews, public meeting and/or surveys. It in anticipated, the study will be completed before the end of the year. 

Ian Dunn can be reached at 548-5286 or editor@leavenworthecho.com.

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