RFP # 4 OF 2026 - ERIE COUNTY LAND USE PLAN FOR THE COUNTY OF ERIE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNIND & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

The County of Erie is seeking a consultant to provide planning services for the completion of the Erie County Land Use Plan. The plan will provide broad guidelines for functional growth patterns, emphasizing goals such as protecting quality of life, revitalizing existing urban places, promoting economic development, and suggesting practical development strategies. The consultant will be responsible for conducting public meetings, assessing existing conditions, analyzing land use, and developing a future land use map. The consultant will also identify, articulate, and prioritize goals, objectives, and strategies within municipalities and county-wide. • The consultant will host a kickoff meeting with County staff to discuss a detailed project schedule. • The consultant will attend a minimum of five project review/development meetings with the Land Use Plan Team. • The consultant will present the draft plan to the Land Use Plan Team at one of its meetings. • The consultant will submit monthly progress reports to the County summarizing the work accomplished for that month. • The consultant will conduct a minimum of two public meetings, with at least one being in person, and one public hearing in person. • The consultant will record public comments and incorporate those comments into the final plan. • The consultant will analyze demographics, economic data, housing, transportation, utilities, community facilities, parks and recreation, environmental features, preservation of prime agricultural lands, floodplains, and other areas of special hazards and other similar uses. • The consultant will develop a draft and final copy of a Future Land Use Map for each municipality and the County. • The consultant will assist with the prioritization of goals, objectives, and strategies, and ultimately make zoning and land use recommendations on the municipal and county level based on their findings.