Specifications include, but are not limited to: The technical proposal must include a detailed public involvement and stakeholder engagement plan. The engagement plan will include meetings with the Technical and Policy Committees at decision points and milestones integrated with the consultant’s proposed scope of work. Assume meetings with the Technical and Policy Committee will occur as part of Tasks 1-7. Regular check-in meetings with the VTrans/ACRPC management team should also be included. The engagement plan must also include meetings at joint sessions of the selectboards/city council and local planning commissions in Vergennes and the six surrounding municipalities, and at the ACRPC Transportation Advisory Committee and full Commission meetings. Assume two rounds of these local and regional meetings during the development of the Purpose and Need (Task 2) and Alternatives Evaluation (Task 6).
