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Hot Springs seeks Garver contracts to update future land use map and produce small-area plan for targeted neighborhoods
Summary
The board will be asked to approve two Garver LLC contracts — $74,526 to update the future land use plan map and $74,134 for a comprehensive small-area plan focused on housing and infrastructure constraints in targeted neighborhoods — with an eight‑month timeline for the small-area plan.
Planning staff told the board they will ask for approval to hire Garver LLC for two planning tasks connected to Forward Hot Springs 2040.
"The future land use plan map is a graphic representation of specific land use goals and policies in the city's adopted comprehensive plan, Forward Hot Springs 2040," Planning and Development Director Kathy Selman said, explaining that the map helps determine whether requested zone changes implement the city's adopted plan. Selman said staff determined Garver (Little Rock) was most qualified after reviewing statements of qualifications and entered negotiations on scope and cost.
The second request (R26111) would fund a comprehensive small-area plan — a focused study of household income, housing conditions, infrastructure gaps and vacant properties in East Gateway neighborhoods and other target areas called out in Forward Hot Springs 2040. Selman said the small-area plan will run about eight months, include data collection and produce actionable strategies to quantify development costs and possible city incentives. Board members pressed for clarity about whether rehabilitation funding would be considered in addition to new construction; staff said both approaches will be explored as part of developing strategy recommendations.
If approved on June 16, the contracts would allow staff and consultant teams to begin the data-collection and analysis phase needed to guide later zoning and CDBG funding decisions.
