This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Eliot, Maine. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

The Town of Eliot is seeking proposals from qualified and experienced organizations or firms to assist the Town with its Comprehensive Plan Update. Our Comprehensive Plan was last updated in 2009. The Update will be launched in late September and is expected to last about 12 to 15 months. The result will be an updated Comprehensive Plan that will guide community growth and investments in community quality of life. The Update will be informed by extensive public engagement and guided by a Comprehensive Plan Committee made up of citizens, representatives of stakeholder organizations, and liaisons from Town boards/committees, as well as a Youth Advisory Council. We expect it to be a community-owned and community-approved plan that is consistent with Maines Growth Management Act. The Budget Committee and Select Board have recommended, and voters have approved, a $35,000 budget for the Comprehensive Plan Update. Responsibilities for the Update will be shared by the selected consultant, Town Planning office, volunteers, and others. Some aspects of the Update will dovetail with other existing planning efforts in Town, such as our Community Resilience Partnership climate change planning efforts now being done with SMPDC and partner communities in Southern Maine. Accounting for other anticipated expenses, it is expected that the available consultant budget will be approximately $30,000. This will not be a complete rewrite of the 2009 plan, but it will involve assessing that plans content (including its vision, existing conditions, and goals/policies/strategies) to determine what will carry forward, what should change, and what new information and recommendations will need to be added to address emerging issues and community priorities. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time.