Hi all,

Please find below an email sent out to members of the community with an update on the citywide comprehensive planning process. Many of you may have received this already: it was sent to those who had signed up through the Cambridge Conversations process (which a number of you may have participated in), as well as a number of community listservs.

I am sending this to you directly because you are listed as a contact for a neighborhood organization—please feel free to forward the message below to your organization membership or community listserv (or others who may be interested) if it has not been sent out to them already.

The Community Development Department (CDD) has been working on a draft scope of services and deliverables, which will guide the selection of a consultant team for the citywide planning process. The draft document is being circulated for community review for approximately two weeks. Please send any comments or suggestions to CambridgeConversations@CambridgeMA.gov by Friday, May 8, 2015. Your comments will inform the fine-tuning of the scope and deliverables, which will be a part of the Request for Qualifications for a consultant team to work with the City throughout the planning process.

For more information, you can visit the citywide planning project page on the CDD website.

Best,

Gary Chan

Community Development Dept.

From: Iram Farooq
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2015 11:16:13 AM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
To: Cambridge, Conversations
Subject: Cambridge Citywide Comprehensive Planning Update

Citywide Comprehensive Planning Update

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.

> Click here to view the draft scope of services and deliverables document

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.

Please send your suggestions and comments by Friday, May 8, 2015 to CambridgeConversations@CambridgeMA.gov. Your comments will inform fine-tuning of the scope and deliverables.

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	Public review of consultant scope and deliverables
May 11 - 22, 2015	Revisions and finalization of RFQ
Week of May 25, 2015	Issue RFQ
Week of June 22, 2015	Responses due
Late June - August, 2015	Proposal review and contract award
September, 2015 - 2018	Citywide planning public process

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.

For More Information

For more information on the Cambridge Citywide Comprehensive Planning process, please visit the project page, or email CambridgeConversations@CambridgeMA.gov.

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