Comprehensive Plan and Administration

1. Introduction The City of Freeport, Texas (City) has been awarded a 2023 Resilient Communities Program ("RCP") Grant through the Texas General Land Office via the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant Mitigation funds (CDBG-MIT) to provide a forward-looking Comprehensive Plan that incorporates hazard mitigation plans. Therefore, the City is soliciting requests for proposals from professional consultants capable of creating a Comprehensive Plan and administering the grant that funds the Comprehensive Plan. 2. Background Freeport, Texas is a historic Gulf Coast industrial city and deepwater port known for chemical manufacturing and coastal recreation. Founded in 1912 by the Freeport Sulphur Company, it later merged with historic Velasco and became a major hub for Dow Chemical and port shipping. Sitting near the mouth of the Brazos River on the Gulf of America, it is home to approximately 10,600 residents. 3. Project Overview The Resilient Communities Program ("RCP") works to increase a community's resilience to disasters and reduce or eliminate the impact of future disasters. This project will Develop and Adopt a Comprehensive Plan for the City of Freeport. All work shall carry out the Planning Activities in strict accordance with the terms of GLO-approved Project guidelines, the terms of the grant contract, and the requirements of the GLO Implementation Manual and the RCP Application Guide. 4. Project Objectives The contractor shall conduct the below listed Planning Activities according to the requirements set forth below and in the RCP Application Guide. All Planning Activities performed under this Contract will result in the development and formal adoption by the City of Freeport of plans, codes, and/or ordinances. 5. Scope of Services Comprehensive Plan Contractor shall develop and adopt a Comprehensive Plan that must include, at a minimum, the following elements for all base studies. • Identification of local hazard risk(s), aligning with Subrecipient's local hazard mitigation plan, if one exists. • Population study providing an estimate of the current population and projection for population increase over the next 20 years. • Housing study describing the composition of the existing housing stock (including total number of units, number of single family and multifamily units, and vacancy rates) and a projection for the number of future housing units needed ten (10) years from the date of the plan, including the composition of said units (e.g., single family, multifamily). • Land Use Plan or study that formalizes long-term community goals into governing policies describing the land use of every parcel within the jurisdiction and including a future land use map that accounts for future population changes. The Land Use Plan shall describe the location and types of structures that may be built within a given jurisdictional area and may serve as guidance document for the development of local codes and zoning ordinances or equivalent enforcement mechanisms. The Land Use Plan shall contain, at a minimum, the following: 1) An integration of relevant portions of an applicable local hazard mitigation plan, if one exists; 2) Identification of local hazard risks; 3) Explanation of how the plan mitigates the identified local hazard risks; and 4) Zoning ordinances or equivalent enforcing regulations or code provisions that codify the plan upon adoption by the applicable governmental entity. • Infrastructure study that describes the water, wastewater, drainage, and streets systems, including length, width, materials, and condition or age (if available), as well as a capital improvement plan with proposed prioritized improvements to those systems. • Additional studies (e.g., environmental, economic, etc.) may also be included. • Zoning Ordinance(s), or similar governing regulation(s) or code provision(s), to support the adoption of the Comprehensive Plan. Each Zoning Ordinance o