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Resolution to Authorize a Contract for Professional Services
PURPOSE: To request that the Town Council authorize the Town Manager to negotiate and execute a contract for professional planning services for the development of a Downtown Area Plan.
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Department
DEPARTMENT: Planning
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Contact
CONTACT INFORMATION: Patricia McGuire, Planning Director - 919-918-7327, pmcguire@carrboronc.gov; Bret Greene, Finance Director - 919-918-7439, bgreene@carrboronc.gov
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Council Direction
COUNCIL DIRECTION:
_X__ Race/Equity __X__ Climate __X__ Comprehensive Plan ____Other
Council Direction Statement
Advancing Racial Equity is one of the two foundational commitments of the Town's comprehensive plan, adopted in June 2022. Preparation of a downtown area plan was included in the plan's top 35 priorities, selected based on the opportunity to advance equity and support climate action and sustainability, as Strategy 2.1. See page 7 at https://www.townofcarrboro.org/DocumentCenter/View/12191/7-Econ-Sustainability?bidId= .
Pocket questions are included as Attachment B.
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Information
INFORMATION: In September 2023, the Town released a Request for Proposals for a Downtown Area Plan. No responses were received by the submittal date of October 2. The Town released a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) in November and seven responses were received by the December deadline. A committee composed of the Interim Town Manager, Finance Director, Public Works Director, Chief Race and Equity Officer, Economic Development Director, Planning Director, and Planning and Transportation Administrator reviewed the responses. Four of the teams were selected to advance to interviews. Based on the evaluation process, including the response to the RFQ and the interviews, the review committee recommends the team of Freese and Nichols, Inc., in conjunction with Pritchett Steinbeck Group, Inc., for this work.
The professional services to be provided by the consultant team for...
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