The City of Vancouver, WA is the fourth largest city in the state and largely recognized as an extension of the greater Portland, OR metropolitan area. The city has experienced significant growth in recent years and has taken steps to dramatically redevelop its downtown and waterfront amenities along the northern bank of the Columbia River. […]
The “Tri-Cities” region of Eastern Washington is among the fastest growing areas in the state consisting of the cities of Richland, Pasco and Kennewick. To address the impact of growth on its utilities, and to align the utility rates with updated financial policy drivers, our team was initially engaged by the City of Richland to […]
As the fifth largest city in Oregon, the City of Hillsboro (pop. 107K), is a rapidly growing community within the greater Portland metropolitan area. Our team has assisted the city for over two decades on financial, economic and planning projects including preparing the funding element of the citywide transportation system plan, calculating development impact fees […]
Portland’s wholesale agreement, defining the terms and conditions of service for 19 separate water providers, will expire in 2026. After 20 years of experience with the existing agreement, Portland and many wholesale providers wanted to make key changes to redefine certain aspects of the service provided, the allocation of costs, and sharing of regional risks. […]
The Columbia/Snake River system is the largest wheat export gateway in the U.S. Almost half of the wheat exports arrive by barges moving through the Columbia/Snake River system. It is estimated that each year over 3.5M (4.2M in 2020) metric tons of commodities currently move through the lower Snake River locks. The Pacific Northwest Waterways […]
Located on the shores of Commencement Bay, the City of Tacoma is an industrial port city and the third largest (pop. 220K) in the State of Washington. Because Tacoma and dozens of regional cities have a direct impact on surface waters feeding into Puget Sound, the increasing costs of meeting National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System […]