The Lake County Community Development Department (CDD) requests proposals from qualified consulting firms for a comprehensive update to the Lake County General Plan and Local Area Plans, as well as preparation of a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) document. Specifically, following a 5-year timeline, updates would occur as follows: 1) Climate Vulnerability Analysis (2023-2024), 1) Health and Safety Element with Climate Vulnerability Analysis and Countywide Evacuation Plan (2023-2024), 2) Local Area Plans (2024-2025), 3) General Plan update "mandatory elements" (2026-2028) (7th Cycle Housing Element will be required as part of the General Plan update), and 4) General Plan update "additional elements" (2026). In compliance with the California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3, a CEQA document must be prepared for the proposed work listed throughout this RFP. The selected consulting firm will be required to determine the appropriate CEQA document(s) to prepare, in addition to determining the timeline for completion. Please refer to Attachment A of this Request for Proposals (RFP) for a closer look at the timeline.

Funding for the project comes from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Deadlines for ARPA funding includes committing funds by 12/31/2024 (Contracts/Agreements signed and approved to do the work) and spending funds by 12/31/2026 (All consultant invoices must be paid by this date). This is a high priority project. Other funding includes Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) and Local Early Action Planning (LEAP).

Deadlines for LEAP includes expenditure of all funds by the deadline of 12/31/2023, to ensure that the Grantee"s expenditures are reimbursed on or before 12/31/2023, the Grantee shall deliver to the Department all final invoices for reimbursement and Close-out reports on or before September 30, 2023. Deadlines for the REAP includes Housing and Community Development (HCD) expenditure of all funds by 12/31/2024. All submissions for Remittance Request to HCD by 06/30/2024.

Please check the County of Lake's website for a copy of the RFP here: https://www.lakecountyca.gov/Bids.aspx.