RFQ- ARTIST FOR THREE WATERFRONT PARKS Proposals Due: Friday, December 20, 2019 at 4:00 PM Pacific Time Submit by Email: to Kelly Chelin, City Clerk at: kchelin@kenmorewa.gov Budget: $143,473 (Design/Fabricate/Install) Please click here<http://www.kenmorewa.gov/sites/default/files/RFP_RFQ/Kenmore%20Parks_RFQ%20Final%20version.pdf> for a copy of the complete Call For Artists (RFQ 19-C2099), for more details. Description: The City of Kenmore is seeking an artist or artist team to develop artworks for three waterfront parks in the City of Kenmore, WA: * Log Boom Park: 17415 61st Avenue NE, Kenmore WA 98028 * Squire's Landing Park: 7353 NE 175th Street, Kenmore WA 98028 * Rhododendron Park: 6910 NE 170th Street, Kenmore WA 98028 Waterfront access improvements are planned at all three parks as part of a bond levy that passed in 2016. Construction is expected between 2020- 2023. These parks border the intertwined natural waterways ecosystem of Lake Washington, the Sammamish River and Swamp Creek. The three Kenmore parks will be grouped together for this public art opportunity. This approach gives an artist the prospect of creating stimulating, responsive artworks that showcase the interconnected waterway systems at work in Kenmore's natural environment. The primary goal is to have an artist create a set of linked public artworks that are genuinely integrated into the natural environment and physical conditions of the three parks. All artworks in each of the parks will uniquely highlight the special relationship Kenmore land has to the water and the varied shoreline edge. Background: Kenmore Washington is approximately 6.15 square miles in area, with roughly 39,000 lineal feet of shoreline on Lake Washington (21,000 lineal feet) and along the Sammamish River (18,000 lineal feet). Improving public access to Kenmore's waterfront is a priority. Many of the city's existing parks are located beside or contain a creek, river, or freshwater shoreline, wetlands or significant forested areas. The City has over seven miles of shoreline on Lake Washington and the Sammamish River but limited opportunities for public access. The City is unique in the abundance of natural systems that have defined Kenmore's community setting. More information about the three parks and the Call for Artists (RFQ 10-C2099) submittal requirements can be found here<http://www.kenmorewa.gov/sites/default/files/RFP_RFQ/Kenmore%20Parks_RFQ%20Final%20version.pdf> or on the City's webpage at: http://www.kenmorewa.gov/requestsforproposals. Thank you on behalf of the City of Kenmore, Maureen Colaizzi Parks Project Manager | City of Kenmore 18120 68th Ave NE | Kenmore, WA 98028 mcolaizzi@kemorewa.gov<mailto:mcolaizzi@kemorewa.gov> | www.kenmorewa.gov