Specifications include, but are not limited to: Project Meetings. The Consultant/Firm is expected to meet regularly with staff. Meetings with the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee (CPC), Staff, Planning Commission and Council. The consultant will meet with the CPC to provide updates and collect input. In addition, the consultant will solicit input and feedback from the Planning Commission and City Council providing interim reports, presentations and updates to each as required and appropriate; attend the Plan’s formal adoption by the Planning Commission and City Council. Public Engagement and Communications. Public Participation is essential to this planning effort and must include an outreach and public participation process designed to engage the public and specific stakeholders in visioning the future of the City. Significant public input will be required throughout the process. We anticipate that a number of public meetings will be held in order to seek the opinions and views of the public at large, report on progress as the plan develops, solicit comments on specific ideas or concepts, and identify problems or barriers that must be acknowledged and overcome. Public involvement in the planning process and acceptance of the final plan is critical to the success of this effort, and respondents should explain their approach and public participation plan in detail in their responses.