The City of Chehalis is requesting proposals from qualified firms to provide professional planning
and community engagement services to update the Chehalis Comprehensive Plan and Chehalis
Park Plan. The City of Chehalis is the county seat for Lewis County WA and has a population just
over 7,500. Population projectionsshow the City growing to over 23,000 by 2045 with a potential
to be much higher.
Chehalisis a community of historic charm and character with a downtown of charming boutiques,
inviting eateries, an active Port, and vibrant commercial center. We are seeing unprecedented
growth in our residential sectors. The City has a large urban growth area located on the south
side of the City where the majority of the growth has been happening.
The City seeks assistance with updating the comprehensive plan, development regulations, and
park plan to meet the many recent changes in local conditions and state law, make the
documents useable for grants and other funding opportunities and infrastructure planning, while
providing for housing and job growth, and rounding all of this out with understandable
development regulations. There is a need to identify citizen concerns, values, and vision, and
provide the solid foundation for the future of the City as should be found in the comprehensive
plan and park plan. The City is also excited to explore avenues new to the community such as
neighborhood planning.
The comprehensive plan, associated regulations, and critical areas ordinance must all be
submitted to the Washington Department of Commerce for review and approval no later than
June 30, 2025. While these updates are taking place, the City will also be working on the Critical
Areas Ordinance, Downtown Master Plan and Centralia Chehalis Airport Master Plan, which are
not included in this request.
Role of Consultant
The Consultant will be responsible for: 1) working with the city to develop a
community/stakeholder outreach program; 2) helping facilitate community/stakeholder
meetings 3) draft updates to the comprehensive plan, development regulations, and park plan;
and 4) work with the planning commission and city council through the adoption of these
documents.
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