The Town of York is interested in procuring consultant services to update its Comprehensive Plan. The Town received a grant through the New York State Smart Growth Comprehensive Planning Program to complete the project. The total budget for the project is $60,000. The selected consultant will be required to work with the Town to ensure the grant requirements are satisfied.

The Town’s Comprehensive Plan was last updated in 2006. As development continues to occur in the Town, there is a need to update the Plan to reflect the community’s common vision of what it wants to be in the future – the quality of its residential and business areas; the places residents live, work, shop, and play; the way people and goods move about the community; and the treatment of natural and environmental features as development changes the rural landscape.

The selected consultant will be asked to meet and report to a Comprehensive Plan Update Committee selected by the Town Board.

The selected consultant must be prepared to provide outreach to residents, review the existing Plan and related regulations, and develop the new Comprehensive Plan within the guidelines of the NYS Smart Growth Comprehensive Planning Program and in accordance with NYS Town Law. The Town is looking for a firm experienced with a variety of comprehensive approaches and a willingness to incorporate new, innovative, and state of the art approaches to use comprehensive planning to preserve the agricultural and rural character of the Town and encouraging business development while achieving a pattern of future development that complements the goals of the Plan and the desire of Town residents. Consultants should also have experience working on comprehensive plans for small, rural towns comparable to the Town of York.

If you are interested in providing the services described, please submit one (1) electronic copy and seven (7) hard copies of your proposal and qualifications by 2:00 PM on March 31, 2023, to:

Town of York, Attention: Gerald Deming, Town Supervisor

2668 Main Street, PO Box 187

York, New York 14592

Fax and email submissions will not be accepted.