Specifications include, but are not limited to: The City of La Porte is requesting proposals from multi-disciplinary urban planning and engineering firms or teams of firms interested in providing consulting services for the preparation of the Clear Lake Sub-Area Plan. The consultant will work with City of La Porte staff to ensure an appropriate level of community involvement including at least the following: • Facilitate small group meetings or interviews with local stakeholder groups, specifically the Healthcare Foundation of La Porte, La Porte Hospital, the LaPorte County YMCA, the Business Improvement District, the Urban Enterprise Association, La Porte Economic Advancement Partnership (LEAP), the Redevelopment Commission, the Tree Commission, the Historic Preservation Commission, and Downtown La Porte’s Mainstreet; • Create and manage one or more web-based surveys to be distributed via email, the city website, and social media to help increase community participation; • Employ specific strategies to engage low-income, people of color, non- Englishspeaking, senior, and youth residents of the community; • Prepare promotional materials to help drive community involvement, including content for Facebook posts and the city’s website, handouts for local businesses, press releases; and Lead at least two community meetings during the preparation of the Sub-Area Plan. The Consultant will also prepare large format graphics and presentation materials for the meetings, as well as meeting summaries immediately following each meeting.