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MEMORANDUM
TO: Mark Rohloff, City Manager
FROM: David Buck, Principal Planner
DATE: July 18, 2012
RE: Professional Services to Develop Architectural Standards for Older
Neighborhoods - Residential Design and In-Fill Standards /The Lakota Group
Following the issuance of a Two-Part Request For Proposals (RFP), the Division of Planning
Services has contracted with The Lakota Group, a multi-disciplinary planning and urban design
firm out of Chicago, to perform consulting work involving an update to the zoning code for the
development of an overlay district or other product that creates residential design and in-fill
standards that addresses preservation of the historic character for the City of Oshkosh's
"traditional"/historic residential neighborhoods.
The RFP was advertised with regional and national planning organizations and individually sent
to over 20 consulting firms throughout Wisconsin and the Midwest. It was designed to seek
firms that could undertake a two-stage zoning ordinance rewrite project: Part I involving the
immediate development of design and in-fill standards and Part II involving the complete rewrite
of the City's Zoning Ordinance. RFP responders were asked to submit proposals & budgets for
both parts of this RFP but were informed that only Part I was to be awarded at this time. Six
proposals were received and The Lakota Group's proposal was chosen from three firms
interviewed.
The contract/agreement includes a cost for the project not to exceed $25,000 and has an
extremely aggressive timeline with consultant work beginning in August with data gathering,
conducting field work, and holding listening/focus group/stakeholder interview sessions to
discuss existing regulations and to solicit input. A preliminary draft of the design and in-fill
standards is anticipated to be completed and furnished to the City Manager and Common Council
by the end of 2012. Below, please find a tentative timeline of the generalized work plan:
Task 1: Project Start/Issue Identification August, 2012
Task 2: Analysis and Summary Direction Report August-September, 2012
Task 3: Draft Product and Design Standards September-October, 2012
Task 4: Draft Product for Public Review November-December, 2012
Task 5: Product Adoption Process January, 2013