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04/09/2024
Worthington Comprehensive Plan Update - RFP
City of Worthington
BACKGROUND
The City of Worthington, Ohio is seeking proposals from qualified and professional planning consultants who have the capacity and expertise to assist the City on the completion of an action-oriented and implementable update to the City’s Comprehensive Plan.
The City is proposing a targeted update to the Comprehensive Plan which balances the previously established goals, objectives, and policies that maintain relevancy with any significant present-day – or newly developed – goals, objectives, and policies.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
After thorough public engagement efforts, the City of Worthington adopted vision statements representing the City’s desired future in 2021. These adopted statements reflect seven desired characteristics of the community and should be reflected in the update to the City’s Comprehensive Plan. The complete vision statements and additional information can be found at www.worthington.org/visioning. In short, these statements reflect the following characteristics:
-Worthington offers a High Quality of Life
-Worthington is a Diverse and Equitable Community
-Worthington is dedicated to the Vibrancy of its Downtown
-Worthington’s Economy is Balanced and Resilient
-Worthington is a model for Environmental Stewardship
-Worthington’s Leadership is Open, Forward-Thinking and Collaborative Leadership
-Worthington is Connected
To promote the understanding and communicability of the City’s Comprehensive Plan, the update must be approachable and easily communicated to the general public. With community engagement and understanding at the heart of the Comprehensive Plan Update, the following elements are anticipated to be included, with policies of each summarized at the conclusion of each respective section:
-Community Context
-Community Vision
-Land Use and Development
-Economic Development
-Housing
-Multimodal Transportation
-Parks and Open Space
-Public Services / Infrastructure
-Resiliency
-Sustainability Strategies
PROJECT PURPOSE
Public engagement efforts by the City of Worthington resulted in the development of seven key vision areas to identify the type of future the community desires. The purpose of this Comprehensive Plan Update is to formalize and incorporate each Vision area’s recommendations into the Comprehensive Plan elements as central components of the City’s growth and development efforts.
The Comprehensive Plan Update is also intended to make the Plan more practical from both a contextual and an implementation standpoint. The Update should reflect the community’s desires, as well as provide action items that City Staff may be able to implement. An Implementation Plan should also be tied to a timetable so that Staff may be able to plan a course of action for implementation.
Additionally, the Comprehensive Plan Update needs to consider a fiscal analysis that determines potential impacts related to development. A separate fiscal analysis is being conducted outside this scope of services; however, it will need to be incorporated into the Comprehensive Plan.
The full RFP document can be found at: https://www.worthington.org/bids.aspx?bidID=71
