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REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

COUNTY OF HANCOCK

The City of Waveland, Mississippi, will receive proposals for:

City Planning Services for 2026 Comprehensive Plan

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

at WAVELAND CITY HALL LOCATED AT 301 COLEMAN AVE., WAVELAND, MISSISSIPPI or electronically through the Plan House (wavelandmsbids.com), until 2:00 P.M.

CST, December 17, 2026. Proposals should be in a sealed envelope. The city will open the packets at the Regular Metting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen that evening, December 17th at 6:30 P.M. The consultant does not need to be present. The city will create a committee to review the packets and possibly schedule interviews with one or more of the firms before making a final decision to recommend to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.

Summary

The City of Waveland, Mississippi is in search of professional city planning services for completing research and preparing the 2026 Waveland Comprehensive Plan. The intent of this project is to provide comprehensive research to form policy to increase the quality of life of the City of Waveland, its economic development prospects, balanced mobility, recreation opportunity, design quality, and environmental integrity. The process is expected to stimulate significant public review, random surveys, discussion on issues and alternatives through public meetings, interviews, and surveys. The consultant will provide professional planning services to complete the 2026 Comprehensive Plan. The effort will include an implementation program including development code revisions expanding on the City’s current transect based coding for the City’s zoning and subdivision ordinances. The anticipated award date is January, 2026. The city would like to begin work on the new comprehensive plan in February, 2026 and anticipates the process being completed no later than August, 2026.

Community/City Background

Waveland has seen considerable growth and change since the adoption of its 2009 Comprehensive Plan. Our goal is to preserve the small-town and rural character of our community while supporting its sustainability, smart growth, economic vitality, and fiscal stability. We are all deeply committed to exploring ways to uphold these core values. Waveland, Mississippi, with a population of 7,250, is situated in Hancock County along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. One of Waveland's notable features is Buccaneer State Park, which offers 343 acres of beachfront land, a water park, over 300 campsites, and a 1.8-mile nature trail. Since experiencing total devastation from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the City has been in a rebuilding phase. In recent years, Waveland has experienced remarkable growth, and this positive trend seems to be continuing.

Project Budget/Schedule

The project budget has not been established. Interested consultants should provide a scope of work and a practical budget for undertaking the project. The City intends to select a consultant and begin work on updating the current Comprehensive Plan by January of 2026.

Task

The City of Waveland, Mississippi is requesting proposals to lead the community in the preparation and adoption of an update to the 2009 Comprehensive Plan. The planning horizon for the updated plan will be 2040. The City seeks a consultant that will guide the creation of a community vision for growth and development policies and implementation strategies. The consultant must be skilled in helping our community agree on a vision and the methods to achieve it.

The consultant should consider:

An extensive and thorough public participation process including neighborhood-based workshops, focus group interviews, web based and social media interaction.

Random sample survey of each ward.

The development of goals, objectives and strategies for achieving the vision of the City.

Land Use Analysis with emphasis on land markets, build out analysis and future supply and demand.

Future Housing Needs Assessment.

Balanced mobility including greenways, bike trails, and pedestrian elements.

Urban design and architectural analysis with particular attention to transect planning concepts, alterative zoning districts and city form.

An implementation program to include appropriate policy and project recommendations and performance measures for implementation accountability.

Suggestions for zoning and subdivision ordinance updates.

Interaction with local school districts to determine needs.

Develop a Downtown Master Plan for the downtown area, with a high emphasis on parking and future growth.

Develop a Parks, Recreation and Open Space Master Plan.

Deliverable Product

The consultant will provide 20 copies of the final Comprehensive Plan to the City upon adoption of the Plan. All data and information that has been collected through the process shall be provided in digital and hard copies. All documents must be available in electronic format, text in MS Word and Adobe PDF. All digital files must also be in .shp form for GIS applications.

Submission

Interested parties should describe their approach to the project. The responses should be brief, yet descriptive enough for the City to understand the method the submitter will undertake. At a minimum, the submitter should describe how they would propose accomplishing the major tasks associated with the project.

The contact for this project is Lisa Planchard, lplanchard@waveland-ms.gov , City Clerk for Waveland.

No oral questions will be answered. If additional information or clarification is desired, requests should be made in writing via email or US Mail to Lisa Planchard. Written Responses will be provided Thursday all submitters via email. Questions shall be submitted by December 7, 2026.

Publish Thursday, 11/27/26 and Thursday 12/4/26.

Lisa Planchard, CAO/City Clerk 228-467-4134

Waveland, Mississippi