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Kittitas County Bowling Alley/Festival Hall Development Request for Proposals (RFP) 1.0 Introduction Kittitas County (hereinafter “The County” or “County”), has hereby issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) from interested and qualified firms to assist in reviewing development proposals based upon a long term property interest in the form of a lease, lease with option to buy or purchase for remodeling the existing Bowling Alley structure to be a multi-use facility with the minimum items listed in the 2016 Event Center Master Plan. The proposed facility will provide meeting/conference room space that can be used for a wide variety of events during the Fair and also during the rest of the year, with related supporting amenities including a kitchen to allow use as a banquet and party hall, and any other reasonably compatible uses. 2.0 Background Kittitas County purchased the Rodeo Bowl in 2015 as it was within the “footprint” of the possible expansion of the Fairgrounds and Event Center property. The 2016 Kittitas County Event Center Master Plan describes this structure as a future Festival Hall, with various features. The objective of this RFP is to retain the services of a qualified firm to perform preliminary review of future development proposals to ensure compliance with the Master Plan and community benefit along with consideration of lease and purchase options. 3.0 Scope of Work The following list has examples of what is anticipated to be considered in the planning but not intended to be limiting: 3.1 Determination of commercially reasonable value of the property in question at various times/stages in the development of the project to help the County consider pricing that is flexible and realistic. 3.2 Assist in developing an RFP for development of the property as described above. 3.3 Assessment of any proposals for development consistent with the Master Plan, including the possibility of development on a larger scale (for example, a hotel that includes the amenities and features listed in the Master Plan), and including development of criteria for assessing the proposal with regard to the possible benefits to the County and the overall merits of any proposal/proponent. 3.4 Legal (zoning/code) impediments to such development, and possible responses/options for compliance for such.