PROPOSAL FOR TOWN OF NORTH CASTLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE OCTOBER 15, 2016 FERRANDINO & ASSOCIATES INC. with D&B ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS P.C. + HIGHLAND PLANNING LLC TABLE OF CONTENTS LETTER OF INTEREST 1.0 TEAM INTRODUCTION 1 2.0 WORK PROGRAM 4 3.0 EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS 17 4.0 PERSONNEL 36 5.0 CLIENT LISTS 37 6.0 TIMEFRAME FLOWCHART 39 7.0 ESTIMATED COSTS 40 APPENDIX A - RESUMES SAMPLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Town of North Salem, NY 1.0 TEAM INTRODUCTION For this assignment, Ferrandino & Associates Inc. Planning and Development Consultants (F&A) of Elmsford, NY will collaborate with specialty sub-consultants D&B Engineers and Architects P.C. (D&B) of White Plains, NY and Highland Planning LLC of Rochester, NY to provide all of the services necessary to successfully complete the Town of North Castle Comprehensive Plan Update. F&A will serve as the project manager and contracting party for the Consultant Team, directing all tasks, and preparing the Comprehensive Plan Update and SEQR documentation. D&B will take the lead in preparing the sustainability, natural resources and utilities chapters of the Plan update. Highland Planning will direct the public outreach portions of the project. Ferrandino & Associates Inc. (F&A), founded in 1988, is a multi-disciplinary planning fi rm with extensive experience in comprehensive and strategic planning, zoning, land use and environmental studies/reviews, sustainability, parking and traffi c analysis, GIS mapping, SEQR documentation, real estate market analysis, affordable housing, commercial F&AFERRANDINO & ASSOCIATES INC. revitalization and community and economic development. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS The fi rm services large and small municipalities, County, State and Federal agencies, not-for-profi t groups, and private corporations and institutions ranging from large developers to grass-roots civic, neighborhood and business associations. F&A’s land use and zoning experience includes preparation of comprehensive plans, zoning ordinances, corridor studies, neighborhood plans, downtown plans and hamlet studies. The fi rm’s wide range of consulting expertise also includes community development planning and administration, market studies for market rate and workforce housing, commercial revitalization, economic development and grants procurement. F&A has established a solid presence in the tri-state area servicing over 100 municipalities, including several assignments in the Town of North Castle. For example, F&A prepared Comprehensive Plans for the Towns of Greenburgh (currently underway) and North Salem (including a separate Parks and Recreation Master Plan), Cortlandt (Central and South Cortlandt), Goshen and Wallkill and the Villages of Port Chester and Hempstead, L.I.. Further, the fi rm prepared a Vision Plan for Hastings-on-Hudson and the Town/Village of Scarsdale in Westchester County. The fi rm also prepared market studies and economic development or revitalization plans for the Towns of Hempstead, LI, Cortlandt and the City of New Rochelle. In addition, F&A prepared Westchester’s County’s Economic Development Plan, a strategic plan aimed at attracting business clusters to the County. The fi rm’s principal, Vince Ferrandino, AICP, formerly served as the Director of Planning for several New York State municipalities which underwent extensive revitalization under his direction. He has authored numerous master plans and redevelopment strategies. Further, both he and his fi rm have considerable experience in implementing land use and economic development plans, community development plans and comprehensive plans. Ferrandino & Associates Inc. + D&B Engineers and Architects P.C. + Highland Planning LLC 1 D&B Engineers & Architects, P.C. (D&B) was founded in 1965 with a primary focus on wastewater engineering. D&B is headquartered in Woodbury, NY, with additional offi ces in: White Plains, NY; East Syracuse, NY; South Plainfi eld, NJ; Coral Gables, FL; and Trevose, PA. D&B employs more than 200 people, including over 48 Professional Engineers and numerous certifi ed environmental professionals specializing in all phases of civil and environmental engineering and science. D&B’s experienced and diverse staff includes: professional engineers; scientists; architects; environmental, civil, mechanical, chemical, sanitary, process, electrical and structural engineers; geologists and hydrogeologists; environmental scientists and ecologists; quality assurance specialists; construction managers; resident engineers; construction inspectors; specifi cation writers; water and wastewater treatment plant operators; environmental health and safety professionals; and CAD operators and designers. D&B has supported hundreds of public and private clients on thousands of projects with budgets ranging from several thousand dollars to over $500M. The fi rm has planned, designed and performed construction management on thousands of public works projects, and has succeeded in having repeat clients over its over 5 decades of service. Since 1965, D&B has a long and proven track record of developing innovative solutions to meet its clients’ needs in the following areas: • Environmental Assessment and Permitting • Phase I/Phase II Environmental Site Assessments • Municipal Planning • Sustainability • Wastewater Management • Water Supply Engineering • Multimedia Environmental Compliance • Hazardous Waste Site Investigation/Remediation • Hazardous Waste Management • Solid Waste Management and Recycling • Civil/Site Engineering • Storm Water Management • Construction Management and Multi-Disciplined A/E Projects • Architectural Services D&B consistently receives high rankings at the national and regional level from the following major engineering publications: • Engineering News-Record (ENR) “Top 500 Design Firm”; • Engineering News-Record (ENR) “Top 200 Environmental Design Firm”; • Trenchless Technology “Top 50 Trenchless Technology Firm”; and • New York Construction “Top 100 Design Firm”. Ferrandino & Associates Inc. + D&B Engineers and Architects P.C. + Highland Planning LLC 2 Highland Planning LLC was established in 2007 by Tanya Mooza Zwahlen, AICP. The fi rm’s area of practice is planning, with an emphasis on public outreach, economic development, grant writing and research management. Highland Planning’s offi ce is located in Rochester, New York and has two full-time employees and three part-time employees. The fi rm was certifi ed as a Women Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) in 2008 and as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) in 2011. Tanya Mooza Zwahlen, AICP is Principal and Owner of Highland Planning. She has more than 15 years experience in the fi elds of planning and community development. She is currently leading the public engagement efforts for the Town of Brighton Comprehensive Plan update and the City of Rochester Comprehensive Plan update, and is beginning a study of law enforcement for Orleans County. Ms. Zwahlen served on the Board of Directors of the South Wedge Planning Committee for eight years. She has been a member of the City of Rochester Environmental Commission since 2008. Ferrandino & Associates Inc. + D&B Engineers and Architects P.C. + Highland Planning LLC 3 2.0 WORK PROGRAM A successful comprehensive plan inspires and guides the future growth and development of a community. A comprehensive plan lays out the path for continued economic growth and prosperity, balanced by the need to preserve environmental resources and the character of the community which are valued by the public. The Town of North Castle last prepared a comprehensive plan update twenty years ago in 1996. This was the same year that the Nintendo 64 game system was released, Braveheart won the Oscars for best picture, the OJ Simpson trial began and Atlanta hosted the Summer Olympics. The world has signifi cantly changed since then and we’ve entered a new century. This Comprehensive Plan Update represents an opportunity to revisit the Town’s vision for a new generation. What follows is an overview of the approach and methodology that, if retained, our Team will utilize in completing the tasks outlined below. It is likely that this scope will be fi ne-tuned, based upon further communication with the Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee (CPSC) and Town Planner. Although the items specifi ed in the RFP are interrelated, and may have overlapping timelines, we have grouped them by thematic content and organized them into three (3) phases and multiple tasks. Ferrandino & Associates Inc. + D&B Engineers and Architects P.C. + Highland Planning LLC 4 PHASE I: BACKGROUND REVIEW & OUTREACH Review of Base Studies & Existing Reports This task will consist of the following items identifi ed in the RFP: #1, #2, #3 & #21. Our Team will review existing studies and reports including: the Town of North Castle Planning Base Studies: A Detailed Study of Existing Conditions (Existing Conditions Report) which was prepared by Westchester County with extensive input by the Town; the 1996 Comprehensive Plan Update; the Armonk Main Street Planning & Design Study; the North Castle Biodiversity Plan; the Town of North Castle: Hamlet Design Guidelines; the Westchester County Hazard Mitigation Plan (North Castle Chapter); and the Code of the Town of North Castle. Based upon this review, we will prepare a draft Table of Contents outlining the Chapters of the proposed Comprehensive Plan Update. Based upon the items required in the RFP, the Table of Contents for the Comprehensive Plan Update will likely include, but will not be limited to, the following