[Consultantservices] RFP posted Tuesday, January 16, 2007, 2:25 p.m.

[Grace Williams]

AICP has adopted the following policy:
The AICP Commission requests that entities soliciting planning
consultants follow a two-part RFQ/RFP selection procedure.
<http://www.planning.org/consultant/consult2.html
<blocked::BLOCKED::http://www.planning.org/consultant/consult2.html> >
to read a description of such a two-part process in PAS Report 443,
Selecting and Retaining a Planning Consultant: RFPs, RFQs, Contracts,
and Project Management, by Eric Damian Kelly, FAICP. To view more
excerpts from the report, <http://www.planning.org>
<http://www.planning.org>/consultant/choose.htm> /consultant/choose.htm
  
Request for Proposals - Consultant Services  

Affordable Housing Market Analysis
Greater Iowa City Metropolitan Area, Johnson County, Iowa
Submittal Deadline:  February 16, 2007

Background
The metropolitan area of Iowa City, Coralville, University Heights,
North Liberty and Tiffin in southeast Iowa includes a population of
approximately 85,000 people.  Iowa City is the oldest and largest city
within the metropolitan area.  It was founded in 1858 and had a reported
population of 63,027 in the 2000 Census.  These communities have
experienced varying rates of growth since 2000 spanning from 2% to 14%.
During this period housing construction has been active with an average
of 1,155 units built per year.  The majority of the units have been
constructed in Iowa City and North Liberty.  Between 2000 and 2006, the
median price of housing in Iowa City increased 45%, from $130,000 to
$188,000.

Although the housing market seems to have softened some in the last
year, there is continued concern that households are cost burdened in
housing (more than 30% of income is spent on housing costs) or that
people do not have access to housing.  This concern spans the income
groups of the very poor to those people at 80% to 110% of median income.
It is recognized that a household's inability to access housing is a
social as well as an economic issue for the community.  Households that
are homeless or housing cost burdened may have instability in their
housing situation which has an impact on the stability of families, on
children's performance in school, and on the social welfare costs of the
community.  Inability to find adequate housing also impacts the economy
of the area by discouraging entry level workers from being able to live
where they work.  The lack of workers may be a disincentive to employers
choosing this area as one in which to do business.

Housing issues and concerns have been raised by the school district,
public officials, local business owners, employers, citizens, human
service organizations, and others. The intent of this market analysis is
to help the City, and its partners, document housing needs as background
for determining appropriate expenditure of local housing funds as well
as Federal CDBG and HOME dollars, and to support any regulatory measures
that may become part of public policy.

OBJECTIVES OF STUDY
To document the need for affordable housing units for income groups up
to and including 110% of median income; to analyze the existing housing
market and its ability to meet that need; to project future housing
needs; and to suggest public policy approaches and implementation
strategies to provide housing opportunities for the targeted income
levels.

COMPLETE RFP PACKET MAY BE DOWNLOADED AT www.icgov.org
<http://www.icgov.org/> 

PROPOSALS DUE: 5:00 P.M. CST, February 16, 2007

CONTACT INFORMATION
Karin Franklin, Director of Planning
319-356-5232
Karin-franklin at iowa-city.org <mailto:Karin-franklin at iowa-city.org>  

Steve Long, Community Development Coordinator
319-356-5250
Stephen-long at iowa-city.org <mailto:Stephen-long at iowa-city.org>  

 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://list.planning.org/pipermail/consultantservices/attachments/20070116/c8cc2aef/attachment.html