The Town of Jackson and Teton County seek a qualified team to conduct an Employee Generation by Land Use Study. The Town and County are committed to increasing the supply of stable, affordable housing for the local workforce to meet community goals related to Quality of Life, Ecosystem Stewardship, and Growth Management (see: Jackson/Teton County Comprehensive Plan).

The Jackson/Teton County Comprehensive Plan ("Comp Plan") establishes the goal of housing at least 65% of the Teton County workforce locally. The Comp Plan includes a variety of strategies to achieve this goal, including Policy 5.3.a which requires developers to mitigate their impact on the availability of housing that is affordable to the local workforce.

In July 2018, updates to zoning in the Town of Jackson, Town and County Housing Requirements ("mitigation program"), and the rules that govern the housing program ("rules and regs") were adopted by the Town Council and Board of County Commissioners. Major policy changes included incentives for developers to build workforce housing in the Town and a move to a mitigation program based on employee generation that requires commercial and residential developers to mitigate for the employees their development creates who earn less than 200% of median family income. The employee generation numbers are currently derived from the existing 2013 Employee Generation by Land Use Study ("Housing Nexus Study").

The Town and County now seek a new Housing Nexus Study that will document current links between the construction of new commercial and residential development and the employees generated by the development. The study should also provide information about the existing types of jobs, the wages being earned, the percentage of the workforce living locally, the gap between income and housing costs, and information about non-brick-and-mortar businesses including the employees generated and wages earned. The study may also provide information about if and how to require non-brick-and-mortar businesses to mitigate for their impacts.

In addition to the Housing Nexus Study, the consultant will be asked to facilitate a technical stakeholder group, which will meet throughout the nexus study and provide comments and consultation that will inform the Town and County Planning and Housing staff recommendations related to the mitigation program. The stakeholder group will consist of nine community members and five key staff.

RFQ REQUIREMENTS

The Teton County Board of County Commissioners and Jackson Town Council have approved the following timeline for this RFQ:

RFQ Release — January 29, 2020

Submission Deadline — February 27, 2020

Contract Award — March 16, 2020

Project Initiation — April 6, 2020

Project Completion — November 30, 2020

Submissions are due February 27, 2020 by 4pm MST. Submissions received after 4pm on February 27th will not be considered. Incomplete submissions will not be required. All responses shall include one (1) signed original and one (1) electronic copy of the proposal and should be delivered to:

Jackson/Teton County Housing Department
Attn: April Norton, Director
320 South King Street, Box 575
Jackson, WY 83001

INQUIRIES

All inquiries regarding this RFQ should be directed to ahnorton@tetoncountywy.gov. Questions will be accepted until February 24, 2020. Answers will be posted on a rolling basis at www.jhaffordblehousing.org.