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The City of Kent, Washington ("City") is seeking a multidisciplinary consultant team (which may be a single firm or a consultant team consisting of individuals and/or firms with specialized expertise) to update the city's Comprehensive Plan. The City is seeking a multidisciplinary consultant team (which may be a single firm or a consultant team consisting of individuals and/or firms with specialized expertise) to update the City's Comprehensive Plan. This plan will provide elected and appointed officials, city staff, city residents, and the business and development community with a comprehensive, consistent, and culturally relevant plan to guide the City's decision-making and development over the next 20 years, to the year 2044. Coordinate and support a robust public participation process for this periodic update. Prepare and produce high quality public outreach materials graphically and in writing describing facts, findings, analysis, and alternatives for public meetings, open houses, webpage, and hearings. Efforts should be made to coordinate with the City's Race and Equity Manager and with the Race and Equity Strategic Plan to ensure diverse and meaningful input is incorporated into the plan. Prepare presentations and supporting materials to present alongside city staff at public hearings, meetings, and workshops. The purpose of these meetings will be to provide an overview of the update process, present progress updates, receive citizen, elected official, commission members, and staff comments, and present the draft and final report and ancillary materials to the Land Use and Planning Board and City Council. Presentations incorporated into the public participation should include, but not be limited to the following: General Workshops/Open Houses for the public (3 to 5) Public meetings/presentations to Land Use and Planning Board & City Council Committee or Workshop (4 to 6) Land Use and Planning board public hearing (1 to 2) Presentations to the City Council's Economic and Community Development Committee (1 to 2) Review and update the existing Comprehensive Plan maps and text, and all related documents developed and utilized by the City of Kent. (The consultant team will be expected to use the Department of Commerce periodic update checklists to illustrate how Kent's existing Comprehensive Plan compares against the latest requirements of GMA.) Update the elements and appendices to reflect the past changes and future trends and desired outcomes of the community, ensure internal consistency with other adopted plans (I.e., TMP, Housing Plan, Parks Plan), external consistency with Countywide and Regional goals, and eliminate unnecessary redundancies: Chapter 1.0 Profile and Vision - revise and update. Chapter 2.0 Land Use Element - update as necessary, including the land use capacity analysis and new growth projections, to ensure relevance of existing policies and recommend new policies if gaps are identified to help direct growth and development within the urban area. New growth projections should be studied in the context of potential mandates for increased density in single-family zones, as well as in the context of existing subarea plans (how new growth projections are or are not planned for adequately in those plans). Develop potential alternative growth scenarios in tandem with utility planning. Chapter 3.0 Housing Element - update element to be consistent with the Kent Housing Options Plan, the Countywide Planning Policies including new requirements coming in mid-2022 from the Department of Commerce as well as any new requirements in the Countywide Planning Policies that come from the Affordable Housing Committee and the Growth Management Planning Council. Chapter 4.0 Transportation Element - Update element to be consistent with recently adopted Transportation Master Plan, and update the technical assumptions from that work to 2044 in a separate technical memorandum. Chapter 5.0 Parks & Recreation Element - Work with parks department staff to update this element to ensure continuity with the Parks and Open Space Plan. This shall include reviewing, coordinating, and complementing other consultants currently retained by the city to update the Parks Capital Improvement Plan. Chapter 6.0 Utilities Element - Review current plans to determine consistency and recommend changes to ensure consistency with other plan elements while paying attention to potential growth and infrastructure needs. Consider potential utility investment and carrying capacity in the context of housing goals. Coordinate with ongoing update to sewer master plan, including modeling infrastructure needs for growth alternatives identified as part of land use element update. Chapter 7.0 Human Services Element - Review, update and revise as necessary. Chapter 8.0 Economic Development - Review, update, and revise as necessary and incorporate existing plan documents. Chapter 9.0 Capital Facilities Element - Review, update, and revise as necessary, with input from city staff from all relevant departments. Chapter 10.0 Shoreline - Review, update and revise as necessary. Chapter 11.0 Climate - New Climate Element that consolidates existing climate policies, aligns within CPPs, MPPs, and the Joint Climate Commitments (K4C), and realistically lays the groundwork for achievable climate outcomes for the city. Appendices - Review, update, incorporate into the plan or eliminate as needed. Review the Critical Areas Ordinance and draft a memo of recommended and required changes that are consistent with comprehensive plan policies, Department of Ecology requirements, and Department of Commerce guidance. Depending on recommended changes, city staff may finalize the code amendment or add additional services to have the consultant update using in-house services or subcontractors. Undertake the primary responsibility for editing and writing a cohesive, comprehensive plan document. This will include editing existing text or drafting new clear, concise text and policies supported by information in existing records, new plans and studies, data analysis, public input, best practices, and successful application in other jurisdictions. Work with Multimedia team to ensure formatting is compatible with City standards. Preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement that summarizes the impacts of the 2024 Comprehensive Plan and potential adjustments to development regulations. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time.