The City seeks Statement of Qualifications for the development of a Neighborhood Conservation Plan for the City of Fort Worth. The Parties are interested in Statement of Qualifications from a multi-disciplinary team with expertise in the areas of community economic development and neighborhood planning.

The City is interested in working with a consultant to help the City develop policies and explore programs that will further enhance our City neighborhoods. In particular, we are interested in answers to the following questions:

• Where are Fort Worth Neighborhoods in the hierarchy of Neighborhood Vitality and how do we measure this? How do we measure and project change over time?
• How does neighborhood capacity and leadership contribute to the vitality of neighborhood in Fort Worth?
• How can we build on existing programs to increase neighborhood and community capacity?
• What partnerships can we leverage to increase or improve our capacity-building efforts?
• What new programs, activities or initiatives should we employ to build neighborhood and community capacity?
• If these neighborhood issues are so complex that they involve expertise from several departments, how could the City organize City Departmental neighborhood conservation efforts to maximize outcomes?

The selected consultant will work closely with a City Interdepartmental Management Team (e.g., Police, Neighborhood Services, Economic Development, Planning & Data Analytics, CODE, Library) and a select group of community stakeholders appointed by Council members to prepare the neighborhood conservation plan. Both of these groups will serve as a provider of background information and data, a sounding board for ideas and analysis, and as a first reviewer of final recommendations. We envision these groups meeting with the consultant several times to assist in the development of the plan. The Neighborhood Services Department will serve as the administrative lead for the project: coordinating meetings, contracts, deliverables, and overall project management.

Guiding Principles

The City and its project partners have established a set of principles to guide the planning effort and should be considered as non-negotiable during the planning effort:

• Every Council district has neighborhoods that are in danger of distress
• The City of Fort Worth's Neighborhood Improvement Strategy may serve as a model for other revitalization efforts
• Equity in our work with neighborhoods is more effective than equality

Desired Project Outcomes

The neighborhood conservation plan should focus upon the following interrelated components of neighborhood conservation and revitalization. The City of Fort Worth's definition of neighborhood conservation is as follows: a program or coordinated set of activities by which residents of a distinct geographic area can work with each other and with partner organization to maintain that area's social and economic vitality.

While each firm will have its own approach to the contents of a plan, the City envisions that a conservation plan should include, at a minimum:

1. Capital Investment
2. Economic Incentives
3. Regulations
4. Community Services
5. Implementation

Anticipated Deliverables

1. Public Engagement Process
2. Neighborhood Conservation Plan
3. Up to 6 technical and public presentations

These deliverables will be addressed in detail in a scoping meeting with the selected firm and are provided here for full understanding of the scope of the project.