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Council delays City Hall campus/TOC RFQ; staff to refine approach and return next meeting
Summary
Deputy City Manager Andy Lukasick presented a proposed RFQ for master planning and potential P3 development of the City Hall campus and transit‑oriented community. Council discussed procurement approach and timing and agreed to revisit the RFQ at the next meeting to allow members time for stakeholder conversations and for staff to refine the scope and schedule.
Deputy City Manager Andy Lukasick briefed council on a proposed request for qualifications (RFQ) to secure consulting teams for a City Hall campus master plan and a transit‑oriented community (TOC) initiative. The staff proposal described a broad, flexible RFQ intended to identify firms that could handle planning, urban design, engineering, economics, project management and P3 negotiations.
Council members raised concerns about timing, the cone‑of‑silence that applies during procurement, how to accommodate specialists who might respond to only parts of the scope, and whether an interim P3 statutory procedure could be used if unsolicited proposals arrive. Several councilmembers asked staff to allow a short window for council members to meet with potential respondents and to examine other cities’ procurement approaches; staff agreed to return the issue at the next meeting with refined recommendations.
Why it matters: The RFQ would set the procurement and consultant structure for a major downtown planning and development initiative with long‑term fiscal and land‑use implications.
What’s next: Staff will refine the RFQ, examine other municipal approaches, and present an updated recommendation at the next council meeting.
