[Consultantservices] [Consultant Services] RFQ posted Monday, March 26, 2007 3:36 p.m.

[Grace Williams]

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Request for Qualifications - Consultant Services

Comprehensive Plan Update 
The Town of Greenburgh, New York
Submittal Deadline: April 23, 2007

The Town of Greenburgh, New York is requesting Statements of
Qualifications from professional planning and design firms to prepare an
update and expansion of the Town's Comprehensive Plan.

BACKGROUND/PROCESS
The Town of Greenburgh, (www.greenburghny.com
<http://www.greenburghny.com> ) is located in the southern portion of
Westchester County, New York and covers a total land area of
approximately 31 square miles between the Hudson River to the west and
the Bronx River to the east. Adjoining the Town of Greenburgh to the
south is the City of Yonkers, to the north is the Town of Mount
Pleasant, and to the east are (from south to north) the Village of
Scarsdale, the City of White Plains, and the Town of North Castle. The
Town of Greenburgh includes six incorporated villages, four of which
span along the Town's entire Hudson River waterfront
(Hastings-on-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, Irvington and Tarrytown, from south to
north), and Ardsley and Elmsford in the interior portion of the Town.
The Unincorporated Area of the Town, which is the focus of the updated
Comprehensive Plan is approximately 17.8 square miles in area, and
includes numerous neighborhoods, such as East Irvington, Glenville,
North Elmsford, Fairview, Hartsdale, and Edgemont. 

The current Comprehensive Plan was commissioned in 1998 and adopted in
2003; it has never been substantially updated. The project will involve
close coordination with representatives of Town's Comprehensive Plan
Steering Committee, and Department of Community Development and
Conservation, who will assist the consultant with the collection of
materials, the acquisition of citizen input, and other project tasks to
be defined. This is designed to be a participatory process, leading to
consensus amongst Greenburgh citizens relative to a long-term vision for
the community. As such, it will be very important for the consultant to
demonstrate an ability to facilitate a process that includes community
outreach and public participation. 

SCOPE OF WORK 
The objective of the expansion and update of the Comprehensive Plan,
including addressing all areas referenced in Section 272-a (3) of New
York State Town Law, is to identify the defining character of the
unincorporated area of Greenburgh as a whole, identify the defining
character and current development patterns of selected areas and
neighborhoods of the Town, and to evaluate current, future, and
potential development patterns and pressures that will impact the Town
in order to help the Town develop a vision of what Greenburgh will be in
the future. 

SUBMITTAL INFORMATION
In addition to providing a narrative or other statement by the firm of
its qualifications for the proposed project, The Statement of
Qualifications should include the following: 

*	all relevant contact information for the firm; 
*	description of the firm's expertise in the preparation of
comprehensive plans for local governments and in effectively soliciting
public input; 
*	year of establishment, as well as any previous firm names,
whether the firm is a partnership, corporation, or sole proprietorship,
where it is organized, and the names of principals, officers, and
directors of the firm; 
*	names, titles, experience, qualifications and service periods of
principals/key personnel; 
*	list of recent relevant projects; and 
*	contact information for at least three references involving
similar projects. 

Interested firms should submit ten (10) copies of the Statement of
Qualifications by close of business on FRIDAY, April 27, 2007 to:

Town of Greenburgh, New York
Department of Community Development and Conservation
177 Hillside Avenue 
Greenburgh, New York 10607

The Town will review the submittals and select those firms deemed most
qualified to submit formal proposals. For more information, please
contact Mark T. Stellato, AICP, Commissioner of CD&C at 914-993-1505
(phone), 914-993-1518 (fax), or mstellato at greenburghny.com
<http://www.planning.org/rfp-rfq/mstellato@greenburghny.com> .

 

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