Request for Qualifications Comprehensive Land Use Plan Update

Bid Date estimated and vendors have until no later than 4/30/2027. The Consultant will be responsible for completing all tasks, deliverables, and final documentation associated with the Plan within twelve (12) months of the start date. The final Comprehensive Land Use Plan, including all required revisions following staff and community review, must be completed and delivered no later than April 30, 2027. The Consultants proposed project schedule shall:

• Identify major milestones, deliverables, and meetings; Show interim deadlines for draft reports, public engagement activities, and plan development phases; and Ensure adequate time for review by Town staff, the Planning Commission, and the Board of Mayor and Aldermen prior to the final adoption of the Plan.

Extensions to the project timeline will be considered the Town values its comprehensive plan and uses it extensively. As the Town continues to approach a build out of its vacant tracts, the next comprehensive plan will be critical in terms of providing guidance on what the community would like to see. With limited undeveloped land, another component of the next comprehensive plan will be a focus on infill and re-development. The next comprehensive plan will also need to thoroughly examine the transportation network in the Town and determine how to improve efficiency, particularly through its built environment. Key to all of this will be a program for robust community engagement guided by an outside entity. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen allocated money in the Towns budget to pursue this desire. The scope of work that the selected firm will be asked to deliver will include the following: 1. Meeting with the appropriate Town staff and officials to establish an overview of the Town, its critical undeveloped tracts, and to discuss the specifics of the project, and the desired outcomes. 2. Evaluate existing conditions in terms of planned projects (including transportation and park projects), existing land use, currently designated future land use, zoning, public spaces, natural areas, vacant lands, new development and re-development opportunities, and the overall transportation network both within the Town and the immediate vicinity of the Town. 3. Evaluate the market and socio-economic factors to determine what may be possible and/or in demand should it be something the community would want to provide for. 4. Develop and conduct a citizen engagement process with the goal of establishing a clear and realistic vision for desired land use and transportation elements associated with new development and re-development. The citizen engagement process must include components that will maximize desired input. This will involve, at a minimum, in person workshop sessions, surveys, and other forms of outreach coordinated with the appropriate Town staff. 5. Meet with Town staff and potential stakeholders and a steering committee to review public input. 6. Provide recommendations for the new Comprehensive Plan based on the results of the citizen engagement process. 7. Develop a draft of the Comprehensive Plan for additional community input. The Plan should heavily focus on images and illustrations to convey information so that it is easy to understand and follow. 8. Finalize the Comprehensive Plan and establish and prioritize an implementation program for the Town to be working on for the target year 2040 Farragut 2040. This should also include a schedule for periodic evaluation of the Plan and any updates that may be needed.