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Downtown Joliet and Central Area Plan Request for Proposals
Project Overview
The City of Joliet, Illinois, in conjunction with the County of Will, Illinois, and the Joliet City Center Partnership, is soliciting proposals from qualified consulting firms to provide professional planning services for the preparation of an update to the Joliet City Center Plan (“Downtown Plan”).
There are three objectives for this project:
- Develop an implementation strategy for the Joliet Civic District development concept prepared by the City of Joliet and the Joliet City Center Partnership.
- Develop a comprehensive development plan for Downtown Joliet that guides and encourages future downtown growth.
- Develop a successful economic and financial strategy that will encourage the desired development.
The project is intended to create a vibrant and revitalized downtown core for Joliet with a planning structure designed to guide development of public facilities, attract residential and commercial investment, and outline specific, economically feasible strategies to achieve this within a stipulated timeframe. The project will propose revisions to existing policies and propose new ones. It will:
- Utilize and maintain an active public participatory process. This process is critical to the success of this project.
- Identify new, mixed-use residential and commercial development opportunities and standards.
- Integrate and fully utilize existing Downtown Joliet assets, such as the Will County Courthouse and administrative offices, Rialto Theater, Silver Cross Field, Harrah’s Casino, Joliet Junior College and Downtown Joliet’s desirable riverfront location.
- Define implementation strategies including an economic and financial framework that will encourage and support Joliet City Center development.
The project will require an inclusive public process that considers input from downtown property owners and businesses, adjacent neighborhoods, city residents as a whole, as well as the needs of specific downtown user groups. A Project Management Group comprised of members from the City of Joliet, the County of Will and the Joliet City Center Partnership will oversee the planning process.
Submissions
Fifteen (15) copies and an unbound master of the proposal must be received by the City of Joliet Office of the City Clerk prior to 4:30pm on Friday, August 1, 2008. All copies of the proposals must be under sealed cover and plainly marked. Proposals shall be delivered or mailed to:
City of Joliet
Office of the City Clerk
150 W. Jefferson St.
Joliet, IL 60432
Anticipated Project Timeline
RFP Issued: June 27, 2008
Pre-Bid Conference: July 10, 2008
RFP Due Date: August 1, 2008
Short List Notification: August 8, 2008
Proposal Opening for Short List Consultants: August 15, 2008
Consultant Interviews Conclusion: August 29, 2008
Notification of Selection of Preferred Consultant: September 5, 2008
City Council Approval: September 16, 2008
Executed Contract Sent to Consultant: September 17, 2008
Begin Project: October 6, 2008
All questions and requests for copies of the full Request for Proposals can be directed to:
Don Fisher
Planning Director
(815)724-4050 - phone
(815)724-4056 - fax
dfisher@jolietcity.org e-mail
Pete Saunders
Planner II
(815)724-4051 - phone
(815)724-4056 - fax
psaunders@jolietcity.org e-mail
Past Plans and Documents for Downtown Joliet
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