[Consultantservices] [Consultant Services] RFP posted Thursday, March 01, 2007 8:49 a.m.

[Grace Williams]

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Request for Proposals - Consultant Services

Scottsdale Downtown Plan Update
The City of Scottsdale, Arizona
Submittal Deadline: March 27, 2007

The City of Scottsdale Advance Planning, Policy, and Design Division of
the Planning & Development Services Department invites qualified
consultants to submit a written response to this Request for Proposals
(RFP).  This request shall result in contracting with an Urban Design
Consultant for the exciting opportunity to work with city staff and the
community in completing a comprehensive update to the city's 20+ year
old Downtown Plan that will establish a blueprint for the future of
Downtown Scottsdale in the 21st Century.

The original Downtown Plan and subsequent community efforts have been
successful at guiding the growth, both financially and physically, of
Downtown Scottsdale.  Downtown's most recent successes under the plan
include the addition of more than 2,000 new residential units as well as
public and private development investment totaling $2 billion.  With the
influx of new housing and investment, Downtown Scottsdale is on the cusp
of becoming a true twenty-four hour downtown, thus realizing the
Downtown Plan's main goal that Downtown Scottsdale has become a "highly
functional mixed-use center" that provides a "creative environment in
which people live, work and pursue leisure activities" (Downtown Plan,
1984).

As we embark on a new era for Downtown Scottsdale with its latest
thriving residential neighborhoods, active tourism, creative arts
community and burgeoning business districts, it is time for Scottsdale
to once again assess the opportunities and challenges that downtown will
face in the years to come.  Some of the challenges that this plan update
will need to examine include the following:  urban design,
sustainability, urban open space master planning, circulation and
mobility, place making and addressing the quality use of the public
realm.

Respondents are invited to present themselves for consideration in the
selection of an experienced, knowledgeable and innovative organization
to undertake this Downtown Plan update.  The goal is to complete the
Downtown Plan update by the end of 2007. Proposals are due by 4:00 pm on
March 27, 2007. Late proposals will not be considered.

To request a complete copy of the RFP please use the following link:
http://eservices.scottsdaleaz.gov/solicitations/SolForm.asp?SOL=07RP023&
SID=7799
<http://eservices.scottsdaleaz.gov/solicitations/SolForm.asp?SOL=07RP023
&SID=7799> 

The Advance Planning team looks forward to reviewing your innovative,
creative and thought-provoking submittals.  We thank you in advance for
your interest.

 

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