South Oregon News

The City of Central Point is requesting proposals (RFP) from qualified consulting firms to complete a Resource Planning Project in accordance with Oregon’s Statewide Planning Goal 5, including inventory and assessment of local wetlands and riparian areas. The project area includes the City’s existing corporate boundary, the existing Urban Growth Boundary (UGB), and the recently acknowledged UGB expansion areas (Attachment “A” in the RFP in the supporting documents below).

The primary objectives of the Resource Planning Project are as follows:

• The final plan’s ability to fulfill Goal 5 inventory requirements for wetlands and riparian areas;
• Develop protection measures that preserve the highest-value and highest-function wetlands and riparian areas; and
• The ability to inform code updates and policy amendments to comply with additional requirements.

The City's target timeline for procurement and final project comletionb is set forth below:

• RFQ Release Date:  May 17, 2022
• RFQ Closing Date/Statement Submission Deadline:   June 6, 2022
• Qualification Statement Review Period:  June 7-13, 2022
• Consultant Selection Date:  June 17, 2022
• Field Work, Informational Meetings, Preliminary Plan Preparation:   Mid June through Late September 2022
• Citizen’s Advisory Committee - October 11, 2022
• Planning Commission - November 1, 2022
• City Council - November 10th or December 8th, 2022

Interested firms and individuals are invited to submit a statement of qualifications and proposal relative to performing tasks identified in Scope of Work to:

City of Central Point

ATTN:  Justin Gindlesperger

140 South 3rd Street

Central Point, OR  97502

Original source can be found here.