In collaboration with a cross-disciplinary team of planners, urban designers, architects, and civil engineers, we prepared the economic development components of a 20-year land use master plan for the Port Madison Indian Reservation. Major elements included a strategic assessment of the strengths and challenges of the Suquamish properties relative to the competitive regional environment for retail, office, industrial, and housing uses; and a pro forma analysis of the development economics for key projects and parcels; all in the context of and with a strong appreciation for tribal economic, cultural, and land use goals and constraints. The final product is a Plan for future economic development investments, including the identification of opportunities and priorities in five-year phases.

For the City of Yakima, we led the effort to update the financial element of the Regional Transportation Plan. The Financial Plan identified all relevant transportation funding options for different transportation modes in the Yakima Valley, including federal, state, and local sources. The analysis included review and summary of transportation revenues and expenditures, fund sources, expenditures by capital, operations, maintenance, and administration category, and forecast over the life of the Plan; and organization of funding options according to the likelihood of securing funding. The summary financial program included a reassessment of the Plan and level of service standards, and an associated adjustment of project priorities and timing.

On behalf of the State Office of Financial Management, we comprehensively analyzed the Department's capital budgeting, planning and management processes. The analysis involved review of the Department's capital projects and contracts database, to identify trends, patterns and to develop a project delivery performance assessment; detailed data analysis using multiple graphs, charts and summary exhibits for busy decision-makers; a best practices profile and comparative assessment based on interviews with agencies across the country; and development of a prioritized set of recommended system and process improvements. Based on our recommendations, the 2007 Legislature approved a proviso asking the Department to prepare an Implementation Plan; we assisted the agency in responding to the proviso requirements.

In support of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee�s performance audit of the public health mission of the Department of Health, we researched, documented and evaluated the structure and organization of public health in all fifty states and provided in-depth profiles of the public health systems of ten states. In our national review of public health systems, we documented how responsibility and authority for public health activities is divided among state, local, and regional agencies in all states, and identified promising practices and the "most current thinking" on key organizational issues. For the in-depth profiles of selected states, we identified organizational characteristics that contribute to optimal system efficiency and effectiveness.

Working with the City and the Port, we undertook long-term financial analysis and a joint transportation funding strategy process. We developed 20-year transportation capital revenue projections for the City, and assessed the financial implications of proposed transportation system improvements for both agencies. This required analysis of the shifting air travel climate post-9/11 as related to the number of people using the airport and their parking patterns, and included preparation of dozens of alternative future financial scenarios. The final product was a comprehensive Plan of Finance for the preferred funding alternative, and presentations to the City, Port, and parking business operators affected by the alternatives.

Development of the Library District's 20-year Capital Facilities Plan, including demographic and policy analysis, report writing and presentations to the Library's Board of Trustees. We also assisted the District in forming a new stakeholder group;the Sno-Isle Libraries Capital Facilities Planning Advisory Board; and designed and facilitated the Advisory Board's meetings. Advisory Board members are community leaders representing rural, suburban and urban communities in Snohomish and Island Counties, including county and city elected officials and staff. The Final Plan includes a summary of contextual findings; population and usage trends; clear, directive District policies and goals to guide capital decision-making; a summary of facility needs; and a funding and implementation plan that establishes a financially feasible, time-based plan for the identified capital improvements. The Plan uses graphics and concise summaries to ensure accessibility and ease of reading.