PLANNING UPDATE - CITY OF LONG BEACH
When:The City of Long Beach is requesting proposals from qualified consultants to prepare a detailed update to the City’s Comprehensive Plan (CP) and Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan (LWRP). The City intends to enter into a contract with the selected Proposer for the preparation of both documents thorough a coordinated and holistic planning approach.
The City’s goals and objectives are to produce two (2) modern planning documents which will be implemented to satisfy the needs of all stakeholders, including both long-term (30 years) and short-term (5 years) recommendations and strategies. The City of Long Beach’s “Creating Resilience: A Planning Initiative” will be an update of the 2007 Comprehensive Plan (CP) and the 2007 Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan (LWRP) to address issues post-Superstorm Sandy and post-economic downturn.
The CP update will include all traditional aspects of a plan, such as background information on population, employment, demographic trends, housing, transportation, utilities, community facilities, agricultural/natural/cultural resources, land use and implementation strategies. Non-traditional aspects, such as climate adaptation, sustainability and resiliency, social health and well-being; community art, heritage, and culture; and a regional strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis, will also be included.