HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE
The City of Leavenworth is seeking assistance from individual(s) to complete the 2012 Housing Element update. The primary focus is to obtain necessary data, review of data, analysis of data, and providing recommendations for completing the update.
City staff from the Development Services Department will be available to assist in data collection, completing the review of governmental constraints to housing, and other tasks as needed. However, staff resources are limited and completing the data collection and analysis may be independent work.
Scope of Work to Complete Update Process:
- Data collection and complete a needs assessment, analyses of governmental and non-governmental constraints and a review of the progress made in implementing the current Housing Element’s policies and programs. This may include: zoning analysis tables; conduct the vacant and underutilized sites inventory; analysis of constraints on housing for people with disabilities.
- Complete the vacant and underutilized site inventory.
- Update the following sections, materials, graphics, tables, and matrixes. For example:
- Population projections
- Housing prices
- Median household income
- Affordable housing
- Housing Inventory
- Future Needs (see above)
- Identify quantified objectives and make recommendations for revisions to the Housing Element data, goals, and policies. The selected individual(s) will conduct a workshop with City staff to explore additional goals and policies that may be applicable (based on the analysis of the data gained) for further consideration by the Planning Commission and City Council in the draft Housing Element.
Objective:
The objective is to complete the analysis text, tables and databases, graphics (as necessary) and illustrations (as necessary). All text documents shall be provided in both Microsoft Word digital format and paper format.
Getting Started:
If you are interested, please provide a brief description of your background, contact information, address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address. In addition, describe your approach and Scope of Work to completing the housing element data collection, provide summary of major tasks and key sub-tasks. Finally, include a proposed schedule of work or timeline and phased milestones for completion of the scope of work, based on a start date of April 20, 2012. Individual(s) will be evaluated by Staff. The City’s selection will be made based upon your ability to complete this analysis in a timely manner. You may mail the information to:
Nathan Pate, AICP
Development Services Manager
City of Leavenworth
PO Box 287
700 Highway 2
Leavenworth, WA 98826
509-548-5275 phone
509-548-6429 fax
www.cityofleavenworth.com
