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CITY OF LAKE FOREST PARK Contact Person: Mark Hofman, AICP, Community Development Director Email Address: mhofman@cityoflfp.gov Notice is hereby given that the City of Lake Forest Park, Washington (the City) seeks Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) in response to this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) . An SOQ submitted in response must be filed with the City at the address or email and submittal due date and time noted above. Scope of Services Washington State legislation passed and signed into law in 2023 (HB 1181) adds a climate goal to the Growth Management Act (GMA) and requires local comprehensive plans to have a climate element with resilience and greenhouse gas emissions mitigation sub-elements. In tandem with a recently drafted Climate Action Plan, the City is beginning a process to develop and include a Climate Element as part of a planned 2025 Comprehensive Plan amendment. This will be a new Element, along with resilience and greenhouse gas emissions mitigation sub-elements, developed with financial assistance from the Washington State Department of Commerce through their Climate Planning Grant Program. The city has been awarded a grant by the Department of Commerce in an amount not to exceed $500,000 to assist with the climate planning policies and development regulations work needed to comply with the climate planning requirements of the legislation. This climate planning work is distinct and separate from the ongoing periodic update of the Comprehensive Plan, due by December 2024. Under GMA, Lake Forest Park is required to complete the climate planning work by 2029. However, due to grant funding award and opportunity, Lake Forest Park can move forward its obligation and begin the climate planning work at this time, through June 2025. RFQ Evaluation Components/Criteria Submittal Requirements: SOQs shall be submitted with 1.) four hard copies and an electronic copy on a USB flash drive to the City at the address noted above, or 2.) via email to mhofman@cityoflfp.gov with the SOQ provided as an attachment in PDF format. Respondents assume the risk of the method of dispatch chosen. General questions related to this RFQ may be directed to Mark Hofman, Community Development Director, mhofman@cityoflfp.gov and questions via phone will not be accepted. Following the City staff evaluation of the qualifications received, selected firms may be invited to make oral presentations before the City's Evaluation Panel. The Qualifications will be the basis from which interested firms will be selected for interviews. The City's Project Manager will provide additional details outlining the preferred content of the presentation to each firm or team of firms that are invited to participate. Upon completion of the evaluations, the City's Evaluation Panel will determine the most qualified firm based on all materials and information presented. The City will then begin the negotiations for an agreement with the selected firm. The City reserves the right to interview in person or not. The City reserves the right to interview as many firms as it wishes. Interview criteria for the evaluation will be: o Team's experience working together o Team's project approach o Team's communication skills Compliance with Laws and Policies: In responding to this RFQ, all Consultants shall comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations, and by submitting agree to hold the City harmless against any and all claims arising from the consultant's violation thereof. The successful party must comply with the City's equal opportunity requirements. The City is committed to a program of equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, creed, sex, age, sexual orientation, nationality or disability. It is the City's policy to assure that no person shall, on the grounds of race, color, national origin or sex, as provided by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise discriminated against under any of its federally funded programs and activities. The City encourages disadvantaged, minority, and women-owned consultant firms to respond.