Missoula County Community and Planning Services (CAPS) is requesting statements of qualifications from planning consultants to carry out extensive text and graphic amendments to the Missoula County Zoning Regulations.

CAPS staff has already begun work on these zoning regulation amendments and seeks professional consultation and drafting services for this new set of zoning regulations, including consideration of form‑based codes and SmartCode modules. The consultant will help lead the community in the preparation and adoption of an update to the County Zoning Regulations and assume the lead role in public outreach, including strategic outreach to frequent users of the code and intergovernmental coordination. The result is intended to be a significant revision, if not a complete rewrite of the existing regulations to achieve community goals and address needed updates to the current code.

We expect this project to involve significant interaction with CAPS and other county staff. Staff will assist in public outreach and may take the lead in taking the proposal through the Planning Board and County Commissioners public hearing process, with an active and supporting role by the consultant. The final Scope of Work will be developed with the selected consultant in conjunction with county staff.

The deadline for submission is 5:00 p.m., Mountain Daylight Time, September 14, 2018. Statements of qualifications shall be submitted to Community and Planning Services and shall include seven (7) hard copies and an electronic copy (pdf).

For the complete RFQ, please see our webpage.