R99-41 AUTHORIZING REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

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II. Community Values and Vision. A summary of community values--what do we want our community to be in twenty years and how do we propose to get there? The successful applicant will organize and facilitate in cooperation with the Greater Decatur Chamber, the League of Women Voters, local newspapers and electronic media, a community visioning session or series of sessions to attempt to identify a consensus regarding the community's future. The successful applicant may propose any approach, such as the American Assembly-style weekend gathering of 100 to 150 citizens, provided the approach invites a broad spectrum of interests and opinions. The final values statement, which will not exceed five pages in length not counting appendices, will serve as the policy core of the comprehensive plan. III. Population &Demographics Element. This is a descriptive element, showing past growth trends and projecting future patterns throughout the community. The successful applicant will base this element upon the 1990 US Census or best available data. Phase Two. The second phase of the comprehensive plan will consist of three products. IV. Existing Land Use Map (ELLIM). This map will illustrate the city as it is, and will be prepared in a manner so as to allow amendment via Arc Info geographic information system (GIS) software with each change in actual land use (e.g. upon issuance of a certificate of occupancy). Land uses will include: single family residential, multi family residential, professional, civic and institutional, commercial, industrial, conservation, recreation and open space, and vacant. The successful applicant will rely upon existing data, when found reliable, but may use other methods of data gathering, including windshield surveys. The Existing Land Use Map's accuracy will be field-tested by staffto assure that a minimum standard of 95 % accuracy is met. The successful applicant may engage the services of temporary or part-time employees to perform the data-gathering. All methodologies will be subject to the approval of the City's GIS consultant to assure that the product is compatible with prevailing software. V. Future Land Use Map (FLLIM). This map or map series will depict the city as it will be in twenty-five years (i.e. in the year 2025), reflecting the population projections and estimates which appear in the Population&Demographics Element. Land use categories will be the same as in the ELUM, and will be keyed to the definitions which appear in the Future Land Use Element. This map will also depict lands which the City proposes to annex during that period. VI. Future Land Use Element(FLUE). This element will provide a textual summary and interpretation of the data gathered in the preparation of the E�sting and Future Land Use Maps, and applies the data of the Population &Demographics Element to deternune long-range (to 2025) land use needs by type. Specific contents will include: (a) an inventory of existing land uses; (b) definitions of land uses, keyed to the ELUM and FLUM.