The Community Development Department has been working on developing the scope of services and deliverables for the upcoming citywide comprehensive planning process. These will guide the selection of a consultant team to work with the City throughout the planning process, and we are kicking off a 2-week community review period to hear your input.
The draft scope and deliverables document builds upon the Cambridge Conversations final report, Strategic Recommendations for a Citywide Plan, and has been refined with input from multiple City departments. It emphasizes robust public engagement throughout the process and highlights the importance of coordination with other ongoing citywide efforts such as Climate Change Preparedness Planning, Community Health Improvement Planning, Transit Strategic Planning, and others.
Following this public consultation, the City will issue a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for a consultant team in late May.
Anticipated Timeline
While a detailed timeline for the various phases of the citywide planning process will be developed by the selected project team, we expect that the project will take approximately three years, with an Alewife area study being addressed as an early phase of the project.
The anticipated timeline for consultant selection is as follows:
April 24 - May 8, 2015
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Public review of consultant scope and deliverables
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May 11 - 22, 2015
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Revisions and finalization of RFQ
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Week of May 25, 2015
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Issue RFQ
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Week of June 22, 2015
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Responses due
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Late June - August, 2015
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Proposal review and contract award
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September, 2015 - 2018
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Citywide planning public process
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Presentations by Shortlisted Teams
During the proposal review, we expect to host a public presentation by shortlisted teams. Members of the public will have an opportunity to view these presentations. Please look for a follow-up email in the early summer for more information on the presentations.
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