This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Rye, New York. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

The City of Rye, New York is seeking qualified professional consultant(s) to facilitate a planning process culminating in the completion of a comprehensive plan that replaces the City's current Master Plan adopted in 1985. The City of Rye's Master Plan was completed in 1985. In 2017-2018, the City Council formed the Master Plan Task Force to assist with retaining a consultant and planning process for the completion of a new comprehensive plan. While there was extensive public engagement and submission of some draft sections of the plan, the plan was never completed. The City Council seeks to start the comprehensive planning process anew and requires a professional consultant to facilitate a public engagement process that culminates in the completion of a new comprehensive plan. The City Council desires a comprehensive planning process that captures a shared community vision with inclusive engagement and a plan document that identifies actionable goals, policies, and strategies for the next 10-20 years. The plan should be comprehensive and address a wide range of areas, including housing, environment, flooding, culture and recreation, business, transportation, historic preservation, and community facilities. Rye is an established community that has not witnessed significant overall population growth over the past 40 years, but shifting demographics, community values, and lifestyles have resulted in changes in the physical landscape and how best to manage and accommodate competing priorities. Rye is re-building and re-adapting existing buildings, infrastructure and community facilities to meet current needs, which has presented concerns regarding impacts to community character, environmental sustainability and natural resource protection, housing choice and affordability, traffic and pedestrian safety and flood hazard mitigation and resiliency. A new comprehensive plan should concisely identify community current conditions and anticipate future needs and demands based on local and regional trends. The plan should identify strategies that strike a balance between competing interests and the input from an engaged community.