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The City of San Gabriel ("City") is updating its General Plan and invites qualified consulting firms ("Consultant") to respond to this Request for Proposals (RFP). The effort will include comprehensively updating the City's existing 2004 General Plan and adding new relevant topics such as best planning practices and complying with legislative mandates. The update process will be a collaborative multi-year engagement with stakeholders, community members, interested citizens, decisionmakers, and City staff. Stakeholders may include independent experts, academic institutions, artists, designers, non-profits and experts drawn from the community whose work will add value to the General Plan Update. The purpose of this RFP is to identify and select a consulting firm with a proven track record of accomplishments in preparing a comprehensive General Plan update, accompanying zoning ordinances and maps, and related environmental review in conformance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) necessary for approval of the General Plan. The Consultant for this project should be multi-disciplinary and shall include expertise in all appropriate areas of the General Plan and zoning ordinance development as outlined in the most recent Office of Planning and Research (OPR) General Plan Guidelines. The General Plan Update is intended to address land use opportunities that should be explored based on comments received from the community, compatibility, and strategic locations that will promote thoughtful and intentional growth, development, and enhancements. The General Plan update should also address how current and future technology, such as telecommuting, video conferencing, same-day retail delivery, etc., might affect the livability of the community and how infrastructure, parking lots, and community access might be affected. The proposal must include an approach, estimated timeline, costs for all proposed tasks, list all project consultants, and address all the components of the Scope of Work.