Specifications include, but are not limited to: The City of Tampa seeks Professional Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Neighborhood Planning, Community Redevelopment, Urban Design, and Economic Development services for the creation of a Sulphur Springs Neighborhood Action Plan and related services for the City Planning Department. The plan will develop a long-term vision and prioritized action plan for Sulphur Springs through a community-driven process that identifies neighborhood priorities and specific public investments, programs, partnerships, and funding strategies to meet those priorities. Selected firms will have expertise in the practice areas of public engagement, neighborhood planning, urban design, landscape architecture, housing, transportation, public finance, resiliency, and transit-oriented development. Firms should have a strong expertise in community redevelopment planning and related requirements described in F.S. 163.330 through 163.463. Specific services will include but are not limited to:- Public engagement and community visioning, including outreach and engagement with residents, neighborhood associations, community organizations, businesses, property owners, and other stakeholders. The engagement may include facilitating workshops, charrettes, informational meetings, online engagement, and creating a project webpage. -Development of clear goals for the future of the neighborhood that address housing, transportation, recreation, the environment, and local business and economic needs. Goal development will occur through community engagement and consultation with stakeholder agencies and city departments. -Development of strategic actions. The actions will include programmatic strategies and capital investments to achieve identified goals as well as recommendations on funding, timeline for implementation, and lead agency designation. Planning-level cost estimation, identification of funding mechanisms and, where appropriate, conceptual designs for projects identified. Projects will be prioritized for immediate, short-, mid-, and long-term implementation. Interdepartmental coordination to align the plan with related studies underway within the City of Tampa and other agencies, including the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), Hillsborough Area Regional Transportation (HART), Hillsborough Transportation Planning Organization (TPO), Hillsborough County Public Schools, and Hillsborough County government agencies. Production of a Sulphur Springs Neighborhood Action Plan that details the goals and prioritized actions through a detailed narrative and visualizations, including graphics, maps, conceptual designs, and other visualizations.
