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Bee Cave council authorizes RFP to update 10-year-old comprehensive plan
Summary
Council unanimously authorized staff to solicit proposals to update the city's comprehensive plan, emphasizing public engagement, an implementation matrix/work plan, and council oversight of the consultant selection process.
Bee Cave City Council voted unanimously on April 14 to authorize staff to issue a request for proposals to update the city's comprehensive plan, citing changes in land use, transportation and community priorities since the plan was adopted more than a decade ago.
Assistant City Manager Baker told the council the update is planning best practice and will focus on pragmatic, implementable recommendations. Baker said public engagement would be broadened beyond conventional meetings to include virtual town halls and a project website so residents can participate "on demand." He said the RFP breaks the work into tasks with intermediate deliverables and an implementation, or "work," plan to track accountability.
"Public engagement is the cornerstone of the plan," Baker said. He told council that Planning & Zoning had unanimously recommended the council approve moving forward with the RFP and that a selection committee would evaluate submissions and interview finalist consultant teams before the council approves any contract.
Council members asked how public input would be weighted and whether constraints such as Proposition G (limits on development authority referenced by a council member) would be incorporated. Baker said the process will be pragmatic, incorporating legal and financial realities as well as public aspirations.
The council approved the motion to solicit consultant proposals and directed staff to proceed with the selection process as outlined in the RFP presentation. The motion carried unanimously.
What happens next: staff will accept proposals, form a selection committee, score submissions, conduct interviews with finalist teams and bring a recommended contract back to council for final approval.
