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Request for Proposals - Consultant Services

Comprehensive Plan Update
The City of Olathe, Kansas
Submittal Deadline: January 15, 2008

The City of Olathe, Kansas, is seeking creative and innovative proposals
from qualified planning consultant firms for the purpose of revising and
updating the City of Olathe's Comprehensive Plan.

Olathe began as a small community, growing slowly in both area and
population.  In the years following World War II, like many suburban
communities, Olathe experienced a considerable increase in growth and
development.  Between 1950 and 2000, Olathe's population increased from
5,170 to 92,962.  Today, the City of Olathe covers approximately 60
square miles with a total planning area of 92 square miles and has a
population of more than 120,000.  Over the past five years, Olathe has
experienced an average annual growth of 3,200 people, 1,400 housing
units, and 725,000 square feet of non-residential building.  Updating
the Comprehensive Plan will help guide the City's growth for many years
into the future.

Olathe is located on the Kansas side of the Kansas City Metropolitan
area and is twenty miles southwest of downtown Kansas City along
Interstate I-35.

The City of Olathe's existing Comprehensive Plan was adopted in April
1997 and has been updated a number of times since its adoption. During
the intervening years, the implementation of the Plan has primarily
centered on the Plan's Goals & Objectives, Policies, and Land Use Map.

At their September 19, 2006 meeting, the Olathe City Council determined
that there was a need to update the Comprehensive Plan.  In order to
establish the extent of the update, the City Council provided names of
individuals to serve on a Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee (CPAC).
On December 19, 2006, the City Council adopted a resolution formally
creating the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee. The purpose of the
Committee was to decide on the extent of the revisions and provide
guidance on the scope and direction of the Comprehensive Plan update.On
June 12, 2007, the Committee forwarded a recommendation on the proposed
scope of the Comprehensive Plan update to the City Council.

In a series of meetings held between February and July 2007, CPAC
identified the following items to be included in the scope of updating
the Plan:

*	Review of Old Goals and Objectives and Addition of New
Priorities 
*	Need to Incorporate Recent Corridor and Vicinity Plans 
*	Promotion of a Sustainable Community 
*	Revitalization and Redevelopment of Existing Areas 
*	Examination of Fiscal Impacts 
*	Need to Revise Land Use Categories 
*	Incorporation of Visuals 
*	Inclusion of Web Based Component 
*	Public Involvement 

The update of the Comprehensive Plan will look ahead for new
opportunities and revisit the past by looking at areas that require
improvement. The update will include a review of the Plan's goals and
objectives and consideration of new goals, objectives, and policies, all
of which will require alignment with the City of Olathe's Strategic
Plan.  The City's Strategic Plan establishes the overarching areas of
concentration for each City department.  These areas of concentration
are:

*	Diversity 
*	Economic Sustainability 
*	Transportation 
*	Downtown 
*	Active Lifestyle 
*	Public Safety 
*	Public Services & Administration 

One of the primary reasons for revising and updating the City's
Comprehensive Plan is the need to revise land use categories for the
Plan's Land Use map.  

Currently, the Comprehensive Plan Land Use map divides land uses into
five (5) categories: Residential, Non-Residential, Public
Building/Schools, Parks and Open Space, and Future Growth Area. The Land
Use map is updated biannually to reflect changes in the land use
designations, but no update to the land use categories has occurred
since the Plan's adoption in 1997.  The update and revision process will
require the designation of land uses for the City's entire growth area.

The intended final product will be a Comprehensive Plan that includes
updated goals, objectives, and policies that emphasize the City's
Strategic Plan, revised land use categories, and a new land use map.
The final product's goals, objectives, and policies will provide the
City with guidance on how to address issues such as infrastructure
improvements, balanced housing choices, economic development, parks and
open space, retail growth, schools, citizens' quality of life, and
downtown revitalization.
More information and a copy of the RFP can be found at
http://www.olatheks.org/Finance/Purchasing/Bids
<http://www.olatheks.org/Finance/Purchasing/Bids>  and then click the
"Current Bid Opportunities" link.

 

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